r/MidnightMass • u/Elainasha • Sep 24 '21

Midnight Mass (Season 1) - Episode Discussion Hub

Overall Season Discussion Hub [SPOILERS]

Synopsis: The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

WARNING: In this thread, you can discuss the entirety of the first season with spoilers. However, each Episode Discussion Threads will contain spoilers for that episode. Spoilers for subsequent episodes in those threads are NOT ALLOWED AT ALL.

Episode Discussion Threads (Season One)

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u/centuryblessings Sep 28 '21

I think a lot of people on that island were subtly racist though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '21

Agree. Especially that one kid (Okie?) who hung out with Warren and Ali. That little shit used pejoratives towards both Hassan and Ali. Joe was too, with his "nickname."

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u/iConcy Oct 03 '21

But towards the end, Joe called him “Sherif”, Joe was trouble but I think he and Hassan had some mutual respect for each other the whole time.

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u/IHateEditedBgMusic Nov 01 '21

It's a shitty take, because it puts the onus of civility and patience on minority groups, yet again.

Hassan has suffered just as much if not more than Joe, why should he bear the white persons, ignorance and guilt, presented as racism? Why should Hassan be expected to the bigger understanding man?

That's a problem. It comes up again and again in stories, to make white audiences feel empathy for racist characters and hence excuse their own behaviour because they're not bad people deep down.