{"id":12382,"date":"2018-07-26T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2018\/07\/26\/blindspotting\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T17:00:57","slug":"blindspotting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2018\/07\/26\/blindspotting\/","title":{"rendered":"Debut Feature Film for Director Carlos Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of watching\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.blindspotting.movie\/#home\"><em>Blindspotting<\/em> <\/a>(2018) at The Landmark in LA on Friday July 20th. As many other <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/reviews\/blindspotting-review-daveed-diggs-rafael-casal-1202667959\/\">publications<\/a> have said, it is a very timely piece. Unfortunately, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4377526\/\">Daveed Diggs<\/a> said in a post movie Q&amp;A, &#8220;It&#8217;s nice to have a film that&#8217;s relevant, but like, it would&#8217;ve been cool if it was a period piece; &#8216;damn 2009 sucked&#8217;!&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to imagine that the movie is a comedy but, Diggs and his co-star\/writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2592137\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Rafael Casal<\/a> and director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2788015\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Carlos Lopez-Estrada<\/a> &#8217;12 blended the dramatic topics with fluid comedic performances beautifully. I felt like I was on a roller coaster of emotion having to deal with my own feelings of empathy towards these characters while awkwardly trying to laugh with them through the struggle.<\/p>\n<p>As an independent film with a limited release, I encourage Chapman University alumni to go watch this movie and support your fellow alumnus, Lopez-Estrada. It is set for a wider release on July 27.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Feature video from Lionsgate: Official <em>Blindspotting<\/em> trailer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estrada &#039;12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2347,"featured_media":19923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[39,365,604],"class_list":["post-12382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-kudos","tag-alumni-2","tag-director","tag-feature-film"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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