2019 is now problematic

[LabR@t]

Can't wait until all rap is removed were they use the n***** word, you know for equality

 

[VincentHanna]

I think the feeling is that the crow characters represent negative black stereotypes. It's not about anyone "saying the N word" as plasmahal said.

Personally I'm not bothered.

Also the main crow is called "Jim Crow" and played by a white actor.

 

[stockhausen]

Frankly OcUK should introduce a warning when a thread includes any of the terms Woke, SJW or Leftie, they are likely to cause health problems for some people

 

[LabR@t]

Also the main crow is called "Jim Crow" and played by a white actor.

Yes, should have used real to talking birds

The horror! I take the film 'white chicks,' will never be shown again ? ( Hopefully)

 

[LabR@t]

The corporate world has been infiltrated by cultural Marxists hell bent on the destruction of western society. All the woke man children are too stupid to see it.

 

[MikeTheNative]

I'm not so sure about that.

GOTG Vol II (Sequel) - $863.8 million box office
Spider Man: Homecoming (beloved character) - $880.2 million
Thor: Ragnarok (established characters) - $854 million
Black Panther (1 previous appearance) - $1.34 billion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Panther_box_office_achievements

Iron Man 3: $1.2 Billion
Captain America civil War: $1.15 Billion
Spider Man Homecoming :$1.13 Billion

It's not too far off the others. But you missed my point, if Black Panther wasn't a Marvel movie it wouldn't have done so well.

 

[VincentHanna]

The corporate world has been infiltrated by cultural Marxists hell bent on the destruction of western society. All the woke man children are too stupid to see it.

If you say so mate.

 

[VincentHanna]

Iron Man 3: $1.2 Billion
Captain America civil War: $1.15 Billion
Spider Man Homecoming :$1.13 Billion

It's not too far off the others. But you missed my point, if Black Panther wasn't a Marvel movie it wouldn't have done so well.

I agree with that, but it made hollywood take note

See also: 'Get Out' and 'Us'

 

[GreatAuk]

Just wait until they discover what people have written down in books over the past thousand years... Might as well toss them all in a furnace and start again as it'll take so long going back to edit out all the potentially sex/race/trans/etc-ist language and plot points there.

Looking forward to the to kill a mockingbird re-release, about a person of unspecified race, gender, and sexuality being accused of [censored], and being defended by a strong independent black single mother lawyer.

 

[stockhausen]

Now this really is "WOKE":

Eat your wee hearts out suckas

 

[Dis86]

I googled it, That's because they were massively under-represented compared with the population

i.e. roles for black or minority actors in hollywood were massively lower than the actual population of the USA.

If it was more even, I doubt it would be an issue at all.

You're looking at leads there. Not actors in general.

I wonder if we'd see something different if we looked at the Indian, Chinese or European film industries. I'd hazard even more of a disparity.

 

[MikeTheNative]

I agree with that, but it made hollywood take note

See also: 'Get Out' and 'Us'

Those are good examples and we need more of those before we can say black majority casts aren't a hindrance to a film's maximum take.

 

[VincentHanna]

You're looking at leads there. Not actors in general.

I wonder if we'd see something different if we looked at the Indian, Chinese or European film industries. I'd hazard even more of a disparity.

Yes obviously.

It's not like India or China has a high population of black people though that are massively under-represented.

 

[Ceryndrion]

Ha actually another example... I love a theme park and I’m looking at travelling to Phantasialsnd in Germany and staying in an on site hotel. Ones Asian themed and one’s African themed. OK. I then started watching POVs of the rides and on the lift hill there were some fake bones decorating part of the lift hill of the African themed roller coaster...

Again... I felt myself feeling a little... aware. I didn’t feel offended but I definitely think the chance of that decoration going up now would probably be slim!

I've stayed in the african themed hotel, its nice.. though honestly, the themepark itself is a little uninspiring, if it hadn't been a corporate thing, I'd have given it a miss.

 

[Roar87]

The corporate world has been infiltrated by cultural Marxists hell bent on the destruction of western society. All the woke man children are too stupid to see it.

I think the problem would mostly be in the HR departments which create a lot of rules around conduct, these departments are typically dominated by women.

 

[wolfie138]

I mean people did lose their poo when they thought Idris Elba may be James Bond, so it's not just exclusive to one set of people

that's not even remotely the same argument.

 

[Nitefly]

I've stayed in the african themed hotel, its nice.. though honestly, the themepark itself is a little uninspiring, if it hadn't been a corporate thing, I'd have given it a miss.

Interesting, thanks for the input. I’m dead keen to get on Taron

 

[Dis86]

Yes obviously.

It's not like India or China has a high population of black people though that are massively under-represented.

China has a higher black population than the UK.

They treat them like utter crap.

 

[SpeedFreak]

I googled it, That's because they were massively under-represented compared with the population

i.e. roles for black or minority actors in hollywood were massively lower than the actual population of the USA.

If it was more even, I doubt it would be an issue at all.

What was the % split of the US population in the early to mid 80s which is when most of these stars were born? A quick search shows 80/20.

 

[Somnambulist]

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