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Marxian analysis is the only analysis now, apparently.

cambalache 6y ago
It is going to get worst. If you think carefully and quoting Feynman "There is plenty of room at the bottom". Do you want examples? A Simon Bolivar statue was vandalized in Florida, now Bolivar was no saint but he is a South-American hero he died in 1830 and now he has been tarnished just by being a "White Slaver"(He was not). Well, let's see you can come now after the name Bolivia, named after him, you can also include Colombia, America, The Philippines, El Salvador, Dominican Republic and many many more. I have seen several prominent people just shy of outright requesting that. The Oscars are going to change their eligibility criteria and it will be based supposedly on the British awards, quoting from a NYT article "All entries in two British film categories, outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, are now required to increase representation to meet at least two of four diversity standards, like 'onscreen representation, themes and narratives,' and 'industry access and opportunities.' among others." Do you know what this means for art? Bye Celine, by Kafka,bye Joyce, bye Kurosawa, bye Kubrick, bye Lynch, bye Tarantino and so on. Only wholesome, clean , politically conscious entertainment will be recognized. Now, what does this remind you of? None of the current power-holders will be affected for all these changes, so no essential change. The big traditional companies are already on-board, Silicon Valley is on board, the savvy political parties are on-board, Hollywood is on-board , the media too. What this will do is to disenfranchise and silence any dissenting, dissonant voice and create a moralist culture which will dictate in a top-down form the "correct way" to do things and interpret the world. You disagree? No Facebook for you, No youtube, no mastercard, no visa, no Stanford, no Netflix, no New York Times, no BBC, nothing for you.
- TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  It seems like you are drastically overstating what the BFI's actual requirements are[1]. Basically if you hire some people outside of London/South East England and if you offer some paid interships and training to under-represented groups, you have passed. [1] https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-diversity-standards-criteria-2019-07-23.pdf https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-...
  - cambalache 6y ago
    I was just quoting the New York Times article, if what you say it's true then the rule is meaningless and unnecessary and only included to virtue-signal.

It is going to get worst. If you think carefully and quoting Feynman "There is plenty of room at the bottom". Do you want examples? A Simon Bolivar statue was vandalized in Florida, now Bolivar was no saint but he is a South-American hero he died in 1830 and now he has been tarnished just by being a "White Slaver"(He was not). Well, let's see you can come now after the name Bolivia, named after him, you can also include Colombia, America, The Philippines, El Salvador, Dominican Republic and many many more. I have seen several prominent people just shy of outright requesting that. The Oscars are going to change their eligibility criteria and it will be based supposedly on the British awards, quoting from a NYT article "All entries in two British film categories, outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, are now required to increase representation to meet at least two of four diversity standards, like 'onscreen representation, themes and narratives,' and 'industry access and opportunities.' among others." Do you know what this means for art? Bye Celine, by Kafka,bye Joyce, bye Kurosawa, bye Kubrick, bye Lynch, bye Tarantino and so on. Only wholesome, clean , politically conscious entertainment will be recognized. Now, what does this remind you of? None of the current power-holders will be affected for all these changes, so no essential change. The big traditional companies are already on-board, Silicon Valley is on board, the savvy political parties are on-board, Hollywood is on-board , the media too. What this will do is to disenfranchise and silence any dissenting, dissonant voice and create a moralist culture which will dictate in a top-down form the "correct way" to do things and interpret the world. You disagree? No Facebook for you, No youtube, no mastercard, no visa, no Stanford, no Netflix, no New York Times, no BBC, nothing for you.

TheCoelacanth 6y ago
It seems like you are drastically overstating what the BFI's actual requirements are[1]. Basically if you hire some people outside of London/South East England and if you offer some paid interships and training to under-represented groups, you have passed. [1] https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-diversity-standards-criteria-2019-07-23.pdf https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-...
- cambalache 6y ago
  I was just quoting the New York Times article, if what you say it's true then the rule is meaningless and unnecessary and only included to virtue-signal.