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American media is a global industry and is serving a customer base of much more than the US population.

Server6 5y ago
True, but they're making most of their money from western whiter countries. Which is reflected in their actors/stars. However this is already changing and will get better as the global market continues to expand.
- dandellion 5y ago
  As a non-american, it's not getting better, it's just getting weird. Like this parallel fantasy reality that americans have come up with and convinced themselves that it's what the world outside looks like, that actually has nothing to do with anywhere on earth.
  - iagovar 5y ago
    It's funny when somewhere in your country is portrayed in an american movie or series.
    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      This is how Americans who aren't from LA or NYC feel as well.
- stevenicr 5y ago
  not sure this is correct. We may need to get actual numbers or divide up 'film / media' into different segments.. I recall seeing news about big movies, eg transformers and others where in order to satisfy the global market, ie China, decisions needed to be made.. and given that many of those markets appear to be more racist/anti-muslim, (obv not 100, but majority I believe) and your comment seems to be suggesting [hope] that things above "will get better as the global market continues to expand." - I'm not chiming in to say this or that is a good or bad thing, just trying to clarify that some things may make one think catering to broader global markets may not make "western whiter countries" more anti-racist or whatever is being suggested as 'changing and will get better' - if that is the perspective being considered for 'get better'. There are studies showing "diversity" on movie posters hurt sales abroad - and of course there has been local pushback for whitewashing things for increased sales - Unless we are talking about gov funded wokeness spreading where making money is not a goal. But I did not get that impression from the thread here.
dandellion 5y ago
As a non-american, american media does a terrible job of representing anything outside america, so if that's the reason I would really appreciate if they could stop it...
- coding123 5y ago
  What are you talking about - We have tons of coverage of the following countries in our movies: Genovia, Aldovia AND Belgravia
  - dandellion 5y ago
    And don't forget my favourite: Macedonia.
  - wincy 5y ago
    Wakanda looks so nice people were trying to book vacations to go visit!
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  I thought Black Panther's portrayal of Wakanda was pretty accurate...
- bart_spoon 5y ago
  They generally do a terrible job representing anything inside America as well.
mc32 5y ago
Isn’t all feature film global at this point? Are there producers in Japan or China who’d say, no I do not want my film exported.

True, but they're making most of their money from western whiter countries. Which is reflected in their actors/stars. However this is already changing and will get better as the global market continues to expand.

dandellion 5y ago
As a non-american, it's not getting better, it's just getting weird. Like this parallel fantasy reality that americans have come up with and convinced themselves that it's what the world outside looks like, that actually has nothing to do with anywhere on earth.
- iagovar 5y ago
  It's funny when somewhere in your country is portrayed in an american movie or series.
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    This is how Americans who aren't from LA or NYC feel as well.
stevenicr 5y ago
not sure this is correct. We may need to get actual numbers or divide up 'film / media' into different segments.. I recall seeing news about big movies, eg transformers and others where in order to satisfy the global market, ie China, decisions needed to be made.. and given that many of those markets appear to be more racist/anti-muslim, (obv not 100, but majority I believe) and your comment seems to be suggesting [hope] that things above "will get better as the global market continues to expand." - I'm not chiming in to say this or that is a good or bad thing, just trying to clarify that some things may make one think catering to broader global markets may not make "western whiter countries" more anti-racist or whatever is being suggested as 'changing and will get better' - if that is the perspective being considered for 'get better'. There are studies showing "diversity" on movie posters hurt sales abroad - and of course there has been local pushback for whitewashing things for increased sales - Unless we are talking about gov funded wokeness spreading where making money is not a goal. But I did not get that impression from the thread here.

dandellion 5y ago

As a non-american, american media does a terrible job of representing anything outside america, so if that's the reason I would really appreciate if they could stop it...

coding123 5y ago
What are you talking about - We have tons of coverage of the following countries in our movies: Genovia, Aldovia AND Belgravia
- dandellion 5y ago
  And don't forget my favourite: Macedonia.
- wincy 5y ago
  Wakanda looks so nice people were trying to book vacations to go visit!
throwaway894345 5y ago
I thought Black Panther's portrayal of Wakanda was pretty accurate...
bart_spoon 5y ago
They generally do a terrible job representing anything inside America as well.

mc32 5y ago

Isn’t all feature film global at this point? Are there producers in Japan or China who’d say, no I do not want my film exported.