'Slanted': If You Can't Beat Them, Be Them
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.

A series of mishaps befalls Tom, a printmaker with a single task: delivering a plaque to a Korean restaurant.
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
In Jeymes Samuel's history-infused, neo-spaghetti western, Black women are center stage with a fresh hip hop mixtape keeping rhythm in the backdrop.
This horror, action, and fantasy movie released on Disney+ has a symbolic aspect.
Disney has a glaring and, up until recently, unaddressed issue that spans nearly its entire lifetime - an absence of diversity.
As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch.