It was just an example of it still mattering to have something people will watch and that it takes more than just pure politics to exist. I think they fucked up bad casting a tranny actor though, that's the sort of thing that's a no-win situation unless you're making something detached from a franchise that is specifically about a tranny. There was backlash from announcing it, there would be backlash if it's canceled, and it will have an uncanny valley affect for viewers, all for free publicity from some rags that would run an article for what's effectively pocket change.
The worldbuilding is already fucked, they're past the point of no return, and IMO that's even worse for a franchise than beating the audience over the face with a political hammer because it's even harder to recover from ruining the logic and coherency of an IP compared to just making products which are shitty on their own without contaminating everything around them.
Willow was about a mixed race redhead dyke, her insufferable bitchy girlboss partner, and a midget, I'm not so sure.
It was just an example of it still mattering to have something people will watch and that it takes more than just pure politics to exist. I think they fucked up bad casting a tranny actor though, that's the sort of thing that's a no-win situation unless you're making something detached from a franchise that is specifically about a tranny. There was backlash from announcing it, there would be backlash if it's canceled, and it will have an uncanny valley affect for viewers, all for free publicity from some rags that would run an article for what's effectively pocket change.
The worldbuilding is already fucked, they're past the point of no return, and IMO that's even worse for a franchise than beating the audience over the face with a political hammer because it's even harder to recover from ruining the logic and coherency of an IP compared to just making products which are shitty on their own without contaminating everything around them.