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<blockquote data-quote="ncurd" data-source="post: 982855" data-attributes="member: 72205"><p>See that is my problem they clearly set that up and I don't think they lean into that enough especially in the beginning when he initially meets and travels with Don Shirley there is barely any reaction to the fact he'll be working for a person of colour. This is someone who was wanted to throw away glasses rather than wash them, I would think someone with that much deep seated racism would have larger issues with the job at hand even if he is doing it because he needs the money. Tony doesn't grow as a character for me he is given a trait, barely bought up again kinda raised as your pointed out in the fried chicken and then becomes a staunch defender of Shirley when seeing what he's put under. I get that he's ignorant of the racism Shirley gets everyday and that drives the drama when he tried to confront it but I don't think Tony ever really evaluates or is given the opportunity to his own complicitness.</p><p></p><p>I take you point about the Fried Chicken but I still think Shirley's reaction by having him really enjoy it undercut that slightly in that Tony is demonstrated 'to be right'. Its complicated because of Shirley's character growth to a class of people he has never really belonged to. Fried Chicken just was a terrible way to go about that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ncurd, post: 982855, member: 72205"] See that is my problem they clearly set that up and I don't think they lean into that enough especially in the beginning when he initially meets and travels with Don Shirley there is barely any reaction to the fact he'll be working for a person of colour. This is someone who was wanted to throw away glasses rather than wash them, I would think someone with that much deep seated racism would have larger issues with the job at hand even if he is doing it because he needs the money. Tony doesn't grow as a character for me he is given a trait, barely bought up again kinda raised as your pointed out in the fried chicken and then becomes a staunch defender of Shirley when seeing what he's put under. I get that he's ignorant of the racism Shirley gets everyday and that drives the drama when he tried to confront it but I don't think Tony ever really evaluates or is given the opportunity to his own complicitness. I take you point about the Fried Chicken but I still think Shirley's reaction by having him really enjoy it undercut that slightly in that Tony is demonstrated 'to be right'. Its complicated because of Shirley's character growth to a class of people he has never really belonged to. Fried Chicken just was a terrible way to go about that. [/QUOTE]
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