You can have diversity and political themes in movies, tv and games but if you put it at the forefront, the focus, then everything feels forced like you're telling the audience off all for an agenda. However if these things are in the background and carefully woven in then people wont complain as much. The evidence is right there when you look back 15+ years, diversity felt natural because the story, the entertainment came first.
Really annoying when people use "woke" as a negative word. That word is for when you care about others. aka, awake and aware of others feelings. It is a good thing to be woke, but that said, I do understand not wanting every form of media focusing on too many types of people. You also don't want to completely ignore them either. Having a story that people can relate to is a good thing and will increase viewership. Telling dozens or hundreds of stories and having 0% having POC, LGBTQIA, etc. representation is also not ok to do and results is bad story/characters. We wouldn't have lovable characters like Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead if every character were straight white people, which is what the far-right people want. To those who also hate on the classic remakes, such as Little Mermaid, it is fine to hate on it if you favor the original, but the original still exists. No need to go rage about the new one. Star Wars is another one that the loud angry "fans" are drowning out the other fans, which is upsetting. Too many great shows being canceled while the boring nostalgia filled shows stick around. I want new stories, not filling small gaps of old stories. I know this wasn't the case with Acolyte though, because Disney stated that this series was just costing way too much money, but also did not confirm it being canceled. They said they will rethink the series after Skeleton Crew, which is another one apparently not doing well. How can people say no to The Goonies in space?
It's great to have diversity in film. However, a problem arises when a) a character is reduced to nothing but their racial/sexual identity rather than truly fleshing-out the character, b) a character is presented without any struggles or flaws because they posses an identity the DEI initiative wants to elevate, and especially when c) other characters with undesirable identities (usually: men) are demeaned exclusively for the purposes of elevating those with identities we should be supporting, *especially* when the characters have already been established as competent in prior works. Examples: * In the first Captain Marvel film, Carol Danvers is presented as a perfect individual whose only struggles are born out of oppression from the patriarchy. The already well-established Nick Fury is repeatedly emasculated and made out as a buffoonish comic relief character in service of further elevating Carol. * In the Star Wars sequels, Rey is presented without any character flaws. Any time she's presented with a potential challenge, she easily overcomes it without any difficulty, in many cases manifesting force powers out of thin air which would normally require significant training. Both established and new male characters are emasculated. Poe and Finn are reduced to comic relief side characters. Han Solo is shown up by Rey in both piloting and repair skills on his own ship and then unceremoniously killed off in a way usually reserved for villains. Luke Skywalker, who was literally the embodiment of hope in the original trilogy, was cut down to a cynical, elderly, weak character when he's first introduced who hid himself away because he nearly chose to cut down his nephew at the first sign of trouble with the dark side, despite his claim to fame having been redeeming Darth Vader. Kylo Ren, who had been trained most of his childhood, is defeated in a lightsaber duel in the first movie by a Rey, who has at that point received *zero* training. Off the top of my head: some characters who embody diversity without these kinds of issues include Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, or if you prefer more recent examples: Black Panther, Black Falcon, Wanda Maximoff, Hope van Dyne, Peggy Carter, and Spider Gwen. These characters are portrayed as every bit as capable as any other characters in their respective works without having to artificially minimize other characters for it. They all posses character flaws and/or must overcome struggles within their respective story arcs. In a few cases, you could swap the identities of those characters out with little impact on the story because their identities exist only in service to fleshing out the characters rather than as the singular or primary force driving the story.
You can have diversity and political themes in movies, tv and games but if you put it at the forefront, the focus, then everything feels forced like you're telling the audience off all for an agenda.
However if these things are in the background and carefully woven in then people wont complain as much. The evidence is right there when you look back 15+ years, diversity felt natural because the story, the entertainment came first.
Funny because he supported the wokeness in all of his Deadpool movies. Never was a big fan of them other than Morena. Too bad because Ryan is a g
Really annoying when people use "woke" as a negative word. That word is for when you care about others. aka, awake and aware of others feelings. It is a good thing to be woke, but that said, I do understand not wanting every form of media focusing on too many types of people. You also don't want to completely ignore them either. Having a story that people can relate to is a good thing and will increase viewership. Telling dozens or hundreds of stories and having 0% having POC, LGBTQIA, etc. representation is also not ok to do and results is bad story/characters. We wouldn't have lovable characters like Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead if every character were straight white people, which is what the far-right people want. To those who also hate on the classic remakes, such as Little Mermaid, it is fine to hate on it if you favor the original, but the original still exists. No need to go rage about the new one.
Star Wars is another one that the loud angry "fans" are drowning out the other fans, which is upsetting. Too many great shows being canceled while the boring nostalgia filled shows stick around. I want new stories, not filling small gaps of old stories. I know this wasn't the case with Acolyte though, because Disney stated that this series was just costing way too much money, but also did not confirm it being canceled. They said they will rethink the series after Skeleton Crew, which is another one apparently not doing well. How can people say no to The Goonies in space?
It's great to have diversity in film. However, a problem arises when a) a character is reduced to nothing but their racial/sexual identity rather than truly fleshing-out the character, b) a character is presented without any struggles or flaws because they posses an identity the DEI initiative wants to elevate, and especially when c) other characters with undesirable identities (usually: men) are demeaned exclusively for the purposes of elevating those with identities we should be supporting, *especially* when the characters have already been established as competent in prior works.
Examples:
* In the first Captain Marvel film, Carol Danvers is presented as a perfect individual whose only struggles are born out of oppression from the patriarchy. The already well-established Nick Fury is repeatedly emasculated and made out as a buffoonish comic relief character in service of further elevating Carol.
* In the Star Wars sequels, Rey is presented without any character flaws. Any time she's presented with a potential challenge, she easily overcomes it without any difficulty, in many cases manifesting force powers out of thin air which would normally require significant training. Both established and new male characters are emasculated. Poe and Finn are reduced to comic relief side characters. Han Solo is shown up by Rey in both piloting and repair skills on his own ship and then unceremoniously killed off in a way usually reserved for villains. Luke Skywalker, who was literally the embodiment of hope in the original trilogy, was cut down to a cynical, elderly, weak character when he's first introduced who hid himself away because he nearly chose to cut down his nephew at the first sign of trouble with the dark side, despite his claim to fame having been redeeming Darth Vader. Kylo Ren, who had been trained most of his childhood, is defeated in a lightsaber duel in the first movie by a Rey, who has at that point received *zero* training.
Off the top of my head: some characters who embody diversity without these kinds of issues include Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, or if you prefer more recent examples: Black Panther, Black Falcon, Wanda Maximoff, Hope van Dyne, Peggy Carter, and Spider Gwen. These characters are portrayed as every bit as capable as any other characters in their respective works without having to artificially minimize other characters for it. They all posses character flaws and/or must overcome struggles within their respective story arcs. In a few cases, you could swap the identities of those characters out with little impact on the story because their identities exist only in service to fleshing out the characters rather than as the singular or primary force driving the story.