I'm black and I'm am sick of over representation/diversity for the sake of it. When I first started hearing this push for diversity, I thought they meant hiring the best person available, but it is clear that it means less or no white people. I live in a majority white country, so there is no reason to whine if I see white people in entertainment. That should be pretty clear cut.
Also, another problem is that it has reached a point where I am hesitant to watch anything with a female, black, or hispanic cast made in the last few years because most likely it will be yet another feminist lecture, lecture about race, or an immigration lecture where there is only one point of view.
Add in the fact that they constantly push these movies or tv shows and we are supposed to love every lazy reboot.
One of the reasons I pretty much don't watch or read anything past 2014.
Honestly I think a female or minority author/director who cared about writing good stories would have a very hard time in Hollywood if they didn't push the usual left wing talking points.
Look how Jordan Peele, Ava Duvernay, etc. are treated as if they are Hitchcock on steroids.
I get tired of this, because every single time they add someone from a "minority" they make the character unbearable and unlikeable. I start rooting against them.
I'm even more on the fact, if the movie or series they are making comes from somewhere else, like a book, comic, game or something, they should cast the character that best represents it. But they prefer to grab something, race and gender swap instead of creating something with the characters already created that represents the people they want.
Heck, why can't they use the example of Spartan? They needed diversity on Arrow. So they created a very good character that didn't exist in the comic. He grew up as a character, had flaws, battled against it, and more. And he quickly became my favorite character. I know, CW of all things. But I guess their creativity went all on the creation of Spartan, and now they are a mess! heh!
Instead of BATWAHMXN, they could have made SPARTAN tv show... But nah!
Exactly. Race/gender swaps are so lazy. Also there are characters in comic books that aren’t used. And a main annoyance I think is the constant push that we have to love it.
Eric July had a video on how much this irritates him, especially when they race swap a popular white comic book character while ignoring dozens of existing black characters who sit on the shelf and never get a shot.
Absolutely. I’m a big fan of his. Discovered him through geeks and gamers and nerdrotic. It’s also funny how with every race and gender swap they pay themselves on the back like it’s some major accomplishment
I'm black and I'm am sick of over representation/diversity for the sake of it. When I first started hearing this push for diversity, I thought they meant hiring the best person available, but it is clear that it means less or no white people. I live in a majority white country, so there is no reason to whine if I see white people in entertainment. That should be pretty clear cut.
Also, another problem is that it has reached a point where I am hesitant to watch anything with a female, black, or hispanic cast made in the last few years because most likely it will be yet another feminist lecture, lecture about race, or an immigration lecture where there is only one point of view.
Add in the fact that they constantly push these movies or tv shows and we are supposed to love every lazy reboot.
One of the reasons I pretty much don't watch or read anything past 2014.
Honestly I think a female or minority author/director who cared about writing good stories would have a very hard time in Hollywood if they didn't push the usual left wing talking points.
Look how Jordan Peele, Ava Duvernay, etc. are treated as if they are Hitchcock on steroids.
I agree.
I get tired of this, because every single time they add someone from a "minority" they make the character unbearable and unlikeable. I start rooting against them.
I'm even more on the fact, if the movie or series they are making comes from somewhere else, like a book, comic, game or something, they should cast the character that best represents it. But they prefer to grab something, race and gender swap instead of creating something with the characters already created that represents the people they want.
Heck, why can't they use the example of Spartan? They needed diversity on Arrow. So they created a very good character that didn't exist in the comic. He grew up as a character, had flaws, battled against it, and more. And he quickly became my favorite character. I know, CW of all things. But I guess their creativity went all on the creation of Spartan, and now they are a mess! heh!
Instead of BATWAHMXN, they could have made SPARTAN tv show... But nah!
Exactly. Race/gender swaps are so lazy. Also there are characters in comic books that aren’t used. And a main annoyance I think is the constant push that we have to love it.
Eric July had a video on how much this irritates him, especially when they race swap a popular white comic book character while ignoring dozens of existing black characters who sit on the shelf and never get a shot.
Absolutely. I’m a big fan of his. Discovered him through geeks and gamers and nerdrotic. It’s also funny how with every race and gender swap they pay themselves on the back like it’s some major accomplishment