Tbh I didn't care for "American Fiction." I think I may have liked it better pre-COVID, when "Black excellence" media were being pumped out left and right. And then I saw the director's background and it all made sense. I saw a comment on another post about how folks who lament about "Black trauma" usually want aspirational/capitalism re…
Tbh I didn't care for "American Fiction." I think I may have liked it better pre-COVID, when "Black excellence" media were being pumped out left and right. And then I saw the director's background and it all made sense. I saw a comment on another post about how folks who lament about "Black trauma" usually want aspirational/capitalism repackaged for them. This is what "American Fiction" felt like to me.
Tbh I didn't care for "American Fiction." I think I may have liked it better pre-COVID, when "Black excellence" media were being pumped out left and right. And then I saw the director's background and it all made sense. I saw a comment on another post about how folks who lament about "Black trauma" usually want aspirational/capitalism repackaged for them. This is what "American Fiction" felt like to me.
I can see that, there are definitely points that felt like that to me!