Continuation of the discussion about the movie that seemed to have triggered some.
[quote] I had one quibble. [bold]You probably could guess what it is. [/bold] I really was fine until Jennifer Garner says “you deserve everything you want.”
[quote] The idea of “I deserve this” was pretty prevalent and I guess it’s affirming. I guess. But it sort of knocked me into that place of “yes, cute young white boys in very rich neighborhoods in liberal communities are so very deserving. I hope it all works out for him. (Spoiler: it will)”
[quote][bold] It’s sort of the white privilege version of affirmation [/bold]
[quote] But I was able to sort of knock it aside enough to really be moved by him and his dad and to celebrate the ending... Mainly because the lead actor was so very god damned charming