Look, I'm not saying I don't want to see characters of color.

Pretty much. Hollywood is in a trap where the only new stuff that gets greenlight is rehashes of existing IP, but at the same time there's basic principles of diversity at play and that means just doing the same shit but ticking some diversity boxes.

So it feels particularly cynical and artificial rather than just say, writing new stories. Want some black characters? Well get some black writers some jobs and see what they wanna do. Jordan Peele is one of the the most exciting directors in cinema for a reason, right.

Honestly I don’t care if they want to change most of the characters races, just not Snow White. She had an actual cannon description that most others lack…hair as black as ravens, skin as white as snow and lips as red as rubies. I don’t recall Cinderella being described in the books as a blonde caucasian, that was just a choice made for the screen.

This also extends to other representation. Empowering disabled people is not pretending being blind is actually a super power. Or putting someone in a wheelchair so an ableist can have a redemption arc when they eventually see them as a person.

I would like to see more diversity besides color and sexuality. Such as people with physical disabilities , people with Down syndrome and other genetic disorders, religion diversity as well.

They are unoriginal and hacky, yes.

That would require effort. Capitalism incentizes the most low effort and largest profit return. Creativity is irrelevant.

There should be equal opportunities to all, depending on merit only

Basically, yes. But Hollywood isn’t always hiring the people who would write such stories, or if someone tries, they may not be in an environment where it’s welcomed.

I grew up without fairy tales where any of the protagonists looked like me. So very possibly I can’t feel your pain here. That was a world where almost everybody on tv, from the shows to the commercials, cartoons, to even the news reporters, were white. If someone black was appearing on one of the variety shows, or when the “Julia" show was on the air, relatives and friends were on the phone letting each other know. It was that big a deal.

Shadow, why you stirring the pot? 😅

I dont know why they are redoing movies they have aleady done .

There are billions of stories out there; myths, legends, amazing books, histories and fantasies .
So many genres to choose from .

And yet ......do- overs seem the rage .
Do -overs with some new little tweak to make it a "thing".

I dont get it. Hollywood has incredible resources to create movie magic, and the money to do it.
I some times wonder if its become such an 'in house ' industry , that many people in it have been chosen by 'who they know', rather than their abiltiy to be imaginative .

As long as no one pretends them changing the skin color means anything, either pro or anti, I don't really care.. I just won't watch a recap lol

The moment someone says it's good or bad that's when it becomes more complicated.

I have a pitch

Let's remake Miami Vice again, and now Crockett is Black and Tubbs is white