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Disney famously courted Chinese audiences for everything. One big example was them removing Finn from the movie posters, simply for being black. That wouldn't f
by effingwewt 4y ago
Disney famously courted Chinese audiences for everything. One big example was them removing Finn from the movie posters, simply for being black. That wouldn't fly over there. Then they turned around and cried about diversity and inclusion and they tried their insane 'latinX' garbage.
Netlfix wokeness is legendary, their mandates are insane.
It was all pandering from the beginning.
I watched the BET awards the other night and was absolutely disgusted. Not one black owned business got air time for commercials- was all P&G, google, amazon commercials. All going on about what they do for the black community.
Like the pride month commercials, I'm just so sick of the bullshit pandering, but I'm also tired of people believing it.
We used to call companies out for this shit. Everything is metrics and visuals, all they care about is money. The rest is bullshit to help them make more of it.
Edit to add re:netflix- they recently dropped a lot of' woke' content. Anti-racist baby, the cartoon by Megan Markel, etc- heads and shows have been rolling. Someone coined the term 'pivot to profit'. Ricky Gervais' new special Supernature, meanwhile, was like their most watched special this year,and they backed Dave Chappelle.
I think now that they have to batton down the hatches the pandering wokeness was the first thing overboard.
Also friendly reminder Netflix greenlit 'Cuties'.
- camdat 4y agoStarting your post with misinfo isn't a great outlook for the rest of it https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/v2g7xr/whats_up_with_the_star_wars_poster_hiding_john/iatb7wx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/v2g7xr/whats_...
- effingwewt 4y agoNot that I have any love for mainstream media but here[1] you go. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/asia/star-wars-china-racist-poster/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/asia/star-wars-china-racist-p...
- pacerwpg 4y agoThey distributed Cuties but it was fully produced before that. Greenlit implies they had a hand in funding the production.
- effingwewt 4y agoFair point, but makes them no less culpable.
- mbg721 4y ago"Cuties" still became their public face. I'd give individuals a pass for obliviousness, but not a media company that's in the business of public opinion.
- pacerwpg 4y agoIn what sense did it become their public face? You ask anybody about Netflix and the odds are they're going to be referencing Stranger Things or a year ago Squid Game. I imagine most people have forgotten about it
- mbg721 4y agoIt was newsworthy for at least a few months. Stranger Things is probably their strongest association, though.