Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

15 reviews

smfaehnle's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, and Abandonment

cpalmerpatel's review against another edition

This would've been a great book if they had included just a little bit of critical research. Their "lit review" consisted of emailing an old professor to ask him what's written on the topic and upon being told there wasn't anything, set out to fill the gap with their own personal opinions.
 I'm not entirely sure who's the intended audience for this book. Other film critics? Or maybe her usual audience? ie the people that turn to film critics as the authority on whether a film is good or bad. She drops in names of people without explaining 1) why they're famous and 2) what they've done that was monstrous, assuming you already know and it leaves you turning to google to fill in the gaps. When she discusses a film, she talks about characters and setting in a way that assumes that everyone has seen it and appreciates it's "genius". I'm not convinced that any work of art can be described as "genius" and it left me with the feeling that the author wrote the entire book in order to justify why she continues to love her favourite movies even though the men creating them were rapists.
 She also focused more on men and when the discussion turned to women it centred on the classic dillemma of the working mother trying to balance mum mode with work mode, except exasperated here because art ("real art"?) isn't "work" but a madness or passion. 

It was okay, and sparked some ideas but not as stimulating as I thought it was going to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Incest

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexism, and Transphobia

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Death, Murder, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

milesjmoran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexism, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Hate crime, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

brunonadamas's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense

4.0

An excellent book, very well written. I can’t agree with the concept that it doesn’t make a difference if I still support an artist that has done terrible things. It makes a difference in my life. 

The fact is that there are so many great artist that have made the choice to not do things as a result of their torment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide