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Is this whole "woke" thing like an actual, serious problem for Disney? The box office for Disney movies since Iger took over in 2005 indicates people don't actu
by cocacola1 4y ago
Is this whole "woke" thing like an actual, serious problem for Disney? The box office for Disney movies since Iger took over in 2005 indicates people don't actually care.
- dagmx 4y agoMore than that, it shows that people care in a positive way. The people crying about wokeness are the loud minority. Coco , Black Panther, Turning Red, Soul all did phenomenally well. If you look at media embracing diversity, they’re largely doing pretty well when compared to projects of equivalent quality, because they’re bringing in new demographics AND giving something new to existing fans.
- avar 4y agoYou can't deduce that people don't care about the "woke" aspect because some movies are still popular, Disney could have made other movies that weren't "woke", that may or may not have been more popular. Others in this thread have mentioned that China's kept some Marvel movies out due to "LGBTQ representation". Suggesting that they omit that goes against my own biases. But I don't see how a CEO could make the financial case that doing so wouldn't be worth catering to those large foreign markets.