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Cobretti2 on 23 July 2023
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JWeinCom said:

Look at the reaction to Barbie. A female is playing a character has always been female. No race swap/gender swap/etc.

Yet the usual suspects still have a problem with it and are whining about it being woke, a term they still cannot define.

That's the thing about it, and why this topic really needn't be taken seriously. Because it has nothing to do with anything political, or whatever you want to call it. What it is is that there's a group that has, up till about 30 years ago, been exclusively catered to. Now that the universe is not revolving around them anymore, they are throwing a tantrum. They are using raceswapping as a trojan horse because it's an argument that makes intuitive sense, although not if you put any thought into it, but that's not remotely the issue. The issue is that they're not the only ones who matter anymore. And if there is any big scale project that is not catering to them, they'll find a problem. 

Well this was an interesting read:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/07/21/barbie-largely-praised-for-feminist-themes-but-draws-anger-from-the-anti-woke/?sh=fd6adf758bdd

From woke to communist lol.

Honestly barbie is a fricken toy doll, who has 1000s of appearances in the collection. Not sure what they expected from it. Was never going to be a mind blowing drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat trying to solve the mystery.

The issue is society in general complains about everything these days, I don't think it's just a race trojan. Look at the Brendon Frasier Oscar winning performance. People complained he has a fat suit. I was just happy he finally got mentally better in his life that he was up to make another movie again. To be honest post COVID people have just become even bigger assholes (think of any word stronger you want here that describes it), especially online behind a keyboard towards others. Atheists and media attacking religious people for their beliefs, except Islam as they fear being beheaded or blown up. Anti Vaxxers attacking people's families who had loved ones die during COVID. Environmentalists being distractive to private property or gluing themselves to road to fuck up everyone's work day. People that don't want to work attacking people that work saying they are too rich and want handouts. The whole world has gone mad in general with everything 

In terms of Movies/TV, Chrkeller and Mnementh touched on the issue already and explained it well.

Here are two examples that demonstrate this well. Charmed reboot, about witches, fantasy show, but straight into politics with the metoo movement. Why did they need to go there basically in the first few episodes when the show is about witches and magic and we are yet to learn who these people are. The Rookie, establishes itself first, well written, then every now and then they add a political agenda that reflects the real world, like police brutality, racism etc. They write it in such a way that is part of the show, not just slap a black and white verdict on it. They make you think about the topic.