Disney can’t be cancelled because they have enough money to shut down any widespread attempts or just because they are a corporation, and we give them money for so many things already, some that we might not even know about. You can’t really cancel an actor as an average citizen. You can start a movement that claims it dislikes people and will refuse to give that person money, whatever that may entail. Then studios will not hire that actor because of it.
Just my two cents, but considering this is way off topic I assume it will be removed. Cheers!
I do have a problem with real life issues/a real life agenda in my science fiction. It affects my belief of the fantasy. The fact that Star Wars hasn't had a lead/strong black female up to now; this strikes me of a 'woke agenda' created character to cover bases.
So a black female being a murderous backstabbing vilain who torture children is a woke agenda ?
They seemed to forgiving her pretty quickly for all that though.
Then again so did Anakin, but at least he had to die first.
I think that. Society has their pitch forks and are eager to go a witch hunting. I think companies like Disney are terrified of this. The slightest slip up, and they're done.
Because there is no torch and pitchfork mob waiting for "the slightest slip up".
Well there was that HM and "coolest monkey in the jungle" business lol. Didnt go bankrupt though.
While Id love to discuss the American political landscape this is kinda getting out of hand. Can we all just go back to discussing why Kenobi sucks?
I think that. Society has their pitch forks and are eager to go a witch hunting. I think companies like Disney are terrified of this. The slightest slip up, and they're done.
Because there is no torch and pitchfork mob waiting for "the slightest slip up".
Can we all just go back to discussing why Kenobi is great?
FTFY
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I think that. Society has their pitch forks and are eager to go a witch hunting. I think companies like Disney are terrified of this. The slightest slip up, and they're done.
Well then you really are in Sci/Fi land.
Name one single company that has gone bankrupt because of "the slightest slip up". I'll be generous. It can even be one with 1% of Disney's market capitalization or higher; it doesn't have to be anything like a company that's a peer to Disney.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
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That's a disingenuous request because corporations the size you're talking about dont close overnight and never will. A more fair question would be name a company of this size that's been finically impacted by agenda driven politics.
Victoria's Secret (unrealistic body images)
GoDaddy (animal rights)
Papa Johns (racism)
General Mills (AA representation)
If you want bankrupt companies I'm 100000% positive that a quick Google search in your area will yield bakeries, day cares, restaurants, etc. in every state that have been canceled and are now closed.
That's a disingenuous request because corporations the size you're talking about dont close overnight and never will.
I'm sorry, but we have a conference call from Enron & Arthur Anderson for you. Toys R Us is requesting to join, and there are messages here from... Blockbuster, Tower Records, Pan Am Airlines, Compaq Computers, WorldCom, and Delorean Motor Company have left messages.
We're talking about what corporations fear, and whether Disney fears such things enough to base the casting of the Kenobi show on such fears.
While there has been significant backlash against specific actors who engaged in sexual assault or **** or other infamous crimes (going back long before OJ and Wesley Snipes became uncastable), and there have also been backlashes against famous existing characters being portrayed by an actor of a different race (or even **presumably** different race, such as in the case of Idris Elba's glorious but criticized-by-racists portrayal of Heimdall in the Thor movies), there has never been a case of serious backlash against a particular studio or a specific show merely because a brand new character was portrayed by a white man. Never.
The idea that there are things corporations are afraid of, even large corporations, is far more valid than you credit.
The idea that Disney was afraid that if they cast a white man in the role now named 3rd Sister it would impact their bottom line is unsubstantiated.
There simply was and is no reason for Disney to be afraid that any specific role must (or must not) be portrayed by an actor of a specific race or gender UNLESS the character has already existed in other movies/shows and was recognizably a human of a specific race or gender (no one is going to care if the actor playing one of the hammerheads or Gamorrean Guards changes, even if it involves a radical race/gender swap).
Unless/until someone involved in the casting says that they decided in advance the role would best be portrayed by a person of a specific race or gender, there's no reason to assume that some nebulous fear of a cash hit for casting white men even exists, much less that it dictated who played 3rd Sis. And even then the director's motivation might be something other than a woke agenda.
There simply is no reason to believe that anything other than making the most money possible ever affected any casting decisions for Kenobi.
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Just my two cents, but considering this is way off topic I assume it will be removed. Cheers!
They seemed to forgiving her pretty quickly for all that though.
Then again so did Anakin, but at least he had to die first.
Well there was that HM and "coolest monkey in the jungle" business lol. Didnt go bankrupt though.
While Id love to discuss the American political landscape this is kinda getting out of hand. Can we all just go back to discussing why Kenobi sucks?
FTFY
Victoria's Secret (unrealistic body images)
GoDaddy (animal rights)
Papa Johns (racism)
General Mills (AA representation)
If you want bankrupt companies I'm 100000% positive that a quick Google search in your area will yield bakeries, day cares, restaurants, etc. in every state that have been canceled and are now closed.
If you look up Dexter Jettsters cafe, you’ll see it was bought out by Victoria’s Secret.
He used the old and now considered offensive term "pigstinker" instead of the modern term "Ugnaught" and got cancelled within a month.
I'm sorry, but we have a conference call from Enron & Arthur Anderson for you. Toys R Us is requesting to join, and there are messages here from... Blockbuster, Tower Records, Pan Am Airlines, Compaq Computers, WorldCom, and Delorean Motor Company have left messages.
We're talking about what corporations fear, and whether Disney fears such things enough to base the casting of the Kenobi show on such fears.
While there has been significant backlash against specific actors who engaged in sexual assault or **** or other infamous crimes (going back long before OJ and Wesley Snipes became uncastable), and there have also been backlashes against famous existing characters being portrayed by an actor of a different race (or even **presumably** different race, such as in the case of Idris Elba's glorious but criticized-by-racists portrayal of Heimdall in the Thor movies), there has never been a case of serious backlash against a particular studio or a specific show merely because a brand new character was portrayed by a white man. Never.
The idea that there are things corporations are afraid of, even large corporations, is far more valid than you credit.
The idea that Disney was afraid that if they cast a white man in the role now named 3rd Sister it would impact their bottom line is unsubstantiated.
There simply was and is no reason for Disney to be afraid that any specific role must (or must not) be portrayed by an actor of a specific race or gender UNLESS the character has already existed in other movies/shows and was recognizably a human of a specific race or gender (no one is going to care if the actor playing one of the hammerheads or Gamorrean Guards changes, even if it involves a radical race/gender swap).
Unless/until someone involved in the casting says that they decided in advance the role would best be portrayed by a person of a specific race or gender, there's no reason to assume that some nebulous fear of a cash hit for casting white men even exists, much less that it dictated who played 3rd Sis. And even then the director's motivation might be something other than a woke agenda.
There simply is no reason to believe that anything other than making the most money possible ever affected any casting decisions for Kenobi.