When streaming Dear White People, watch closely. Because while the bold Netflix series offers standout acting performances, innovative storytelling structures, and timely social commentary on race relations in America, it does so with visual techniques that will make you feel some type of way.
“There are times when a frame may feel vaguely familiar, but it’s because we’re visually quoting a major cinema moment that almost always has white or European faces in them,” says creator and showrunner Justin Simien of referencing films like Persona, Barry Lyndon, and Metropolis. “It triggers something in the subconscious to see a black face in a classical pose. It just sort of rewires a part of your brain, like you never thought to put those things together. I tried to create those moments visually as much as possible.”
from https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dear-white-people-design-color-art-meanings-259876
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