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The whole idea of representation was that minorities were unable to enjoy media because it didn't contain characters that looked like them or that had life expe
by imgabe 5y ago
The whole idea of representation was that minorities were unable to enjoy media because it didn't contain characters that looked like them or that had life experiences that they could relate to.
So Hollywood bent over backwards to shoehorn in representation everywhere they could and now they find that the majority of people don't like these shows and movies that are all about people who don't look like them and have experiences they can't relate to. This is surprising somehow?
Personally, I never had a problem enjoying a good story regardless of how different the characters are from me, but it seems a lot of people only want to watch things about themselves. The studios also seem to put a lot more emphasis on checking the correct boxes rather than telling a good story.
- zmgsabst 4y ago> So Hollywood bent over backwards to shoehorn in representation everywhere they could > The studios also seem to put a lot more emphasis on checking the correct boxes rather than telling a good story. What you’re describing is the paternalistic racism that Democrats have never confronted, in Northern and Coastal cities. A charitable interpretation is that people don’t like racism: - anime is popular; Korean TV and films are popular; Chinese movies are popular; Bollywood movies are popular; etc - treating race as a defining characteristic is not, as in Hollywood People want a good story where the culture and people are faithfully represented in a reasonable way. They detest products which treat the race of the person as defining or which “paint by numbers” with race. That is, people on average are rejecting Hollywood because it is more bigoted than they are.
- op00to 4y agoI’m willing to bet, however, that most people that have ever been on tv look just like you, though. Even in the last 5 years, most people on tv look just like you.