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Impossible to watch now due to the lack of diversity and sexism


Gosh, I've got to say I was shocked! In these difficult times I thought this was perhaps the right moment to introduce the horrors of war to the children and let them see that perhaps things aren't quite as bad right now as they have been historically.

Anyway, it started off ok until perhaps maybe ten minutes in when Poppy seemed very upset. I paused the film and asked if she was ok. "It's just daddy, I haven't seen any non white actors or any females at all yet. Is this film... ok?". I was a bit shocked but realised yes she was correct. I tried to calm her down and said I was sure more diversity would be along shortly.

However, ten minutes later you could hear a pin drop in our house before the crying began... "I don't understand papa" said young Poppy, "There are no non white and no female characters - apart from that lady serving tea - in this entire film. Papa, why are you making us watch a work of racist sexism? Are we supposed to believe they couldn't find ANY females or people of colour to cast in this film? The makers know that we know it's a film and not a documentary right?"

Unfortunately this startling call out set her younger brother off, as the bitter tears of injustice began gently flowing from young Otis' cheeks.

With that I was rightly enraged and leapt up to switch the infernal machine off right there and then!

I implore any right thinking parents to seriously consider ever showing the dated production values employed here to their precious offspring.

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It's sad that they couldn't have included some more diversity in the film, meaning more black people. Even if they are just looting the local store.

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So portraying a movie with a cast that is accurate for the time is now a problem? No its not and you're a racist.

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As per my ELEVEN year old daughter's comments in my OP:-

"Are we supposed to believe they couldn't find ANY females or people of colour to cast in this film? The makers know that we know it's a film and not a documentary right?"

Surely she's not some kind of genius anomaly to be able to recognise we make films today with the actors available TODAY and we're not actually back in 1940?!

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As I read this thread, I couldn't tell who was being sarcastic and who was being genuine in their reply.

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My little one got triggered by the blatant lack of diversity in this film, had a seizure, and died.

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Whatever there snowflake.

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You are being sarcastic I trust? There weren't many coloured soldiers at Dunkirk although there were same.

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Stop procreating please

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