re: Ricky Stanicky

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Thanks for your riveting thoughtful response. I guess you live somewhere I’ve never been. It looks like the folks I see every day in Houston. But if y’all want to label this woke and discuss that as nauseum like yall do everything else go right on ahead. People see what they want and assign their own labels. It’s a free world. Label as you see fit. I enjoyed the movie. I guess skin color and gender and size didn’t really matter as much to me as they do to some. It’s this diversity of opinions that also mirrors society. But again maybe you live someplace different lol.

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Dude, you have lost the fricking plot. I don't care if a movie is woke or not -- if it's a good movie. If they had Brad Williams as one of the friends -- because he's Santino's real life friend -- I wouldn't have blinked an eye because he's fricking hilarious. Hell, this movie would have been better with him in it.

My point was the obvious shoehorning of actors that checked boxes in order to get past Amazon's ridiculous casting policy.

I LIKED the movie.

But I found myself laughing at the thought of the DEI rep meeting with Farrely and the casting director.

DEI: Great job with casting two African Americans as leads and positively representing the LGBT community but...we still need to diversify a little more.

Farrely to casting director: Ok, get a cripple to play the boyfriend and...I don't know...get me two dwarves and make sure one is hispanic.

Farrely to DEI: Good?

DEI: Perfect!

It was the sheer obviousness that made me laugh. I don't give a frick who plays a throwaway character in a movie. All three characters were literally irrelevant to the thin arse plot.