{"id":123023,"date":"2016-10-28T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=123023"},"modified":"2016-10-28T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T15:12:31","slug":"the-great-wesley-morris-on-the-last-taboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=123023","title":{"rendered":"The Great Wesley Morris on “The Last Taboo”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of the best pieces of cultural criticism<\/a> I have seen in a long long time. I almost can’t believe it exists, and I am just so happy that we HAVE it now. In years to come, this essay will be referenced by others. There’s been nothing else like it, at least not in film criticism. <\/p>\n

As with so much of Wesley Morris’ stuff, the essay is singular. It is the perspective of an African-American gay male. A rarity in the hallowed halls of film criticism (puh-leeze), and is a blazing reminder that having any field dominated by white males – having white males set the terms, or at least be the “default” and any other voice is a deviation from that “norm” – does everyone a disservice. Only Morris could have written this piece. <\/p>\n

His musings were inspired by Moonlight<\/i>, a new film that just came out in limited release – and so far has been doing quite well (surprisingly, considering the subject matter and the treatment of that subject matter – not to mention the astonishing final scene), so hopefully it will get a wider release soon. As it stands now, for me, it’s the Film of the Year. It’s a revelation in a way: it’s very rare (almost unheard of) to see something NEW in cinema. Moonlight<\/i> is one of those movies. It cracks open new ground. <\/p>\n

And it started something in Wesley Morris’ mind, and that something led to this piece. I have been reading Wesley Morris for years, since Grantland. He’s one of the best critics working today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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