HOW ZACH SNYDER'S DIRECTOR'S CUT REVEALS THE CONSCIOUS/UNCONSCIOUS ETHNIC BIASES OF HOLLYWOOD

The 2017 Justice League film was not one of DC's Finest. In fact Rotten Tomatoes rates it as a 40% in comparison with Zach Snyder's 2021 cut which weighs in at 73%. Better effects and expanded/modified sequences are certainly responsible for some of the ratings shift, but an apparent erasure of scenes and sequences prominently featuring Blacks may have added to the disjointed storytelling that earned the deplorable 40% rating. Let's compare the two iterations of Justice League and discuss why the removal of the referenced scenes were fatal to the 2017 film.