Movies and other media must be more diverse
Ok, there are three reactions to this issue.
The mainstream- People should be less bigoted, and more accepting of main roles and in fact most roles being more diverse, we show how progressive and modern we are by being more accepting of, and in fact, demanding that popular fiction and entertainment be more diverse, and include POC (people of color). To feel bad a character you like is recast as a minority shows you are racist and bigoted. And for not buying the product, you prove you only want white characters.
http://www.screengeek.net/2017/04/03/marvel-blames-low-comic-sales-on-fans-not-wanting-diversity/
The Critic-Come on. How many times are you gonna flip the sex or race of a well beloved character into another race or sex, I mean, aren't there enough (insert minority here)'s in movies yet? And why can't you just make new, good minority characters? I'm not racist when I say I don't like how ridiculous your version of (insert beloved character here) is. Stop ruining my entertainment to spread your ideology.
Everyone else- I really don't care. Don't watch much t.v., entertainment pretty much sucks anyways. OR......I don't really see a problem, artistic creative freedom and all that.
So, where is your opinion on this issue?
I fall in the Critic category.
To me, it's not the bad lines. Its not that a female beats 100 men(action movies are unrealistic by nature, otherwise they are boring) It' not having minorities play traditional roles that were white (Kingpin and Nick fury, both cast with actors that seem like the character was made for them, if you disregard skin color. Both good choices.)
All this is good, and I like the movies for these reasons. There is another reason I get upset at these movies.
It's when they get on a soapbox, and use a movie as a preaching tool to spread their ideology, and both sides are bad about this, but it is way, WAY more prevalent on the left. An example of right leaning violation is when all non Christians in a movie are evil, and despicable, and only redeemable if they "see the error of their ways" and convert.
The same happens on the Left.
All CIS white culture is seen as evil, irredeemable, and only rarely seen as redeemable or slightly less disgusting if they show an appropriate level of hatred for their own race, and must also show an appropriate level of deference for other races and must admit the superiority of any arguments made by POC.(people of color).
Another aspect is when they write a shrill, horrible character, and instead of having people react to the character in varying ways, because they are representing the left ideology, the character can do no wrong, and is beloved by all For absolutely no reason at all!. This is piss poor writing, and is par for the course in movies today. Maybe because the writers are sooo busy telling us how evil the Western world and Western thinking is, they forget to write good characters. This is referred to as a Mary Sue, and this is when writers use approval by other characters or allow the character to one up the other characters to justify and elevate a character as "ideal".
An example is the new Star Wars movie, when the new Jedi, Rey, is on Hans ship, and 1-knows more about the millennial falcon than Han Solo, and upon meeting Rey, Han solo feels so close to her he offers her a position on her ship, and defers to her as much as possible.(Not referencing her as a minority, but as a Mary/Gary Sue character template.)
And lets reiterate, its not that die hard fans are anti diversity. Before the SJW culture infected entertainment in recent years, diverse characters were popular and prevalent.
There were often female character versions of main characters, but they often were separate characters and had their own line of comics and shows. Superman/Supergirl, Batman/Batgirl, Spiderman/Spidergirl, Hulk/Shehulk, the list goes on and on. And as far as minority characters? Luke Cage, Spawn, Bumblebee (not the transformer), Amanda Waller (of DC), Blade, Cyborg, Storm, Sam Wilson(Falcon), Green Lantern( This hero position passed between many hands), the list goes on. Hell, there are rumors the new Black Panther movie will have a 90% minority cast. Considering the setting, (It's supposed to be set in his home country, a fictional country set in Africa) this is, IMHO, fine. As long as the story is well written and the characters are believable.
Sourcehttps://studybreaks.com/2016/12/06/black-panther/
So no, it's not about a rejection of strong female or minority characters. Its a rejection of piss poor writing, of using a beloved IP and corrupting it to further one's own political ideology.
Case in point? I would be just as upset if they had Thor convert to Christianity, trade his hammer for a bible and cross, and they portrayed Odin as Satan the great deceiver, and all the characters that were in Valhalla as evil demons, and have Thor say and proclaim all non Christians as evil. It wouldn't be Thor, it would be a corrupted version of the IP, used to further an ideology. and I wouldn't support the franchise. And I wouldn't be anti Christian, a Christianityphobe if you will, for refusing to buy their product.
Your thoughts?
Oh, and the recast I mentioned of Nick Fury and Kingpin, showing that recasting, when done right, can be a good thing.
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