<div><div dir="auto">Hey, to be honest I'm really disappointed that this movie is being screened. McDonagh is an intentionally ableist and racist man, who has written plays and movies that rely on slurs, stereotypes, and gratuitous violence both perpetrated by and experienced by people of color people and disabled people. I know this because before I knew better, I read every single one of his plays and watched all of his movies. For example, The Pillowman's punchline is that a developmentally disabled person is secretly a serial killer. Another work has a slur right in the title. A Behanding in Spokane uses the n slur nearly every page, and when he was called out for this, he defended himself. Another one of his films is based on ableism, which is obvious when you read the title. I could go on and on. Please do not screen this film. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sarah Ragan</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:39 PM Leon Brill <<a href="mailto:lebrill@vassar.edu">lebrill@vassar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline">Hey Filmmakers,</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-style:normal">Wednesday at 7pm in Rocky 300,</b><b style="font-weight:400"> we'll be screening <i>In Bruges</i> directed by <span style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Martin McDonagh</span>. The film is 1hr and 47mins long. </b>Free pizza will be provided. <br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="cid:ii_jg301hzu0_162d140bd5c389e9" style="width:400px;max-width:100%"><br>​<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jh2Xct8AMo" target="_blank">Check out the trailer here!</a><br><div><br></div><div>See you there,</div><div>Leon Brill</div></div>
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