You Mean, There's RACE in My Movie?

by F.W. Gooding and Minority Reporter

Book Overview

Did you know that there is race in your movie? Prepare yourself, for this is the report that Hollywood doesn't want you to see Picking up where texts like Donald Bogle's "Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks," left off, learn how to consistently critically analyze race in mainstream movies. This 330-page text identifies distinct patterns for both White and non-White characters in mainstream movies that often remain "hidden in plain view." With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977804895
• ISBN13: 9780977804894
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: On the Reelz Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

The White elephant finally addressed

Hollywood has been untouched for quite some time in terms of its portrayals of people of color. It is time to finally address the white elephant in the room - RACE. And You Mean There's Race in My Movie? does just that. Race has either been either exaggerated to trite stereotypical images or ignored all together in Hollywood movies. Those few movies that claim to deal with race only perpetuate the images that society has long been bombarded with. I found myself constantly agreeing with the author's analysis on mainstream movies portrayal of the marginalized minority characters. The author has succinctly voiced what I have long thought to be true. It is the keen observation and articulation of the numerous observations that are valuable. The book is well organized and offers archetypes for the redundant images that people of color are compacted to play. Further, the trivia facts are quite amusing. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to challenge the same-ol' portrayals or those that dare to defend the portrayals of people of color in mainstream Hollywood movies.

Will provoke interesting, entertaining discussion

I would bet that many of us, while watching a movie, have this sinking feeling each time a character of color comes on the screen. It's not the actor we dread, rather it's the sense that we'd better get ready for yet another rendition of a stereotype. Why are movies one of the last bastions of these ridiculous stereotypes? What I liked about "You Mean, There's Race in My Movie," is how it illuminates the archetypes with an intense amount of analysis. All with a wicked wit, making this a reference material worth the read regardless of the purpose.