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Monday, April 17, 2023
Diversity in Movies Isn't Any Better Now Than It Was in 2019
The Mary Sue: Per The Hollywood Reporter, the study looked at both streaming and theatrical releases in 2022, encompassing the 200 highest-grossing English language films worldwide as well as the 100 most domestically streamed films in the U.S.
2 comments:
Rayya Gracy
said...
I am never surprised when I look at article such as this one, because I just feel like as a black person I notice it all the time. Even when growing up, and I turn on my TV or go to the movies, never really saw a plethora of people that looks like me and I still feel as if of course, it’s gotten better since my childhood. But there is still definitely a large gap. Which is why it’s devastating at these articles are to see and read it in the society that everyone takes a look at them and read them thoroughly. This article not only to state so there’s a gap revise multitude of statistics in theater and in film. So when people try to deny the fact that there is a lack of diversity, or the fact that people of color are have acknowledged for their work, this article is great at disproving that. It’s very sad to see that an industry where people of color, especially black people have been prime influences in a lot of the work that we see aren’t recognized.--
in a way that makes sense due to the pandemic however, it is so unfortunate that we have come to 2023 and have not reached a point of real equilibrium in diversity. I think of our industry as a very progressive one, but we do not actively reflect that in the work we create most times. I think theater has made larger strides than film in this way however, film is a more popularized media that has the ability to significantly change the way the world perceives different people, and we need to make more effort and larger strides to diversify, who is seen on the big screen. I am well aware of this fault, and I have noticed it on my own, especially with the disability representation on screen. I do not believe I have seen much media where it is a casual part of a character, and that they are not othered because of it. This is so unfair and such an accurate representation of our society and population. We need to start reflecting what we want to see in film, rather than what is.
2 comments:
I am never surprised when I look at article such as this one, because I just feel like as a black person I notice it all the time. Even when growing up, and I turn on my TV or go to the movies, never really saw a plethora of people that looks like me and I still feel as if of course, it’s gotten better since my childhood. But there is still definitely a large gap. Which is why it’s devastating at these articles are to see and read it in the society that everyone takes a look at them and read them thoroughly. This article not only to state so there’s a gap revise multitude of statistics in theater and in film. So when people try to deny the fact that there is a lack of diversity, or the fact that people of color are have acknowledged for their work, this article is great at disproving that. It’s very sad to see that an industry where people of color, especially black people have been prime influences in a lot of the work that we see aren’t recognized.--
in a way that makes sense due to the pandemic however, it is so unfortunate that we have come to 2023 and have not reached a point of real equilibrium in diversity. I think of our industry as a very progressive one, but we do not actively reflect that in the work we create most times. I think theater has made larger strides than film in this way however, film is a more popularized media that has the ability to significantly change the way the world perceives different people, and we need to make more effort and larger strides to diversify, who is seen on the big screen. I am well aware of this fault, and I have noticed it on my own, especially with the disability representation on screen. I do not believe I have seen much media where it is a casual part of a character, and that they are not othered because of it. This is so unfair and such an accurate representation of our society and population. We need to start reflecting what we want to see in film, rather than what is.
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