I really want to see this film, I think this is a topic that is totally looked over. Most people don't even know that this is going on. So, I go to the yahoo website and see the poster:
Hmmm. A blond white chick is on the cover. Now, I have no problem with blond white chicks, I personally think Charlize Theron is the baddest blond chick out there. I just don't freaking get why, if the movie is about a Mexican boy searching for his kidnapped sister, there is a white Polish chick on the cover. I mean, seriously. It's that type of nonsense that pisses me off.
As a black woman, I feel as if women of color are always cast aside. It pisses me off, especially since you would think putting the Mexican girl on the cover would pull more heart-strings, since she is A) Cuter and B) a little younger, and therefore more relevent to the child-sex slave story.
Seriously, THIS IS THE STORY!!
I mean, damn, folks! It's 2007, putting a colored person on your poster isn't going to destroy you film! And, even if it does, you should be more honored to have stood up to bigots and racists.
And even if they were scared, why wouldn't they try to put BOTH girls on the cover? I mean, are people THAT uninventive? I would have them both on a bed, makeup, staring out from the poster at the world, or something to that effect.
But then again...
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I agree with you, but what can you do when people think a white woman victim = more interest in your film?
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