Post by Prime etc. on Jun 30, 2019 20:23:37 GMT
In 1950 the US film audience was majority European-white. The film was made for that audience only, in the same way most Indian films of the same period (and today) were not intended for European consumption. The film discriminates against rural and non-Americans too from what I remember-they don't suggest Europeans have a place on the ships--it's entirely an English American affair-in the same way aliens tended to land in Washington.
Furthermore, air travel was not was it is now--it could take 24 hours to travel from the West to East coast of the US-imagine how difficult it would have been to go from China to the US. It's not like they would have had an airlift from Senegal. I don't think it was malicious in intent-it's a sci-fi version of a lifeboat scenario.
If they added diversity it would be as harmonious as a United Nations meeting.
By contrast-look how problematic shoehorned diversity messages can be--i.e. the Miles Dyson character in Terminator 2. This African-American computer genius gets attacked by some crazy white woman and agrees to blow up his company--a non genius would see that he was going to ruin his life and that of his family--all because he sees a mechanical arm that matches one kept in a display case? That is a big leap of faith.
It makes him look like a selfless tool (the aim is to suggest how noble he is--but it is racially offensive--suggesting Dyson has no personal interests worth caring about-like his family).
Furthermore, air travel was not was it is now--it could take 24 hours to travel from the West to East coast of the US-imagine how difficult it would have been to go from China to the US. It's not like they would have had an airlift from Senegal. I don't think it was malicious in intent-it's a sci-fi version of a lifeboat scenario.
If they added diversity it would be as harmonious as a United Nations meeting.
By contrast-look how problematic shoehorned diversity messages can be--i.e. the Miles Dyson character in Terminator 2. This African-American computer genius gets attacked by some crazy white woman and agrees to blow up his company--a non genius would see that he was going to ruin his life and that of his family--all because he sees a mechanical arm that matches one kept in a display case? That is a big leap of faith.
It makes him look like a selfless tool (the aim is to suggest how noble he is--but it is racially offensive--suggesting Dyson has no personal interests worth caring about-like his family).