Your Favorite Movie is Racist
All people are a little racist, all movies are made by people. So... in this series we are taking our favorite movies—and some of these are legit classics—and re-examining them within the context of an evolving world. Will our favorite movies hold up? Miles Kelly, Tawny Ochoa and Chris Paicely find out.
Your Favorite Movie is Racist
THE SHINING | Who will cry for Dick Hallorann?
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2 Blacks and a Mexican
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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Elevated horror. Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, The Shining, helps define that term. It's a masterwork in directing, acting, and the art of building an unsettling atmosphere full of tension and dread. It also has one of the most tragic examples of the magical negro trope. Where does this masterpiece in film sit with us, knowing it also perpetuates one of the storytelling world's most complicated forms of racism?
Cold Open & Intro
The Greatness of The Shining
What's Racist about The Shining?
Rating The Shining