Is it really as progressive as people think?

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2019)

Here's the thing - this was a fairly enjoyable film to watch. That said, I think it's attempt at telling a progressive story about diversity and acceptance misses the mark. It feel to me more like a movie to help make non people of colour feel good about the "progress we've made" as a society. It's still a black man's story through the lens of a white man. It still has the black man giving in and coming back to the white man at the end. It certainly illustrates overcoming prejudice but, I don't feel like this portrayal goes much further than that.