@acontributor said:

I stopped watching after just a few minutes. The straight white male dad senselessly beating up everyone in his family was a red flag for me. My exact thought was I didn't think it was very realistic. It felt more like they were just trying to vilify straight white men who marry white women.

Your observation doesn't make much sense, in light of the fact that the book came before the movie. They were following the book. Just sayin'.

Ah, I think I understand better where you're coming from now. I certainly agree with you that, if this is the way straight white males are being depicted in film, then that is not right.

I'll be honest: if this is the pattern occurring in modern film, then I had no idea and I am completely out of the loop, because I'm a classic film fanatic, and I would say 90 - 95% (or higher) of what I watch is from the 1930s to 60s.

I have picked up a little on the racial/cultural stuff going on nowadays though, and so I suppose I'm not surprised that it's made its way into the film industry.

Thanks for the explanation though, it definitely helped.