I Just Saw Transformers 2, Who Else Thinks That It Was…?
Posted on February 21st, 2010 in Watch Transformers 2 | 8 Comments »
pretty racist. I mean there are these 2 transformers who are clearly stereotypes of black people. They talk in slang, one of them has a gold tooth and all throughout the movie, these two “brothers”, as they are referred to, are continuously pushing the clichés farther. I mean, it was almost like a futuristic blackface. They are always fighting each other, they don’t behave, they’re dumb, they have the shittiest cars and, the one that got me really mad and uncomfortable at one point, they say they don’t know how to read.
I’m a white male and usually I’m not bothered at all with this stuff. I just brush it off as Entertainment and think people are intelligent enough to know these are stupid stereotypes. But not this time. I felt really weird about it was done. It was just distasteful in my opinion. Humor is not Michael Bay’s strength.
Also, who noticed that Bay is the king of publicity and product placement. It’s getting ridiculous. The whole movie is basically car ad about how american cars are reliable, safe, cool, etc. And I’m not even talking about Budweiser, Mountain Dew and all the others I probably missed.
