From the 2nd paragraph of the OP:
"His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer."
The way Americans deal with medical bankruptcy are the 'online fundraising' sites. If things are well financially, they don't use them.
Like what happens to most Americans in the US healthcare system: The cancer that killed him also wiped out his family's savings.
Dedication to a Trump-inspired civil war will only last as long as the batteries on their mobility scooters.
I don't think Republicans particularly care for ranked choice either - as it is a far better gauge of popular opinion than the first past the post. However, the Democratic party is the first bulwark against actual reforms in the American system. It's not surprising they are being borderline racist in their opposition to it.
Advocating for glbtq rights does not endanger the main power structure. Advocating for people suffering from chronic illness would require fundamental changes to how healthcare is distributed, and thus directly affect the bottom line of some very powerful interests.
Suburban homeowners who find Trump to rude to vote for in the primary.
It's on. ;-)
Hello @Saneless I hope this reply finds you well.
Should make something clear: @DrMango asked "Can someone please tell me what makes the Barbie Movie woke". I'm just doing my best to give a reasonably-neutral answer. I don't necessarily agree with the attitude. (Although, I think I can appreciate it better than most who aren't RWers.)
Also: I should have added bullet point #5:
**5. All the above are applied to established IP with existing cultural resonance. ** I regret I didn't include it in the above list since it's key to understanding the objections to 'wokeness' ... but in my defense, this is a Lemmy thread - how much time should anyone put into anything on a minor Lemmy thread? ;-)
With that out of the way:
1 what’s gratuitous? More than 12% of the cast? A ratio that normally makes you clutch your pearls at the store?
It's not a percentage ... it's when a character is cast based on virtue-signaling rather than what makes sense for the story or original IP. For example: A story set in Kamakura period, Japan shouldn't have Native Americans in the back-ground drinking steins of beer. A character who is described in a book as a middle-aged British Victorian butler shouldn't be a 20-something, lesbian, black woman.
2 happens in every male action movie ever made but it’s men being awesome.
Yes, there are examples of male characters being awesome out-of-the-gate. But I would submit that the ones that resonate are the ones that had to grow. These resonating characters & stories are what Hollywood studios are re-working in the laziest way possible. (One quick example: Skywalker had to grow into his role, Rey automatically understands everything.) It just seems that every new movie based on an established IP has to make the Strong Female Character good at anything.
4 happens for movies with men, constantly.
We're talking about what makes something woke. Weak character and story arcs are a staple of wokeness, but not the only one.
You list Ripley but how is that different? If alien was made in 2019 you’d be saying the same shit
I disagree. Ripley, for the movies time, was an original character. Moreover: She made mistakes, grew as a person, and had a decent arc.
To wrap this up: 'Woke' is a synonym for lazy writing when applied to established IP - especially when pointing out the laziness opens one to accusations of misogyny.
Cheers!
Heh.
Yes. There's that.
And, at the same time, it's also true that Hollywood has taken established IPs, re-written them in an incredibly lazy way, and then turned around and accused people who criticize the laziness as being assholes for pointing it out.
I can't speak to whether this is a good movie or not, as I haven't seen it yet. What I can notice is that the 'Barbie' IP appeals to a broad demographic, and every woman I know is planning on seeing this soon.
Strongly suspect Barbie movie's success is due to good marketing, not alleged 'wokeness'.
I think we all understand this for the empty nothing-burger it is. That said: Hunter Biden testifying before congress would be hilarious! At least a month of Republicans complaining about how Hunter is rich, attractive, has a huge shlong, does drugs, gets any job he wants, and has women lined up to bang him on-demand.