Transformers Propagate Racist Stereotypes

I found a blogosphere gem buried in the morass of mediocrity while surfing one of my favorite blogs, Invisible Woman... Black Cinema at LARGE, around 5:30 this morning. Invisible Woman (what a great Bonez Crew member she would make!) linked to The Angry Black Woman's guest blogger Nora's post More stereotypes than meet the eye. I read in fascination and was captivated by a well written perspective of the Transformers movie that I had not considered before. I found myself nodding in agreement with Nora's observations and wanted to share her post with Bonez readers. Thank you Nora for opening more eyes...

Nora wrote:

"I’ll preface this rant by saying that I went into the film expecting little in the way of logical plot or well-rounded characterization. As one of my viewing companions reminded me, it’s a Michael Bay film, after all. I went expecting to see giant robots blowing stuff up, and mostly that’s what I got. I was even pleasantly surprised by the first half of the film, which was an intriguing and heartwarming “boy and his car” tale. It brought back fond memories of my own first car, which I affectionately named “the Heap”, and which also seemed to have a mind of its own about certain things. (Not about getting me laid, though. Must be a guy-car thing.) I enjoyed the nods to the old 80s TV series, though clearly I wasn’t nearly as much of an old-series fan as most of the audience, who roared every time they caught some bit of fanservice that I missed. That was OK. It was all good, silly, lighthearted fun.

But..."

[Please Read Nora's Entire Post Here]

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