Chance the Rapper Slams 'Bright' over Its Racial Undertones

Bright is out now on Netflix, but not everyone is happy about it. Joining the chorus of haters is now Chance the Rapper, who has taken issue with how race is portrayed in the film.

Bright was directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis, telling us the tale of an alternate universe where humans, orcs, elves and fairies all live together, not so harmoniously. In the world of the film, orcs are basically the new minority, with Joel Edgerton's orc character described as an LAPD "diversity hire" and one who should "listen to your master."

There's also a scene where an orc is lynched, with Chance eventually interpreting it all as a "shallow" metaphor for racism.

Some of his Bright tweets can be found below:

Wondering how you guys are feeling about the lynched ork in #Brightmovie

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

I found the way they tried to illustrate americas racism through the mythical creatures to be a little shallow. #Brightmovie

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

I always feel a lil cheated when I see allegorical racism in movies cause that racism usually stems from human emotion or tolerance but not by law or systems the way it is in real life. The characters in #Bright live in a timeline where racism is gone... cause we hate ork now 🤨

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

I think the idea is that they're a step below bottom of the spectrum blackness. Which is why Will's character, the Mexican cop and the ork have that dialogue in the street. https://t.co/LaFMysw2WG

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

When a fellow Twitter user suggested that Ayer and Landis weren't trying to a make a metaphor about racism, Chance had this to say:

I think the idea is that they're a step below bottom of the spectrum blackness. Which is why Will's character, the Mexican cop and the ork have that dialogue in the street. https://t.co/LaFMysw2WG

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

I tried to look at it that way but a few minutes into the movie they make wills character say "Fairy Lives don't Matter" https://t.co/j721N38cdR

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 27, 2017

Of course, Chance's criticism of Bright follows a series of less than stellar reviews, including our own.