Don’t Lose Sight of “Blindspotting”
Genre：Comedy/Drama
Director：Carlos López Estrada
Cast：Daveed Diggs、Rafael Casal
Viola's Rating：8.5
It
has been more than 50 years since the African-American civil rights movement
took place, and the US has been pretty politically correct even with President
Trump as the head of state at the time. However, more and more voices need to
be heard, and “Blindspotting”, which was released on July 27, 2018, has high
potential to knock the door of the Academy Awards with this obvious wedge issue.
Sharing the story in a comedy-like tone, “Blindspotting” sadly takes the
audience through the last three days of Collin’s (Daveed Diggs) probation. While
on his last three days of probation, Collin, a black man, begins to re-evaluate
his relationship with his unstable best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), who’s a
white man.
Speaking about probation, we know that the main character is a criminal,
and is waiting for his chance to relive his life. People who return to the
society from the prison deal with a bunch of struggles. Even if they’ve changed
and behaved well, there are still a large number of stereotypes and tags
attached to them. In the movie “Boy A”, the protagonist encounters the same
problem as Collin does in “Blindspotting”, but in this feature film, it’s even
stronger because “Blindspotting” emphasizes on the situations black people face
on a daily basis.
Since the plot of “Blindspotting” focuses on the life in the ghetto, it
contains a lot of environmental shots, which the editor cleverly edited on
beat. Although the film is less than 100 minutes, its rhyme and well-knitted
storyline keep moviegoers on the flow of Collin and Miles’ daily life, and more
scenes around the neighborhood can be shown due to the packed shots cut in the
flick.
“Blindspotting” not only talks about racial matters, but also identity subject
itself. Growing up in Oakland with Collin, Miles never thinks himself as a
white man, and to him, goofing around is how he survives all these years. Not
until those things in the motion picture happens did he realize that there are dozens
of hidden rules that he never follows and doesn’t even need to know just
because he’s not a black man.
Except the depressing topic, “Blindspotting” is overall an upbeat movie
thanks to the rapping. Daveed Diggs, outside of the big screen, is a hip-hop
aficionado himself, and Rafael Casal is a celebrated spoken-word artist. This
impeccable combination perfects the acting, production and writing of the
picture. Lots of original songs in “Blindspotting” are definitely amazing to
hip-hop fans, and even many lines were spoken in rap.
Even though “Blindspotting” points out a bloody truth in the US, it
doesn’t ask for confrontation, but understanding. Deep message indeed! An audio
and visual pleasure indeed! Concern and sight are good deed! So don’t lose the
chance to see!
Picture Credit: IMDb
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