Recently I saw the criticism of "you guys call anything with a female or minority woke", and I foolishly engaged this person in an argument. This person was in their late teens (yes I know it was stupid to bother but I thought I could make him see he was wrong). He just stopped responding to me when I pointed out that there are plenty of female/minority characters that were liked across the board but now we live in a time where we are told that we have to like garbage movies or shows or we are bad poeple.
Honestly to me Woke means endless race/gender swaps, overhyping something because it was written or directed by a female/minority, and the ridiculous overrepresentation of lgbt.
My question is, is it even worth trying to fight against all this or just do like I do and mainly watch or read stuff from 2014 and prior? I follow certain youtubers and if they recommend a new show I'll check it out, but I do wonder what purpose it serves to go after DC, Disney, Star Trek, etc since they have shown that they hate us. One of my favorite nerd rants last year was when Eric July was pissed about the lady who was in charge of the Scarlet Witch show because she said she never read comic books and didn't know who Mephisto was. Stuff like this just pisses me off because if we suggest that maybe she do some research into the lore behind her show we are sexists.
So is it worth it to keep fighting?
This.
It literally is just this.
A lot of my (our?) favorite content from the old times had plenty of even-handed and charitable handling of various racial and gender minorities that I would not have blinked at. They still hold up and I can go back and rewatch them without feeling insulted or pandered to.
The blight is making people MORE racist, and by design.
I honestly feel this is being done on purpose. For instance can you remember a recent female/minority writer or director who talks about being a fan of the show they are working on? It seems like every one can’t shut up about racism or sexism. I’m like just give me a good story. I have books from the past by women and minorities. I don’t care. Give me a good story
It is obviously done on purpose.
If their goal was to present an awesome product, they would go "here, look, an awesome product!". You can see it in many fast food commercials: Burger, burger slow-mo, burger, price point, company name, burger, end. (Or pizza, or whatever).
But their selling feature, the reason the product was made, is not because it is a good product or made to sell. The reason they highlight is that it harms in some way some racial or gender group. That is the selling feature, that is why it was made, and they don't hide it.
Mari Shimazaki is a name of a woman you don't recognize, because she made a good product, instead of harping about how it hurt people of specific sexes or races. For reference, she was the artist/designer behind Bayonetta. Her goal was to make a good product, and she did.
Their goal is not to make a good product. Simple as that.
Good point. I had Bayonetta and enjoyed it