I am not a teen.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    7 days ago

    People downvoting as a reactionary for making them feel bad, but I agree.

    Having a stereotype as a character for the sake of “representation” is not representing anything good and is not doing justice to anyone who would be more than a single note character.

    I’m tired of bad writing and gimmicks to get people to have a reaction to an otherwise bad story, but that doesn’t mean I want movies with none of the topics in it, I just want it to mean something when it’s there.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      Exactly.

      (Natural/Organic storytelling) The Boys: Maeve, Kimiko, and Starlight, beating the shit out of Stormfront

      Vs

      (Forced/jarring) That scene in Avengers Endgame, where every female character from across a massive battlefield appeared next to each other. As opposed to the scene in Infinity War with Proxima Midnight which felt fairly natural.

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        6 days ago

        Or even better, movies actually dedicated to telling stories about underrepresented cultures such as The Woman King

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          6 days ago

          I remember seeing trailers about that, completely forgot to actually go watch it. I’ll add it to my watch list (someday I’ll start watching things on the list)