• Deceptichum@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    That makes no sense.

    Creative laziness and financial laziness have a direct impact on the quality of a movie.

    Being trans or nb is completely different to those two things.

    It’s like saying we deplore stealing and murder, so we should embrace string cheese.

    As for homogeneity, that didn’t stop the Wachowski sisters from a poorly made rehashed cash grab of a Matrix movie.

    If you want thoughtful unique movies, go watch something indie. If you want Hollywood cash grabs, go watch Hollywood.

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      I think it’s more that if everything is made by boring, rich, white men we get less of a range of perspectives.

      Everyone knows creativity is driven by adversity, so having less privileged people telling stories is a no brained.

      You’re right about indie, I completely agree on that

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        The other perspective of this is those rich white men got that way by making something that wanted to be seen. If the demand existed for alternate perspectives those movies would be what Hollywood was, instead of small indie productions.

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          11 months ago

          …maybe? But considering how insular and closed-minded American culture is, I highly disagree. These are highly conservative companies only going for the safe money.

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      11 months ago

      That makes no sense.

      I mean, how else do you want it explained? It’s spelled out in the article why it’s the same type of problem.

      As for homogeneity, that didn’t stop the Wachowski sisters from a poorly made rehashed cash grab of a Matrix movie.

      Yes, and they’re in a very unique situation, and importantly, were famous before they came out. Good luck doing it the other way around. Hence Ms Blanchett doing this, it’s about giving equal chances.