Comments | nyren: Prejudice in Media, Pt 1: Lost

nyren

Prejudice in Media, Pt 1: Lost

Jan 24, 2011 12:40

Lately, when watching TV shows or movies, I can't help but analyze them for racism and sexism. I feel like sharing my observations, though I probably do sometimes see issues where there really aren't any.

Lost
( Contains very minor character spoilers. )

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hypnagogie January 24 2011, 18:25:36 UTC

Technically, Hurley is Hispanic. Lost is totally sexist, though, I'm with you on that. Less so on the racism, but it is there too.

nyren January 24 2011, 18:29:44 UTC

Oh, right. I repeatedly failed at seeing him as Hispanic for some reason. I'll fix that.

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nyren January 25 2011, 03:13:32 UTC

I find that funny and implausible, though probably true. The Convict really didn't have much of a character beyond "I won't tell anyone anything" and "omg who should I run away form so he'll chase me." Not exactly the leader type. At all. I don't think she ever even passed the Bechdel test all series, though Andrew kept trying to prove to me that she did :P

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nyren January 25 2011, 05:45:47 UTC

Oh, sure, but Lost was a show about a community. I can't see the "lead" not being the leader of that community, and I really can't see a character like The Convict being a leader. She was waaay too much of a loner. When I said it was implausible, I meant that, not that it was implausible that he would have a female lead.

As a note, I just started watching Fringe a few days ago. I plan to analyze it later, but so far, it plays like it was written by someone steeped in male/white privilege trying REALLY REALLY HARD not to be sexist or racist. I'll get into it later, but if JJ Abrams does the scripting as well as the plot writing, I'll give him credit for getting significantly better (or at least, clearly trying).

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