DonFerrari said:
epicurean said:
Im somewhere in the middle I guess. I'm for more female leads, because, obviously, females are 50% of the population, so it would make sense for them to be around 50% of the leads. I do feel like there's over-representation of non gender norms, though - there seems to be way more than the 3% or so that the general population matches.
It's a fine line, it's obvious and over the top in some movies (The Last Jedi), and well done and unnoticeable in others (Rogue One). I read one of the books leading up to The Last Jedi about Princess Leia - pretty good book - but there was a random character brought up 2/3s through the book, immediately noted he was gay, got teased for it, and then wasn't in the book again. It was the most obvious shoehorn I'd ever read. Literally 1 or 2 pages on him in the entire book, all about him being gay. I feel pretty sure that it was mandated.
It's obvious that in the past that straight white males were over represented, that there's a market now for some diversity (Black Panther), and generally its good to have characters that people who identify with can look up to. It's also terribly story breaking when it's obvious and poorly done, and by doing it too much causes more issues than it fixes. |
Anyone complained about lack of white people on Black Panther?
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No gay characters as well!
