“The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees.” IfsWorldShouldLooksTwoLawBlackSonDegreesHollywoodBraveryDinnerLegendsIn-lawsStanleyHepburnTracyKramerSon-in-law Author:Wesley Morris
“Ultimately the social change has to come from the people who make the movies, so the people who make the movies have to look at the landscape and say to themselves, "Well, you know, these things are changing, and I'm okay with their having changed, and I think it's okay to start reflecting those changes through the movies we make."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsLooksSocialChangedOkayLandscapeSocial ChangeReflecting Author:Wesley Morris
“There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.” WorldWantLooksShowsAsksRiskNormalChaosScreensMessRisk And Failure Author:Wesley Morris