Parking_Onion_3846 t1_j8v9hoe wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Reply to comment by dbcanuck in How Much Is Too Much Marvel and ‘Star Wars’? Disney Rethinks Franchise Output by verissimoallan

> People complain 'oh you're just anti-woke'. Nope, not at all. I'm tired of paint-by-numbers diversity bingo cards being used as a defence mechanism for poor quality screenplays.

If people are suggesting you're racist, maybe it's because you think bad writing means casting and writing stories about non-white people. Diversity wasn't the problem with any of those shows.

anasui1 t1_j8w6gzq wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:33 AM

these people must be terminally stupid then because that's not what he's saying at all. He has a problem not with a diverse cast, but with companies using it to shield their garbage ass shows against criticism. But you know, a mere mention of the word "diversity" is enough to drive the Twitter crowd mad, making them impermeable to reason