does she have a race problem

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As a person of color, I find that offensive, and those who know me know I don't take offense at just anything. I think most of us would appreciate an edit (I didn't quote you for that reason).

So basically she can account for her choice and further backs it up with historical fact. What is curious to me is if she feels that the source material fell short in its depiction of black slaves then why did she give the writer the honor of having the novel adapted in the first place?

I think Woody's body of work mostly reflects his own life experiences and memories growing up. It's not really an all white, European Jewish one either but it's mostly that but that fits the world he is depicting. I never really thought of him as a director who makes movies with a "message". I never read about the controversy over his Harlem play so I'll look that one up.

And I agree with YOU!

The fact is, some people have a narrow vision, and frequently when such people try to step outside their focus and make art about different sorts of people, the results can be unimpressive. Either they don't understand people from other groups as well as they think they do, or they end up making people from other groups talk and act like the group they focus on. I mean, if Woody Allen made a movie about the Harlem Renaissance, he's either have the characters talking like the same over-educated upper-middle-class types he puts in all his movies, or he'd get African-American culture totally wrong, and either way would suck. So if he wants to keep making movies, he doesn't really have many options other than to keep focusing on sophisticated New Yorkers, as he doesn't understand anyone else.

But maybe whoever the hell is funding him might want to pass on a couple of his projects, and fund someone who could actually make a good movie about the Harlem Renaissance instead.

I don’t see anything inappropriate, she is just trying to tell the story that she wants. If it’s good it will probably be successful, if she doesn’t tell it well then it will probably tank. I do not see any attack on anyone because of their race.