Mark Blankenship: Should We Want Movies Like Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side?
This movie is based on a true story. A rich white family really did adopt Michael Oher, a homeless black teenager, and eventually, he became an NFL star. In the real world, that’s very moving.
In the manipulated world of movie trailers, however, Oher’s story is a disturbing revival of the “benevolent white master” trope.
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