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[@lllllllllllllllll905]

the word woke already lost it's meaning when the conservatives started using it to describe anything that involves a woman or a black person

[@mohamedAgacem]

True, no one cares anymore if a movie is "woke", so Many conservatives Saw Barbie and some even defended it

[@xodr91]

​@@mohamedAgacemBen Shapiro threw a tantrum calling Barbie woke before it made a billion dollars

[@mohamedAgacem]

@@xodr91 yeah, I know, but Brett cooper, Alex Clark and other conservative women went and Saw it, enjoyed it and later defended it

[@VivaLaFortuneVlog]

That’s extremely lazy commentary

[@nitely2345]

No. It lost its meaning when every single movie ever made had to be remade to include a woman or a black person. The examples are endless and the evidence is uncanny.

[@holydezmondgamez1728]

The word woke just means nothing, that crowd will scream that if the protag is a woman or if there's pronouns or other dumb shit

[@BroJo676]

Let's not lie, woke is a thing, though. Woke is the very obnoxious and on the nose social progressive messaging, generally done in a way to alienate a specific demographic (White men or White Christian men), while still needing this audience to help the movie break even. Why are you gaslighting?

[@khoavo510]

Yep, it's basically a buzzword that triggers certain types of online circles into throwing a hissy fit. Also, a person that makes being "woke", ie being aware of prejudice and discrimination towards certain groups of people, as somehow being bad is really REALLY telling of that person's true character.

[@tobiasburrell6055]

@@khoavo510 I hate how that word was just taken from black people and bastardized this way. Knowing the real meaning and hearing people misuse it is annoying.

[@smithsunleashed]

Yeah i mean maybe the marvels wasn’t such a great movie but it got so much hate for just having three female leads

[@BroJo676]

@@smithsunleashed The hate the movie received has nothing to do with the all female lead characters. The issue is the villainization of the majority audience for superhero movies, aka the male audience. How can you antagonize the people you need to have your movie break even by telling them that, if they fail to feel interested in the movie, they're just anti-women? However, you make sure not to urge women into watching the mvmovie because you know they're already not interested. That's the hypocrisy which makes the flop especially deserved and earned.

[@anyaaa2801]

Apart from Cinderella (2015), I would argue that Disney live actions are UNNECESSARY. Honestly, it’s the only remake that made me feel like I was in a fairytale ✨.

[@lauraj6694]

I would also argue maleficent. I wasn’t a fan of maleficent but I can at least appreciate they went into the sleeping beauty story with a new angle, and it made it feel fresh.

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

​@@lauraj6694 don't forget alice in the wonderland it's a pretty solid live action

[@smithsunleashed]

I would add beauty and the beast to this as well. I think emma did a good job

[@jayfray1235]

At first I thought the idea of animated Disney classics being made into live-action was cool, but not anymore.

[@anyaaa2801]

People want something new and exciting. Something innovative and fun. Movies having messages is NOT a problem. The problem is that that they completely fumble the plot and characters in favor of their messages.

[@mizzdizz4419]

or forcefully add their agenda to the movie with little to no creative direction - She-Hulk was the perfect example of this.

[@KenyaDeAnna]

I agree. If you look at shows like Invincible that has obvious “woke” messaging , it’s still a successful show with a great story. So like you said it’s not the messaging it’s the story.

[@chasehedges6775]

Avengers Endgame was meh. Infinity War was THE PEAK.

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

That first Infinity War trailer alone was FANTASTIC! Endgame doesn't even make my personal Top 5 MCU films. I.W. though? LOVED IT!

[@PeterGriffin11]

The only good MCU film in my opinion is the 2008 Hulk movie.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@PeterGriffin11 The Firsf Iron man was awesome

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@chasehedges6775 I respect your opinion but personally Iron Man and Captain America as stand alone characters are not interesting to me at all.

[@EDeeDeeS]

Infinity War was more than a movie, it was an event. It was a “you had to be there” moment. The closest we got to that level of marvel movies was No way home, but I truly don’t think marvel will ever reach that peek again

[@MakaykayLAMB]

Disney needs to STOP making remakes and sequels. I think we are fatigued at this point and we want something fresh. Think about the success they have with newer franchises like black panther.

[@reannagordon]

Um yeaaa except the problem is no one watches the original stuff. Disney knows people rather watch Zootopia 2 than Lightyear. Box office doesn’t lie. That’s why we’re getting sequels to popular movies. Frozen isn’t necessarily my favorite but I’m not the target demographic. Little girls are and they will force their parents to take them to see Frozen 3 & 4. People said Toy Story 4 was unnecessary and not make money, it literally made a billion. The audience still cares about that franchise so here we go with Toy Story 5 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@tobiasburrell6055]

@@reannagordon Exactly. Don't forget Moana 2 is happening. Money is to be made and sequels usually do well.

[@reannagordon]

@@tobiasburrell6055 exactly and this person talking about the success of Black Panther… ummm Black Panther literally got a sequel and still made over $800 million without the main star. So I don’t understand the point she’s trying to make about not making sequels 😂 There’s nothing wrong with making sequels about movies people like, if there’s a good story to tell.

[@PeterGriffin11]

I don't think diversity is really the problem but how some studios choose to go about their diversity that causes the political discourse online. If a studio makes an original character with a personality that doesn't completely revolve around their identity be it their gender, race or sexuality I don't think many people are gonna take issue with it even if the movie or show the character is in ends up being bad. Lots of people would probably agree that Strange World, Raya & The Last Dragon & WISH were mediocre at best but I've very rarely if ever seen anyone complain about the race, sexuality or gender of the characters in those films. Plus the fact that the Spider-Verse films have done so well I think also proves that general audiences don't have a problem with diversity but how it's executed and if the movie itself is actually good. Miles Morales isn't a race swapped Spider-Man, his personality doesn't revolve around his race, he's just a well written character that happens to be black & Hispanic. I think this is also a reason many people liked Lilo & Stitch, The Emperors New Groove, Alien, Kill Bill, The PowerPuff Girls, The Proud Family, Nemona & Static Shock. They were good movies/shows with original characters that weren't reduced down to just being the black person or the woman or the Lgbtqia person. I think this also applies to how a movie chooses to go about it's political messaging as well. I think some films focus more on their message than actually being entertaining and it comes across as more of a preachy lecture first and foremost than a entertaining film/show. That being said politics are divisive in nature but I definitely think at the very least if a film is more subtle and doesn't feel the need to be blunt about it's messaging it'll definitely cause less controversy. Us and Get Out are perfect examples of films that had messages but they weren't preachy as opposed to something like She-Hulk, Bros or Proud Family Louder & Prouder.

[@emo1ife]

This !!! You nailed it perfectly

[@seokiology]

agreed-which is why i looved brooklyn nine nine. its a diverse show but none of the characgters are stereotpyical (ie Captain Holt is a masculine and stoic gay man, Amy and Rosa aren't the spicy fiesty Latinas) and their whole personality didnt revolve around their idenity. they wer three dimensol, complex characters. Diversity is important but it should be "character first, identity second"

[@mariunfabregas7533]

I'd also add avatar the last airbender as one of the "diversity" shows that people generally like. It has a lot of "woke" themes in it by definition. It's very anti colonialism and anti empirialist, it's pro environmentalism, the entire world is based around various Asian and Native American cultures, there's not a single white person in the entire franchise, it has several representation for people with disabilities (one of the most powerful benders in the series is literally a 12 year old blind girl) and it's VERY direct with it's support for feminism. Heck, there's even one episode where Katara straight up challenges the patriarchy of the northern water tribe. And yet avatar is a widely liked by everyone, even the "anti-woke" people. I'm not saying misogyny, racism, etc. don't exist in the world. Far from it, actually. But diversity and "woke" themes can actually be well-received as long as the execution is done right.

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@mariunfabregas7533 Ironically the live action adaptation got rid of Sokka's character arc where he learns to not be sexist as to not offend people. But they ended up angering fans by removing that character arc for Sokka.

[@blaue_sophie1317]

I think you haven't been here for the Strange World and Across the Spiderverse woke discourse. There are particular people who complain about these just existing because for them LGBTQ shouldn't be "promoted" at all.

[@zack7438]

The biggest issue with the MCU is that they never gave the audience time to miss them. I was 10 in 2008 when the first Iron Man came out and ever since then, I watched every film in the Infinity Saga on opening weekend because there was a novelty factor to the idea of a shared universe. By the time Endgame was done, that novelty was gone. The excitement of seeing the Avengers together was fulfilled and what interesting threat can you really have after Thanos tried to wipe out the entire universe? They should have taken a break, at least 3 years without a film or streaming show. Then gradually introduce phase 4 instead of spamming the audience with subpar content. Even as a strong MCU fan, phase 4 and 5 have been too much for me, I still haven't watched half the things they've put on Disney Plus because it feels like homework, whereas before, during the Infinity Saga, each new film felt like it was building to something. Now Marvel just feels aimless.

[@Ninimo13]

I think there’s nuance in all this. A lot of movies that “bomb” are because the story isn’t there, the movie is almost laughably bad, and a general lack of care. I think it’s fine for movies to have a message to convey, but it needs to be done in a way that isn’t insulting to audiences and in subtlety. People wanna go to the movies to feel something, to escape, to be entertained. This is also what happens when you have too many corporate heads making decisions and not to the creatives who actually know what the hell to do.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Some good movies do bomb, thanks to a lack of advertising.

[@raffycaballero2248]

nimona, an animated film that has lgbtq+ main characters, was under a studio that disney bought and almost got scrapped when it was almost done but then netflix bought it and now it has garnered critical acclaim and nominated for best animated film at the oscars. meanwhile wish barely made any noise outside of how terrible the villain was.

[@MmDisney200]

Yeah but Nimona was barely watched on Netflix, they had to put it for free on KZbin for people to finally watch this movie that was nominated for an Oscar… not hating on the film but it has become a movie people praise just to get at Disney instead of actually watching it and enjoying it. Being used as a gotcha Is not fair to the film itself.

[@reannagordon]

Conveniently left out Elemental also being nominated for an Oscar in literally the same category… but yes Wish was an uninspired film where the concept art and ideas should’ve been the actual movie.

[@raffycaballero2248]

@@reannagordon because elemental is seen more as a pixar film

[@reannagordon]

@@raffycaballero2248 which is still Disney at the end of the day

[@Whoopsitsnia]

1) Clock it 2) Disneys getting boycotted so 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@shadw4701]

Brand fatigue isn't a thing. A good story will always have people interested no matter how old the series is

[@azizahanekwe5712]

I agree with most, but the term “woke” should not equate to progressive views, it's supposed to be a sign to watch out for discrimination in society. For some reason we’ve changed the meaning of the word. But regardless, love the content, I'm a loyal subscriber that is thing I would just like to remind all of us!

[@amulet6]

Because a large majority of people who self-identified as woke were also communists who couldn’t tolerate any opposing view.

[@MmDisney200]

Sadly some white people took the term woke and turned into “everything I don’t like including diversity and people of color is Woke”.. its awful

[@CharlotteNCJack]

Agreed and by that definition we should all try to be woke. But the problem is that the ‘woke’ ones who cry the loudest are also the most discriminatory/ignorant segment of the population.

[@SarutaValentine]

Personally, I don’t think the problem is necessarily woke-ness, but the forced woke-ness to fit a political agenda. Disney had gotten criticism for years for white-washing, as well as putting female characters in their traditional roles. They seek to break out of that, though they seem to lose their mark in the process. Being woke isn’t the problem, it’s the whole ‘look at me, I’m not racist’ narrative that Disney seems to be pushing. Though considering the Disney legacy, I don’t know that I’d call it a downfall so much as a significant stumble, and taken the right steps, I do think they could recover. We will see

[@cloudwhitehart]

Dune 1 & 2 were amazing. Denis Villeneuve puts so much soul into his films. Glorious director~

[@RealJoseph123]

My phone just went off from the notification, and I saw this title. The way that I screamed, must’ve disturbed my neighbors. TYSM, honest.

[@CharlotteNCJack]

??? Lol okay weirdo

[@chasehedges6775]

Phase 4 and 5 have been terrible. Only Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 was the best and the one that was a hit.

[@chasehedges6775]

All of those were ok/meh/mediocre.

[@chasehedges6775]

Multiverse Of Madness was awful. Only thing I liked was how adorable Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez was and Benedict Wong.

[@chasehedges6775]

Werewolf By Night was pretty good but that’s about it.

[@purple1441]

@@chasehedges6775 Multiverse of Madness had some of the best cinematography in the MCU. It has a lot of flaws, but FAR from awful

[@coolboss999]

Shang Chi was also pretty good too. Don't forget that

[@acidicsalt7214]

Unpopular ish opinion but I feel like yes "go woke go broke" does play a factor to a certain degree is to why some films are in decline mostly from Disney due to forced diversity (Disney had been losing tones of money even before the boycott as well). Let's be honest, the forced diversity and forced political messaging in films are ruining storytelling narrative. Many Marvel fanatics aren't even hyped for any Marvel films these past few years anymore due to how horrible the recent Marvel films are. We can also point out that some animated films had such bad promotion hence why they flopped in the box office as well. So in a nutshell, Script writers need to stop being lazy (and stop using AI as well) and start actually write better stories instead of focusing on political messaging like how things were back in the day while also the crew need to start doing better film promotions especially in the animated films. People are sick and tired of politics being inserted for no reason in films that they are not even bothered going to the cinema anymore. The last film last year that really got me super hyped was Super Mario and honestly it was the best film I have watched that year.

[@stink..]

I’m ok with political statements in movies but hot take Barbie’s approach to political statements was overkill, tiring, and at some points over explained

[@d.o.vitelli5855]

I know, right? It was so in your face with no subtlety or nuance whatsoever. Add to that the slapstick humour and all-over-the-place plot (filled with plot holes) and you got a movie that's fine for a Sunday afternoon but not much else. Definitely not the groundmaking cinema they're making it out to be. It was so forced too. I found myself cringing at times. It wasn't the feminist cultural reset people pretend it is, it was, at most, feminism for dummies.

[@peytonrodgers1916]

Love you honest! Keep up the great work

[@donjai9366]

I think Disney needs to go back to the drawing board & do exactly what they were doing prior to the covid-19 quarantine pandemic. I feel like Disney should do this because prior to the covid-19 quarantine pandemic Disney was on a roll of success with End Game , Black Panther & Infinity War. Personally I did like Black Widow , Thor Love & Thunder , Eternals , and Shang-Chi. I thought they were good movies.

[@starry65]

"woke" video game baldur's gate 3 made $500+ million dollars in profit

[@FoxtailCinematics]

I haven't been excited for a movie in a while. The franchise fatigue has been real for me. Indie films and smaller budget films aren't pushed enough in my area.

[@luvthabeatz]

Just make good movies. We don’t need to be lectured to, just entertained..

[@angelantayhua3096]

Oh you don’t want to be lectured to? Perfect *plays Thor: Love and Thunder

[@shanel4294]

And SHOW don’t tell, I’ll get it eventually and whatever I miss will be picked up in the KZbin commentary videos I watch afterwards

[@shutupandeaturgrass8872]

Lol every movie has a message of ✨positivity moral value✨ Even action movie, Fast Furious, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Terminator are political correctness "Bad guy lose, good guy wins" bc it's reflect human mentality that almost every human like a story of justice and love.

[@d.o.vitelli5855]

​@@shanel4294I felt Barbie lacked that. It was all explained not enough shown. Specially America Ferrera's character, she was constantly explaining sh*t to the audience. I felt like I was in class, not at the cinema.

[@MPPG663]

You have always been lectured. You just didn't notice because you weren't the target.

[@strawberrylime33]

I love to see foreign films and various cultures and different types of women and skin colors on everyone. What I HATE is the wagging finger preaching at me for disciminatory thoughts i wasn't even having!

[@TamiaLeslie-ix5qn]

Yeah but there’s nothing wrong with pointing out racism still exists

[@mohamedAgacem]

I'm reading the comments and none of them are related to the vid, it's clear all these people wrote their comments based on the title and the thumbnail and didn't watch the whole vid

[@laurenblanc6172]

They’re also probably super left & can’t take any criticism on their ideology. They’ve made it apart of their identity sm that they feel personally insulted.

[@Bustermachine]

It's the rare movie that I've seen that is bad because it has socially progressive views, or socially conservative views for that matter. The movie may indeed be bad, but it's usually bad for more fundamental reasons. And even a lot of Disney's productions haven't been bad, some of them have, but others are just way too pricey. Elemental brought in a world wide box office of almost 500 million, which ought to be considered a solid success, not record breaking, but certainly it should have been considered a 'win'. But it also had a budget of 200 million. Then you add the theaters' cut and marketing costs (on a movie that marketing clearly didn't know what it was doing).

[@chasehedges6775]

The MCU was hit and miss, IMO

[@gerline2478]

We're living in an era where IP is KING. Even your examples at the end that supposedly promise a more diverse release line-up is largely comprised of either reboots, franchise sequels, book/theatre adaptations or biopics. Truly original storytelling is pretty much dead because all the studios are so risk-averse and as an aspiring filmmaker, I cannot stress this enough, the state of cinema (especially blockbuster cinema) is in the absolute GUTTER! plssssss everyone go support independent cinema and short filmmakers!!!

[@aziatix1168]

Back in the 2000s and most of the 2010s popular mainstream movies in major part represented something and were really unique not focusing solely on making the film politically correct like movie producers (in West) do now. Also, you didn't see all the time remakes of all the classics from the previous decades. Worst part is that it not only applies to movie industry nowadays but also to music. Sure, there were often samples indoctrinated to the 2000s hits but producers still could've made these songs unique when today...well, you have Ava Max and Bebe Rexha sampling the shit out of the old songs but as a result they create only a wallmart version of something that was once great. US entertainment industry went from excellence to a state worse than superficial mediocrity and it hurts me to say, but golden age of when US was a trendsetter and "American Dream" are gone. People don't even care about top Billboard songs anymore, cause they hit the top because of an artist's obsessive fandoms mostly these days, not becase the song is a widely known hit per se. People don't care about new Ariana Grande, Drake or Beyoncè's #1 hits, only their fandoms. I'm not even starting with how Netflix and Disney went downhill. Someone wrote well that today indie music and independent movies that aren't mainstream shine the most and are of best quality and capability of conveying emotion or something original. Cause people today are sick of mainstream music and movies that are just simple recycling (worse) products copying the 80s-10s art.

[@vicenteoltra9363]

Love you from Chile🇨🇱💞💝

[@JadedJassy21]

Black Panther has done well both critically and commercially.

[@HeyItsJK]

A lot of the marvel movies from 2000 to 2020 were thanks to Jon Favreau aka happy. He was a big nerd for the marvel comics and helped direct some of the films. One of his first huge features in the marvel universe which tanked was daredevil

[@21stcenturymermaid34]

Barbie not woke barbie literally is just like hey men and women treat women badly can u not? Thanks. Thats it

[@Local_drugdealer]

Exactly

[@massetozacarias5693]

more like what's up with woke writers being bad writers. Like I'm all for diversity but it's hard to support it if the written material is so bad that I can't even defend it anymore

[@zoe._.1850]

It honestly feels intentional

[@Wallaceismyba]

Uh you realize that there’s a difference with being apart of a media conglomerate such as disney and having to make movies with water downed writing because “Oh no, we have to appeal to the largest audience (code for 👋🏻 📏🤷‍♂️) who themselves can’t write but they’ve got money” And just being an inherently bad writer? Here’s a truth though, most movies made by modern conservatives are what people should be calling “mindless political movies” And no, Diversity isn’t a bad thing and it never will be. The problem will always be fossiled old 👋🏻 executives who want the color but not the people. No one ever says movies are bad because white people are in it. Are we gonna get rid of 👋🏻 people in movies because 20 bad movies came out?

[@Malum09]

I think what's killing Marvel/Disney is the conveyor belt made feeling they have, i honestly wouldn't be surprised if we get a 2nd New Hollywood era were filmmakers are giving decent budgets and creative freedom just to do stuff that calls people's attention.

[@alekadelacruz8592]

Entertainment should be the main goal in making films. Nothing wrong in including some political views but don't make it the focus.

[@bluefood726]

No shade Iger is pronounced eye-ger sorry if you noted that already ❤❤❤ Love your channel

[@hiramdominicus7413]

So in this case : Go woke or go broke doesn’t apply 😂

[@lamikiminach9503]

Clock it Honest!

[@nitely2345]

I mean if all they do is remake movies and the only change is the protagonist is poc and a feminist people are gonna notice the pattern. It’s not conservative to point out an obvious pattern.

[@PeterGriffin11]

I think it's worth noting that while yes Disney movies have been doing badly recently with the only exception being Guardians 3. The failure of movies recently is definitely not just a Disney problem tons of non Disney films recently have underperformed such as Fast & The Furious X, Blue Beetle, Aqua Man 2, Transformers Rise Of The Beast, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning, Ruby Gillman, Teenaged Kraken being a few examples.

[@j.swwervo4586]

Can you do a video on “What happened to Pia Mia” ? She was friends with Kylie Jenner before and had one hit song called “Let’s Do it Again” Ft. Chris Brown & Tyga.

[@pengu_04]

ill be honest the scripts for honests videos have been starting to sound like theyre generated by chat gpt 😭

[@slytherinqueen7960]

I’ve seen dune 2 four times now. I haven’t read the books yet bc I want to see how the story unfolds cinematically but Dune is the first movie or movie series I’ve been genuinely excited about since infinity war and Endgame

[@whoasked6696]

Marvel hasn’t been the same man 😩 I’m glad I grew up in the era of Marvel and Avengers and the rest when they were at their peak.

[@j.swwervo4586]

Can you do a video on “What happened to Asia Cruise” please !!! She had a hit song called “Selfish” back around 2007-2008. She was also signed with Jive Records!

[@nubocerbo]

First, neat change of pace in your normal content. Second, I think novelty is the main reason the movie examples you gave were so successful at the box office with the exception of Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer would have done well regardless of being release alongside Barbie because Christopher Nolan as a director has draw power on his own, and that isn't even factoring in the cast of the film. Marvel and Disney as a whole are doing bad because they've lost the novelty of their releases. Even non-comic fans remember how monumental the first Avengers was because of the buildup of seeing multiple IPs come together in a single movie. From there we simply followed the overarching narrative to Endgame, and now that the story is over only the diehard fans are still pursuing the current phase.

[@baronveros303]

Barbie is the ONLY example you can provide 😂 Also, blac, folk overused the term b4 conservatives did. It didn't mean anything substantial back then either.

[@reannagordon]

It’s pronounced I-gur like Tiger

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

Dune: Part Two just proved that if you make a great blockbuster people will go to the cinema & watch!

[@MarkLaw13]

It doesn't matter what reason Avatar is being watched. The first film was mocked for being pretensious and why on earth is it the most watched film only for the sequel to come out 10+ years later and still be highly successful. The last time that happened was Aliens and T2.

[@rainaj155]

Elemental was a good movie tho. I enjoyed it

[@teqkilla]

Infinity war -endgame trailer was an ERA

[@lebkha]

Endgame was a huge success because many people including myself felt fear of missing out; did i cared for it?! Nope and i still don't and many people feel the same as myself.

[@mirfangu]

lets talk about BRIT AWARDS 2024!

[@zoc.6922]

If the stories were better and they had fewer movies/characters to focus on, I don't think "woke" complaints would be a thing (aside from the bitter crowd obviously). It's been 5 years since Endgame and we STILL don't have an Avengers movie. The past phases had less and it was an event to actually see them team up. MCU Phase 1 would have had an Avengers movie by now, not just endless content. We don't even have main characters to fall back on. Phase 1 had Tony & Steve as the leaders, Nick Fury/SHIELD would pop up to tease a bigger story. So everyone could pick which movies to watch before they watched the Avengers movies.

[@captainawesome0711]

Hunger Games was a box office bomb lmao, why are you including the fact it cost $300 Mil? That’s idiotic and covers up the fact the film is a financial bomb

[@VivaLaFortuneVlog]

Sounds like a good movie is all that matters

[@everwould]

Great video. I just hope Disney makes a good comeback but Moana 2 is not very convincing. I think Inside out 2 is gonna be good for pixar, pixar has not completely fallen off but disney animation has since Encanto, and Encanto was bigger on Disney+.

[@gamer1X12]

yeah honest you missed me with this one. the past few years of diversity movies have been a colossal failure for disney, with few exceptions. even Little Mermaid underperformed relative to its budget. And as other commentors have explained, the diversity is often pulled off terribly, not to mention some of the films are just flat out bad--poor writing, CGI, unbearable dialogue, etc.

[@pururun]

Seems like all the sucessful movies had white leads... even the animated ones 😮

[@subhabaskaran1849]

Any particular reason for that ? Or is being white the key to success

[@nuggetsnicole4851]

I don't want identity politics preached at me in movies, I just wanna have fun and be entertained.

[@vim2339]

What is Woke

[@tb22k]

❤😮

[@danielsawaked685]

Somewhat related but Star Wars just isn’t the same anymore either. ahsoka, obi wan and boba were all misses :/

[@aniinang]

First 😏

[@masonruni]

Your video proves your a hypocrite. Barbie made money because people chose poorly over Mario and five nights at Freddy’s. Also check rotten tomatoes for the top audience score on that woke Barbie movie compared to FNAF, Mario, and Oppenheimer(then come back to me on that)

[@subhabaskaran1849]

Of course people would hate on Barbie Considering it does involve themes of feminism and other stuff Opppheminar,mario did not include any controversial topics Nobody choose Barbie poorly Just say you didn't like the movie

[@jorgeburgosJrLaVey]

😂😂😂 clearly you are missing the point of the term woke , stick to music buddy

[@d.o.vitelli5855]

I hope this is the downfall of Marvel and Disney. And that more original movies with actual good storytelling and creative vision get the spotlight.

[@victorpla29]

Is Honest Gay or a woman ?

[@lushdontu4015]

He is a gay man

[@Manhattan384]

To everyone thats saying being woke means being aware of social issues, #1 being aware of social issues just means your competent and smart, being woke means your just an angry person pushing an angry agenda. Sorry to say🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@BrandoTheMando1]

I’m sorry but what does “being woke” have to do with anything you are talking about in this video? The State of the MCU has nothing to do with the character portrayal or racial diversity, and everything to do with oversaturation and quantity>quality. You are not talking about sociopolitical issues as far as black, brown, or non-white people, so your title is mere speculation about a point you never make. And for one, as a black man, you should not be contributing to this, “Woke = Bad” propaganda. Anything for clicks nowadays i guess.

[@honestboy]

Did you even watch the entire video? or you type this angry paragraph for nothing? Because I certainly talk about the Go Broke, Go Woke Narrative and show examples that go against it. // And “woke=bad” that’s not my stance (and u would know that if u watched the full video) but even if it was don’t tell me what i should or shouldn’t be doing as a black man. Black people are not a monolith.

[@shanel4294]

Woke being put in quotations says enough babe, honest clearly means what they view as ‘woke’

[@CharlotteNCJack]

So bored with this channel 🥱