Same Kind of Different as Me (Michael Carney, 2017)

[ianthemovie]

I just saw an ad for this online. Apparently it still hasn't come out yet (it's set to release October 20). I thought for sure it came and went a year ago, or else had been shelved/buried.

[mfunk9786]

I think the rights changed hands to the God's Not Dead folks, and they seem to release one tentpole film per year, in October. I could be wrong about some of that, but I think that's the latest on this pile of garbage

[beamish13]

I'm still eagerly anticipating this. Probably the most "Holyfuckingshit" film of whatever year it does eventually get released in.

[mfunk9786]

It's funny that it's especially tonedeaf to release this film now since fluffy "diversity" is no longer a part of an increasingly nakedly racist Christian right in the U.S. - it would've fit right in prior to Obama's presidency, but now the idea that right wingers are going to flock to a film about a black person being on a white family's property that doesn't involve a Stand Your Ground law in this climate is hilarious

[Big Ben]

Most shocking (Or perhaps least shocking if you prefer) is that this is actually based on a true story that was published as a book. Make of that what you will.

It's funny that it's especially tonedeaf to release this film now since fluffy "diversity" is no longer a part of an increasingly nakedly racist Christian right in the U.S. - it would've fit right in prior to Obama's presidency, but now the idea that right wingers are going to flock to a film about a black person being on a white family's property that doesn't involve a Stand Your Ground law in this climate is hilarious

I would imagine the individuals watching this film would prefer a depiction of what they perceived as a "safe black person" not one protesting racial inequality, police brutality etc.

[Gregory]

Most shocking (Or perhaps least shocking if you prefer) is that this is actually based on a true story that was published as a book. Make of that what you will.

Do you think it's shocking that there's a book like this and that it sold loads of copies?
I gave my thoughts on it on the previous page if anyone wants to know them, and I couldn't be shocked about this after having seen the nonfiction bestseller lists as long as I can remember filled with this kind of melted vanilla-flavored soft-serve ice cream.