I mean, Hollywood's idea of "diversity" is entirely performative.
30 years ago, movies and television shows written, acted, and produced by black people existed. There were a number of fairly big names that came from that, including the Wayans brothers and Wil Smith (and let's not rewrite history here, he was considered very cool for a very long time). Family Matters had a time slot right next to Full House on TV. Saturday morning cartoons had Static Shock alongside batman. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan did a buddy cop movie that as I recall had some sequels.
So what do we have today?
We have a bunch of stories from the whitest parts of europe but now we dipped the main characters in tea (looking at you, black snow white). Every character is just the same southern california stereotype. You can swap in anyone -- black, white, muslim, christian, asian, gay, straight -- and it doesn't matter, it's surface level. The same character dipped in certain strengths of tea or rainbow or "foreign religion", but in reality they're just the same southern California writer who lacks any ability to write anyone but themselves. The idea of acknowledging that people are different in any way other than the food they eat or the most superficial of traits is in stark opposition to their entire ideology.
Things are far worse than they've ever been. They say "Oh, blazing saddles! That could never be made today!" Why not? The movie is fundamentally about racism, making a mockery of it. Despite that, it's the left that wouldn't let it get made, not the right. And guess who dominates Hollywood?
It can't be made today because it doesn't represent perfect orthodoxy, and so it can never be allowed. This isn't a matter of ignorant writers, it's about writers who know exactly what they're doing -- they're doing what they're told and following the script they've been given perfectly.
30 years ago, movies and television shows written, acted, and produced by black people existed. There were a number of fairly big names that came from that, including the Wayans brothers and Wil Smith (and let's not rewrite history here, he was considered very cool for a very long time). Family Matters had a time slot right next to Full House on TV. Saturday morning cartoons had Static Shock alongside batman. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan did a buddy cop movie that as I recall had some sequels.
So what do we have today?
We have a bunch of stories from the whitest parts of europe but now we dipped the main characters in tea (looking at you, black snow white). Every character is just the same southern california stereotype. You can swap in anyone -- black, white, muslim, christian, asian, gay, straight -- and it doesn't matter, it's surface level. The same character dipped in certain strengths of tea or rainbow or "foreign religion", but in reality they're just the same southern California writer who lacks any ability to write anyone but themselves. The idea of acknowledging that people are different in any way other than the food they eat or the most superficial of traits is in stark opposition to their entire ideology.
Things are far worse than they've ever been. They say "Oh, blazing saddles! That could never be made today!" Why not? The movie is fundamentally about racism, making a mockery of it. Despite that, it's the left that wouldn't let it get made, not the right. And guess who dominates Hollywood?
It can't be made today because it doesn't represent perfect orthodoxy, and so it can never be allowed. This isn't a matter of ignorant writers, it's about writers who know exactly what they're doing -- they're doing what they're told and following the script they've been given perfectly.
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