Playing Elora Danan Postoak in Reservation Dogs, Devery Jacobs opined how ‘each of the Osage characters felt painfully underwritten’
Newest movie Martin Scorsese and one of the most anticipated of 2023, Flower Moon Assassins was heavily criticized by Devery Jacobsindigenous Canadian actress known for playing Elora Danan Postoak on the Serie Reservation Dogs. According to her, the film “dehumanizes” Native Americans.
In extensive thread made in Xformerly known as Twitterwith 15 publications, the artist revealed how she had a “painful” experience watching the film released on October 19, 2023 in Brazilian cinemas.
“I HAVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS. This movie was painful, exhausting, unforgiving and unnecessarily graphic. As a native, watching this movie was hell,” he wrote. “Imagine the worst atrocities committed against your ancestors, then having to watch a movie explicitly filled with them, with the only respite being 30 minute scenes of murderous white guys talking about/planning the murders.”
But although all the performances were strong, if you look at it proportionately, each of the characters Osage it felt painfully underwritten, while white men were given much more courtesy and depth.
“I don’t believe these very real people were given honor or dignity in the horrific portrayal of their deaths,” the actress continued. “On the contrary, I believe that by showing more murdered Native women on screen, it normalizes the violence committed against us and further dehumanizes our people.”
“I don’t believe this needs to be said, but Indigenous people exist beyond our pain, trauma and atrocities. Our pride in being Native, our languages, cultures, joy and love are far more interesting and humanizing than showing the horrors that white men inflicted on us,” he stated Devery Jacobs.
In short, after 100 years of the way indigenous communities have been portrayed in cinema, is this really the representation we needed?
I HAVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS.
This film was painful, grueling, unrelenting and unnecessarily graphic.
The thread. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/THxucE9TkZ
— Devery Jacobs (@kdeveryjacobs) October 23, 2023
Source: Rollingstone
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