how many times can you spot the letter , in:
theres a motto you learn in screenwriting school: if its personal, its universal. human experiences transcend race, gender, geographical borders. and pariah, the excellent (heartbreaking, heartwarming, highly-recommended) film written and directed by dee rees, might be about a young black girl growing up in brooklyn and struggling with her feelings, but its not a movie for african-americans, or gays, or new yorkers. its for everyone. the problem? its being described as the new lesbian film or a movie about black lesbians. the reality is that the film deals with internal conflict, family drama, friendship and defining yourself.
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dee rees tells women and hollywood:
people on the surface looked at this as a black-gay film. no matter how much we said it was about identity, about being yourself, about coming of age... i think people can be kind of myopic in terms of material.
interview with dee rees - writer and director of pariah [women and hollywood]
interview with adepero oduye star of pariah [women and hollywood]
identity, discovery and ‘pariah [ny times]
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I counted fifteen ","s in that text.
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