It was a bunch of little touches that would slowly erode black entertainment in media and keep it contained to very few avenues.
Thanks for making an honest effort in your response without resorting to calling me c00n.
You point out some true stuff I've heard about, which I can't deny, BUT, there seems to be a different form of the same issue in 2023, not necessarily a positive change.
What I mean is that the people getting picked to write the TV shows or action flics seem to be wannabe activists themselves.
They want to add "social issues" into everything from a single easily identifiable perspective.
They sloppily add social issues into the escapism because they want to, and they take any criticism thrown their way as some sort of ism or phobia (look at the new Robyn hood for example) even if black people don't like it.
I can't tell if it's companies going overboard in trying to be PC or if it's something else but, why oh why, are they hiring people with like no skill or experience at writing or directing?
They can't weave their message into the story naturally or even cast a movie without making half assed social statements,
The term woke has such a fluctuating, catch-all definition that I simply do not know what this sentence means
I understand, there's too many people using the word to complain about whatever they don't like, (far R1ght extremists tend to do this, especially the ones who claim to be religious) but most of us (or maybe it just me I don't know) mean forcing your beliefs onto everyone and into everything under the guise of righteousness and progressivism, mainly done by far L£ft extremists &/or diet activists with dictatorial tendencies.
It is possible to be diverse, black or whatever else without being woke and preachy.
Genuine art is the key &
genuine art made from within a community can represent that community better than any company pushing fake DEI rubbish (rap music right?).
alot of the creators and people talking about representation just want a seat at the popular kid's table, they don't want to build their own ecosystems. Then they turn around and shit on Tyler Perry.
Like seriously why is it that rich and poor rappers always start their own labels and companies or whatever, but successful (black) people in film won't try their hand at independent distribution and production.
If you've heard of Vox Machina, you know what I mean, a bunch of voice actors literally got TV show crowd funded and made before Amazon Prime got involved (the show is definitely l3ft leaning, so you could call it woke but it never puts identity politics before it's story, its fun that does a decent job at being genuine).
Okay Ive gotten a bit long in the tooth with this response, sorry for rambling,