The Other Problems With La La Land

Everyone is talking about the whiteness of La La Land. And with good reason, since that critique is probably the most important and relevant one. So I will first link you to some pieces that hash it out pretty well. (This one explores more deeply how the film's whiteness is about more than just its casting choices.) In short, the general feeling is this: how can you have a movie about jazz and have it be so white? And yet. Some people (read as: white people) have been complaining -- either o...