re: Leave The World Behind on Netflix (Spoilers Pg. 2)

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Then what was the point of that minute or two? If race was not a issue, what was the point of putting it in there for a minute

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I’d say the point of it was that the father knew what was up with the “world ending”, and the ignorant daughter was hung up on some nonsense like race.

And to say “race was in there for a minute or two” is wrong. It’s literally ONE line where the daughter is talking about not trusting “other” people, and says “especially white people”.

As shown by the scene when they were leaving Kevin Bacon’s, the dad GH told Hawke’s character that the third part of the plan was simply to sit back and let folks turn on each other.

If the writers/director/producers of the film wanted to “make it all about race”, they certainly had plenty of opportunities. Heck, Ali could have said “are you questioning this is my house because I’m black” during that scene, but didn’t. As others mentioned, they could have thrown a confederate flag up around Bacon. They didn’t.