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Pro-Democracy Demogorgon's avatar

I look forward to BG2H every week but was surprised this one turned into an anti “woke” piece. I do agree 100% with MCU / True Lies points! Studios are putting more into expected ROI than they are about checking the progressive boxes.

Americans and especially zoomers and millennials are becoming more aware and can now decide to spend money and time on historically under-told stories made by under-represented groups and people. Also I can choose not to spend money on a Mel Gibson movie now that I know he’s a virulent anti-semite.

We still get John Wick and Better Call Saul and Evanovich’s stereotypically trashy Lula.

As with most anti-woke complaints (I can see Bill Maher making similar points if he had an entertainment blog) this one seems to be a case of cherry picking to support a hypothesis and magnifying the cultural peril of previous out groups moving in.

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Sonny Bunch's avatar

I don't think it's possible to comment honestly on what is happening in the world of pop culture without addressing the way it is produced and written about. If that makes this piece anti-"woke," a phrase that appears nowhere within it, so be it.

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