Re: Wrinkle in Time
Because the executives are terrified of anything that's not pre-branded. Original ideas are considered a liability at this point (I don't believe they should be, but my opinions don't really matter).
I haven't seen any of Ava DuVernay's movies (not my cup of java), but I do admire what she's doing, and I like the way she talks about inclusion without ever resorting to antagonizing or insulting and demeaning the people who may not agree with everything she says.
She realizes that real and meaningful change will only occur when everyone realizes that we're all in this thing together (as opposed to the divisive rhetoric of some self-styled activists, eg. "Don't worry, all the bad old white people will be dead soon").
I love the fact that she said no to both directing Black Panther and a Star Wars movie (by the way, who would even want to work for Disney? It seems like all they do is fire directors, and they don't even pay that well. Does anybody get points besides Downey?).
All of this nonsense about diversity and imaginary racist boogeymen is a smokescreen, behind which is hidden the only real disparity that means anything-- which is of course, wealth inequality.
The only true path to wealth that there has ever been is to be a creator of something. To own a copyright or a patent. America is the only country in the world where a nobody can accumulate real power and wealth because they had an idea (examples of this would be the (white) guys who started Marvel and the (white) guys who started Pixar and the (white) guys who started Lucasfilm). Heck, even non-resident aliens like JK Rowling can succeed here.
So it's a little disappointing that Ava did an adaptation, or even did a movie with Disney at all, since they are no longer interested in original ideas (I guess at some point you start hurting your career by saying no to big offers).
Everybody is celebrating the fact that Black Panther is one of the highest grossing movies of all time, but the only people benefiting from it are the (mostly white) stockholders of Disney (and the fact that Rupert Murdoch is now the single biggest individual shareholder is ironic in a big-ly way).
Anyway, that was all a long way around of saying that just because I think that marginalized people should stop re-making established IP does not mean that I am 'angry' or accusing them of appropriation.
I should not be afraid to ask where all the diverse creators are.
Originally posted by TigerFang
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I haven't seen any of Ava DuVernay's movies (not my cup of java), but I do admire what she's doing, and I like the way she talks about inclusion without ever resorting to antagonizing or insulting and demeaning the people who may not agree with everything she says.
She realizes that real and meaningful change will only occur when everyone realizes that we're all in this thing together (as opposed to the divisive rhetoric of some self-styled activists, eg. "Don't worry, all the bad old white people will be dead soon").
I love the fact that she said no to both directing Black Panther and a Star Wars movie (by the way, who would even want to work for Disney? It seems like all they do is fire directors, and they don't even pay that well. Does anybody get points besides Downey?).
All of this nonsense about diversity and imaginary racist boogeymen is a smokescreen, behind which is hidden the only real disparity that means anything-- which is of course, wealth inequality.
The only true path to wealth that there has ever been is to be a creator of something. To own a copyright or a patent. America is the only country in the world where a nobody can accumulate real power and wealth because they had an idea (examples of this would be the (white) guys who started Marvel and the (white) guys who started Pixar and the (white) guys who started Lucasfilm). Heck, even non-resident aliens like JK Rowling can succeed here.
So it's a little disappointing that Ava did an adaptation, or even did a movie with Disney at all, since they are no longer interested in original ideas (I guess at some point you start hurting your career by saying no to big offers).
Everybody is celebrating the fact that Black Panther is one of the highest grossing movies of all time, but the only people benefiting from it are the (mostly white) stockholders of Disney (and the fact that Rupert Murdoch is now the single biggest individual shareholder is ironic in a big-ly way).
Anyway, that was all a long way around of saying that just because I think that marginalized people should stop re-making established IP does not mean that I am 'angry' or accusing them of appropriation.
I should not be afraid to ask where all the diverse creators are.
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