{"id":67423,"date":"2015-07-13T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=67423"},"modified":"2015-07-13T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T17:01:10","slug":"every-word-spoken-in-film-title-movies-you-just-have-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/13\/every-word-spoken-in-film-title-movies-you-just-have-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Word Spoken in [FILM TITLE]: Movies You Have Time to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new tumblr titled Every Word Spoken<\/a> posted a quote from George Gerbner that goes like this:<\/p>\n

Representation in the fictional world signifies social existence; absence means symbolic annihilation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s the rallying cry for writer and performer\u00a0Dylan Marron<\/a>,\u00a0who runs the tumblr. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a movie cut down to feature just the lines spoken by non-white people.\u00a0He’s just getting started, but it looked to me like so far the longest clip is less than 1 minute long, most are around 30 seconds and this includes a few seconds at the\u00a0beginning of each where they show the title.<\/p>\n

In addition to showing us that people of color with speaking roles are almost non-existent — symbolically annihilated — the roles they play tell disturbing stories. Overwhelmingly, in the videos he’s picked so far, they are\u00a0in service occupations (500 Days of Summer<\/a><\/em>); literally maids (Enough Said<\/a><\/em>); or\u00a0with stereotypical accents (Wedding Crashers<\/a><\/em>)<\/a>. And, oh hey movie people, making the only person of color with lines a doctor (The Fault in Our Stars<\/a><\/em>; Black Swan<\/a>) gets you no bonus points in my book. Nice try.<\/p>\n

But THESE. These were the best\u00a0ones…<\/p>\n

Noah<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n