WOW! The TRUTH About These New "Woke Quotas", Jacksepticeye, Travis Scott Hacks News Cycles, & More

[@PhilipDeFranco]

*NEW CHALLENGE FOR YOU:* The McDonald's jingle but make it PDS and/or 2020 related. The best one gets a million doll hairs or something. Kidding, you just get the satisfaction of a top internet comment but show me what you got! I could honestly use a good laugh today...

[@brockr6733]

Ba-da ba-pa-da I'm over it...

[@StarReacher]

What happened to your arm @2:42 ?

[@gracewhitene3912]

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[@dshoultz6110]

I'm pretty impressed with Travis Scott, I kinda want to go to McDonald's right now. It's working well for him

[@hugznottugz8550]

bro u should talk about west coast fires for friday, an entire town burned down near me and it doesnt seem like many people outside of west coast understand just how insane fires are

[@AriesSeason]

I don't want to be hired for my gender I just don't want to be discriminated against because of it 🙄

[@farguc]

Tuff. No grab that pickaxe and go coal mining damn it. The mine needs to meet the female worker quota

[@exLightningg]

I agree way too much discrimination, it's the reason why my OnlyFans didn't work out because I'm not a girl.

[@asgardali22]

THANK YOU

[@gwallace5403]

Do physical limits count as discrimination? I discriminate against women to the extent that it's statistically reasonable to *MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* for me to think so. Most of us would agree *overall* women are not as strong as men physically. Putting sexism aside that's gotta be a safe thing to say right? I know that there are going to be many people that disagree, perhaps yourself as well. I work in the construction industry and I very very rarely see women on the site unless they're a supervisor or safety/cleaning personnel. The majority of the time and in much less specific circumstances you are absolutely correct in your comment.

[@johndavidson2365]

@@gwallace5403 i know how i would test anyone for a job with heavy lifting. Show them an item equivelent to something that needs moved on a jobsite, say a old water heater, and tell them to pull it up a flight of stairs without help and without damaging anything as they move it out of the site.

[@mayathomas8934]

"ba da bap bap baaa, I'm selling out!" beautiful

[@dylanstefiuk3322]

I'm Love'in it

[@chrissoliz6218]

Damn... He actually reads these.

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am the cool kid from Germany making videos for the USA and the rest of the world. I will make your day so don't say nay to my videos today, dear maya

[@evili1ee]

MERCH TIME

[@hannahmadison107]

I'm loving that I'm the person that made this comment go from 666 likes to 667

[@MysteriousMiddleEast]

As a “filmmaker” well kinda filmmaker, I would like my work to be nominated for its quality, not because I help fill a quota.

[@cocknballs47]

As a filmmaker, you should already be well aware that you’re not gonna get nominated for Best Picture if your movie isn’t a 2hr period piece, holocaust movie, war movie, or a white savior movie

[@kobe0007]

Too bad we are in a woke society that is offended by everything.

[@JugglernautNr9]

​@bongo155 "Films aren't nominated because they fill a quota. The guy in the video explains it pretty clearly. These are just very simple criteria for film makers to meet to be eligible to be nominated." Films aren't nominated because they fill a quota but films can't be nominated if they don't fulfill that quota. He can make the most brillant movie ever with the most talented cast and doesn't get nominated because of a quota he just didn't fulfill. What is this world turning into? Frightening.

[@stronggirlarmy6936]

@@cocknballs47 holy shit sometimes a reply hits like a truck.

[@JugglernautNr9]

@bongo155 One person doesnt make a movie, idiot." Wow, you are very wise. If he is the producer and director he can say he made the film, even if he has a big crew behind him (that he pays) that also made it possible. He also has the right to chose whoever he sees perfect for the role. No quota should limit him from creating his own free and creative work. And how racist are these criterias? If the cast consists of only white people it's absolutely taboo and bad but if it consists of only black people it's great and awesome? What is this? Do movie producers in africa have the same standards for their film industry? Or does bollywood also have quotas for non indian people? Does japan, corea, indonesia, china or any other part of the world have quotas? Movies were always divers, i can name tons of great and famous black actors from the past 30 years in important roles. And since when are women a minority in film business? Wtf? There are thousands of famous and fantastic female actors in different roles since the beginning of the film industry.

[@gabcrespo]

I'm more on the "this is just a woke checklist" side of the argument. As a hispanic, I love it when I see hispanics in movies, especially if they're puerto ricans like me. That being said, don't tokenize us. Have us included for a legit reason that is not just because you wanna win a trophy. If we're only a ticket to your nomination, including us is just disrespectful.

[@SupermanThatHoe555]

Yeah I think if a character is gonna be a minority it should be because you want to and can, not because you have to

[@joncross9264]

Agreed, don't make us a box to be checked off. Include a character because it fits and do it well!

[@carlosnbello1]

So then if these characters stayed white that would NOT be tokenism? I'm mexican and let me tell you, the reason we get so excited when we see hispanics in larger movies is because those instances are rare.

[@jennazeuq]

Pitch Perfect 3 is a huge example of stereotyping a Latina character who is only there for diversity. On the other hand, she got her check.

[@angelnunez7376]

Eah PR! Yeah they should be in because of their talent not because they need minorities for an award.

[@ianalvord3903]

Can't we just stop pretending to care about the Oscars?

[@RottingFarmsTV]

Oscars mean next to nothing to people outside HW anyways. Movies can be made and put out without the Oscar academy approval Movies can freely be ignored by the consumer regardless of if the academy recognises them.

[@Akuspizza]

Man i wish

[@xVibra]

*We* don't care. It's the people who are angry about just about everything that is primarily white, or has white people in it. It's narcissists that have absolutely no idea what they want, and just want to complain about something that they don't enjoy to begin with. Critique on video games from someone who doesn't like video games is not worthy critique just like people who don't care about film making shouldn't produce opinion pollution. It's just for an agenda. If there truly was a market for this, then they would be opening forums on their own, and trying to host award shows in their own way.

[@tannerbushman5460]

I love the oscars

[@ellerose5997]

Tanner Bushman ok Tanner

[@xMovieManiacx]

Remember when the Oscars were about movies? Yeah, me neither.

[@Breerox108]

If someone is profiting, then it's always going to be about money.

[@iCanbEYOURrUKIA]

Studios have always paid their way into the Oscars. In fact that is the only way to be nominated, spend enough money before award season and you're on the ballot. Like Phil said, yet another way to snub indie filmmakers

[@shadowboxing7029]

Yeah but nah, when you take into consideration all the lobbying that goes on. The art should speak for itself right? Ah if only that were the case.

[@TheKazragore]

The real problem is with the Academy's membership. It's legit one of the most monocultural organisations I think I've seen.

[@damonke79]

@@TheKazragore I know what you mean, especially with directors up for Best Director, like Alejandro Innaritu Gonzalez, Ang Lee, Bong Joon-Ho, Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo Del Toro. Wait...what were we talking about?

[@simothee27]

as a member of an "under-represented group" this oscars checklist feels gross. something needs to be done but this aint it

[@Cthulhuhues]

The directors(usually white men) who do write/make movies that have ‘representation’ of minorities usually it comes off as stereotypical so i think that it will just make that problem worse, same for books. You can just tell when something is created by someone who doesn’t have any idea how to represent people imo

[@UnspecifiedHealer]

I'd say it feels gross for a number of reasons: 1) It's flat out discrimination. The art is being judged by the artist(s) and not the art itself. 4 white dudes in a garage want to make a movie? Great, but no matter how good it turns out to be it's never going to win Best Picture because the wrong people made it. 2) It's encouraging tokenism and "diversity hires." Companies are incentivized to hire people because of their race/ethnicity/gender/sexual orientation and not because they are good at the job or even necessarily qualified. In most cases they will be but it creates a doubt in people's minds "Was that person (or "I") hired just to be eligible for Best Picture?" 3) It heavily implies that these minority groups maybe can't make it on their own so we need to create artificial value connected with their skin colour, gender, or other such immutable characteristics because otherwise why would anyone hire them over a white guy? (Let's just ignore all the people who actually made it.) 4) Again, it's flat out discrimination. It is giving special treatment to people based on immutable characteristics. It is assigning value, merit, and judgement to people based on things they don't control.

[@abraxis7292]

I feel all the signal virtuing and "changes" big companies and shit are doing is doing more harm than good. It just raises the ire of people who already are assholes and causes more outrage. Also doesn't so any good in the long term or benefit those in the "under represented groups".

[@MeCooper]

It's not really the first time though. The late 90s was full of shows with token characters.

[@naotamf1588]

the current generation is trying to overcompensate, this is just how humans do. we'll have it properly balanced out between the following 2 generations of those in charge. You All and I are contributing to these balancing acts in our own very tiny little way.

[@EumelaninKnight]

Lol giving someone incentive of a reward to include PoC is so much more insulting, rather than encouraging. This mindset is a whole mess.

[@AaronSoul725]

Facts like it’s also sorta racist to like oh I’m not hiring you because of your work or work experience, or anything like that, I’m hiring you because of a quota, ugh.

[@hattie_burns]

^^^ I’m white, so I can’t fully empathise with the poc perspective, but I’m trans. I want to be hired because I’m a good sound designer, not because some checklist needs to be filled.

[@jameskilgour387]

Agreed. I'm not sure this is coming from the right place. Does Hollywood need to increase diversity? Resoundingly yes. Is the way to do it hiring people solely based on race, gender and orientation rather than through recognising their merit on their own? Eh, probably not

[@benaltoboarder]

Honestly. I think it should be acceptable to apply as John Doe with ur contact info that way all people are judged by there resume first and foremost. Also how weird would it be to get a phone call for a job where dude just like hey I might be your boss what's your ethnicity? Perfect we need more (insert your minority). Or a weirder thought. A PoC work union to ensure companies can pick n choose. Call me a skeptic but I totally see this ending in CEO's, producers, job creators basically just calling a union and being like I'll take 5 African Americans 4 South Asians and a supersized lesbian for good measure. Also if this shit happened in reverse PoC would lose there shit. Imagine the NBA creating a law like this to include more white folk 😑

[@stephenhowes6509]

Right?! I think a lot of people can get behind the idea of having more inclusion but I think people would prefer it to happen "naturally" instead of forcing it. Like CA's new law the requires all Board of Directors have at least 1 female member. I support the idea but do we really need to make it a law and force companies to bend a certain way?

[@kirjian]

The Oscars are essentially saying "it's not that you're skilled, we're just trying to meet a quota". How is that not insulting to marginalized people?

[@denomava5470]

EXACTLY, it defeats purpose

[@d1p70]

You'd be surprised how little the people who take advantage of such quotas to score a job, care what anyone thinks 🤑

[@h077y]

Interesting that you think there’s not enough talented people from minority communities to be both a minority AND still exceptionally good (good enough to beat others)

[@BLasherman]

How are they going to get "good" and "skilled" if they don't get to ever work in the job? This is just trying to get some people foots in the door and get them experience, then their talents will help them rise.

[@nocap7885]

@@h077y interesting that they didnt say that at all. Maybe that's a reflection of what *you* think.

[@Ryulin18]

I can see a director in the future saying something on set like: "Shit, we're not on criteria for the Oscars. Go hire two Inuits or something, quick!"

[@livingminimumwage6359]

And the Oscar for best Male Inuit performance goes to...

[@hobbitandginger]

Producer* better

[@wheresthecomedy5808]

@@livingminimumwage6359 Some random guy pretending to be Inuit! *Applauding Audience*

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Gotta love that the Academy is promoting the idea of the "Token Black Character". Big YIKES from me.

[@raksrulesaks]

I heard that and realized a thousand Finn’s (John Boyega’s character from SW) are gonna pop up now. I’m not excited. It’s like the “woke” White folks in my town. They claim to love everyone but when it comes to integrating POCs and their history, suddenly subtle talk of safety and “not having enough time in the curriculum” comes up. Basically. It’s like Instagram activism. AINT doin shit

[@TheFlannel1]

Holy shit, I didn't even think about that but you're right, it's tokenism on a whole other level

[@violet-trash]

@@raksrulesaks They really did Finn dirty. His back story had so much potential but he ended up just being a comic-felief afterthought.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Oh yeah.

[@Kman31ca]

It makes me mad. It's pure tokenism and is an insult to minorities!

[@Silent_Library]

The Oscars issue is stupid. Woke quota is painfully accurate.

[@ZswaggerBelieber]

I'm still waiting for stunt coordinators and stunt performers to be recognised by the oscars

[@barrywolf1495]

Yes but unfortunately it just turn into the tom cruise award. And maybe it's never happened before coz there be a lot posthumous awards. But still yes

[@blondiescakeface1555]

Yeah tons of stunt doubles are severely injured and killed for these actors man they deserve a damn trophy

[@nicko2864]

they wont, but only because you do not want to encourage increasingly dangerous stunts just to win an award. It's very intentionally avoided, you really shouldn't turn something that is supposed to be a safety measure into a competition. Slippery slope.

[@MADEbySOUL]

Nick is there an award for choreography yet? So just add stunts to choreo.

[@nicko2864]

@@MADEbySOUL that could be cool a cool idea, a choreography category would be sick

[@LowLevelPro777]

All I can think of when I see the Oscars thing is: "I wanted to portray Hitler the way he was always meant to be portrayed; as a proud woman of color."

[@farguc]

He was jealous of the jewish lgbtq+ community

[@freshfishonly]

Yeah this is fucking ridiculous, I hope movie studios chose to ignore this

[@freshfishonly]

@Quentin Styger Solid reason

[@errornull390]

Just Dom jealous? If he could see today he would have actually killed more than 600,000

[@HDellamorte]

A Taititi already portrayed Hitler so... It's been done!

[@chillingtalesfordarknights]

Me: *sees video title* WTF is a "woke quota"? *Googles it* Also Me: *instant regret*

[@thedissidentleftist6997]

Welcome to the new world.

[@101SassyJ]

Woke ness only applies to those who give any fucks about woke ness

[@Zakrovik]

Racist

[@chillingtalesfordarknights]

@@Zakrovik You're adorable. I'll bet you're fun at parties.

[@thedissidentleftist6997]

@@Zakrovik oh stfu

[@XDLadyHydrangea]

How much tokenism do you want to force? OSCARS: yes.

[@KangMinseok]

Time to identify as disabled trans woman of color

[@mdkvisions]

I hate Tokenism but White People have created this not the minorities they have been excludeding people for a long time

[@shadowboxing7029]

Going from being excluded to becoming a prop that's stereotyped to death. No minority in their right mind wants to be represented as such. Speak against it and all of a sudden you're ungrateful and should feel fortunate to be included at all. Meanwhile the status quo is patting itself on the back for being "woke", disregarding the real issues to keep themselves unchallenged at the top of the ladder.

[@isaiah6032]

Shinzenbi You should read the book “black like me” it speaks on this feeling of superiority people have when they give POC the bare basics. When criticized as not enough or misplaced then you’re labeled as “ungrateful”

[@KangMinseok]

Isaiah why should anything "be given" to POCs? They should work for it and earn it, like any other human being.

[@channingjulien]

re: the oscars Like most “change” that comes from the top down, it is primarily performative.

[@john_barton_]

retweet

[@nateschindler4866]

Got ‘em

[@punchgod]

Yep, just another example of neoliberal superficial change.

[@19RaxR91]

Based on the criteria that a movie requires to ''reach a certain diversity quota'' to be eligible for "Best Picture" means that something like 1917, which was nominated for that category this year, wouldnt be from now. In that case, as is done with most historical artifacts nowadays, should we demand that Oscars take away the "Best Picture" award from Schindlers List, because there were no black or openly gay people in it? You know, If there is anything bad I can tell about Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais, etc. is that they dont call this bullshit out publicly Enough, because Maybe after hearing what those guys have to say some of those earnings driven morons stops to think about the possibility that theyre pandering to people who shouldnt be trusted with raising kids - let alone voting or coming up with "progressive" policies, etc.

[@aikaterineillt9876]

Exactly

[@4xdblack]

Here's an idea... start a fund that helps under-represented groups get a leg up in the film industry, such as through education or opportunities... and make nominees/winners and the Oscars themselves, donate a portion of their profit to that fund. Could even make a big deal about trying to out donate each other for extra woke points.

[@dk3817]

This kind of idea isn't performative and would actually enact change, but that's unlike the Oscars

[@asunflower7993]

Yes and it would be so good for the public image it’s a win-win think about your image

[@Mr.Opinion]

You should put that into action

[@Nytephyre]

To be fair these groups are already over-represented in film and TV. In a predominately white country, you'd expect to see more white people. Just common sense. Sadly, this has been lost in the age of the "woke".

[@kora4185]

That would make more sense. Although I still think in the end no one should depend on the big guys to start doing their stories and movies anymore. We have much more than they all could dream about having when they started cinema. We’re in a time where anyone can produce their own art from home pretty much, wich wasn’t possible before, and this will only get better gradually, like it did with music and such. Forcing progress can sometimes times have reverse outcomes. I mean, filmmaking is after all culturally elitists, like skiing and equestrianism, because these are very expensive hobbies so of course the majority will be rich people that don’t need to work outside of it so they have time, other rich contacts and rich outlooks (wich is natural). So whenever people ask them to show another perspective, it can just end up being inauthentic to an almost problematic way that makes others dislike it and not want to see or fund none of that anymore. In the time of technology and social media, people should get more united to bring attention and help out everyone grow in their own way, not depend of Hollywood! Like supporting the small businesses within your community and countries instead of demanding your community to be hired by already big corporations that will only become more powerful and hard to compete with.

[@katthefab5566]

I feel like I’m usually on the wrong side when it comes to situations like the one with the oscars, but my gut reaction is frustration. I can’t help but thing making it a rule/requirement to have a certain percent of (insert race or people group here) in order to be considered for recognition is not a good thing. I get that they want to encourage diversity, but I think that just adding arbitrary boxes that have to be checked, like that one tweet said, in order to make it into the club probably isn’t a good thing.

[@watema3381]

プンジジビテッシュ no he is absolutely correct. It feels like instead of considering us (i.e. blacks, minorities, etc) as genuine people with thoughts and ideas, we've turned into arbitrary numbers. this comes from a black man, and you attacking the dude above is the name of "equality" feels forced, false and disingenuous.

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

@@watema3381 You're turned into legally incompetent individuals with zero expectations by these quotas, on the presumption that you aren't receiving prizes due to "ingrained racism" and because you can't compete with the educated crowd. That's quite discriminatory and a harsh stance if you ask me. Encourage people to compete across the board and receive recognition accordingly. Don't hand out prizes based on race. That belittles everyone and is a laughably stupid practise.

[@crab7405]

I think we gotta let it happen. Probably 5 or 10 years ago someone asked if you support diversity and to not appear racist, you said yes. You just didn’t know what it implied. That someone will be overlooking your submission or application or work and go hmmm, an all white group? Nope, find a blackie, brownie, and whatever gender to promote inclusion, diversity, and representation. Forget talent or freedom of association. Everything is about race and preventing racism by doing “positive” racism.

[@violet-trash]

@プンジジビテッシュ Is this satire or are you 'intellectually divergent'? 🤷‍♀️

[@Cjiscj777]

@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 Hey! Who do you think you are??....Making sense up in here. Pffft! You know that's forbidden! 😉

[@TheBardInBows]

So I'm a fairly new screenwriter to the game, and I've never cared about the Oscars. It's such a dog and pony show meant to reward studios for the high quality gift baskets given to the Foreign Press that I put no stock into the awards.

[@yadsewnde]

Period(t). (Wishing you success on your journey as well)

[@devo196047]

And if you are white and male, your odds of big success are diminished. This is only the thin edge of the wedge.

[@sketchleaf7698]

Same! Honestly, you don't have to care about the Oscars even as a filmmaker. There are plenty of other awards shows out there that don't nearly get enough attention.

[@TheBardInBows]

@@sketchleaf7698 Exactly! On top of that, I'm a horror writer, which CONSISTENTLY gets snubbed by things like the Oscars.

[@TheBardInBows]

@@yadsewnde Thank you! I could definitely use it, considering how much of the Industry is at an absolute standstill.

[@verbhal]

When it comes to the Oscars, if a film is bad ass, it is bad ass. That should win.

[@shadowboxing7029]

Yes the best film should win (however the hell that's meant to be measured), but unfortunately lobbying is a thing and all of the films nominated aren't always seen by everyone on the council anyway.

[@morningowl43]

The council sometimes only sees films because of the lobbying around it and how much money they give it that’s why there’s “oscar-bait” films, the one with the most advertising and most money given to the academy wins and with this new quota they can all say that they’re inclusive and progressive by not doing anything at all once again

[@jillybeangaming]

merit based.. imagine that. that's my way of saying I agree.

[@kagenohikari8]

Do you even know the previous criteria of the oscars?

[@digitaldevil7522]

The Oscar's, always finding new ways to be a sham.

[@henrythegod6756]

I think movies should be evaluated based on the quality of the film... not the composition of the cast and crew.... How is this controversial?

[@8888k]

Because that’s turning a blind eye to unrepresented groups....apparently

[@jamescanjuggle]

I agree, I don't care what version of melanin you all got or what types of varied resistances you have towards UV radiation. Don't care what happened to any of our ancestors either really. Ill judge you today on how you stand and carry yourself, that's it. Same goes for movies, acting ect. Btw I don't care is neutral, it's neither like nor dislike.

[@aldieryrgon]

James Trotman It doesnt change much, so i dont think its bad at all. It seems really easy to fulfill unless you are an indie writer in an all white town, then I might see a difficulty. Really its just a crack in the door for underrepresented groups

[@dennisbett747]

It isn't actually. Underrepresented people just want to be given the same opportunities as white and rich people. Given the fact that the Oscars have had more than 83% of its voting team be white for a very long time, it obviously creates bias. White people are 63% of America. When companies make stupid, tokenistic moves like these it hurts the underrepresented because it doesn't solve the problem and people start discrediting what POC are fighting for while not even understanding what we're asking for.

[@williamevans1708]

Green Book won and it was the worst movie of the year so something bad happened on the way

[@xXMockapapellaXx]

Re: Oscars Haven't even finished listening to it and I'm already seeing tons of loopholes to get around those requirements.

[@severussnape8040]

Why do I get the feeling that it was a Karen or a Nick Canon that suggested the idea?

[@colinwhite6879]

I'm not entirely sure why getting a diverse group of judges wouldn't do wonders to solve the problem

[@renoloverxoxo]

Because then the Academy has to be in the same room as (shudder) *those people*...

[@jocelyncooper1738]

Yep, the voting members of the academy are most old ( the median age is 62 and only 14% of the members are under 50) white dudes.

[@MeCooper]

Exactly! This has been the problem for decades.

[@c3ramics]

This right here

[@andersonc1694]

Jocelyn Cooper it’s like old white guys in politics

[@yowatchie]

The oscar’s nominated the Boss Baby, how much value is really in that award?

[@youngdolo8]

The Oscars also didn't nominate the masterpiece I made with my brother and sister when I was 14. It was about Iron Man falling off the wagon and flying into Spiderman in a drunken accident, killing him on impact. Fucking rigged, I tell ya.

[@sirapple589]

Cian Dolan Okay, now that’s funny.

[@kt-np4br]

Not Boss Baby😭? Really tho?!?😂

[@TheRealKSmith]

Literally not how it works... entertainment guilds/unions nominate them, the Oscar's is just the platform where everything is presented.

[@Tonatiub]

Logan: Actually did something different with the cape genre: Best Adapted Screenplay nominee Black Panther: Absolutely generic cape fare, only notorious trait being its almost entirely black cast: Best Fucking Picture nominee + a bunch of other categories Its a joke

[@ZMZreloaded]

Nothing says "empowerment" more than forcing a helping hand put you on your pedestal

[@Cryptic_]

Lets be honest We all stop caring about the Oscars a long time ago

[@onedickhead]

👍👍👍

[@person.w9780]

i never did, for the most part

[@kyoww]

Well, Parasite last year made me watch the oscars last year, but yeah you are not wrong...

[@leaderarcher]

That what now?

[@Rikkilover17]

General public does not care. Those in the industry do. That’s the problem. The oscars is trying to pander to the general public who wouldn’t even watch these kinds of films. Meanwhile those of us in the industry are just tired of the same people being nominated

[@asgardali22]

Ya know I just want to watch good movies with good stories. Whether largely men make it or women, gay, black, white, I don't really care. As long as the story is moving and entertaining, that's what I look for.

[@crab7405]

Alison Baunoch Everyone says that until I find out who they’re voting for. Rich celebrity: Socialism good, tax the rich. Doesn’t realize she’s the rich. White liberal: Promote diversity. Hire a brown person, not this white liberal here. Foreigner: Stereotypes bad. All old foreign characters in media that were “stereotypes” removed from beloved movie. You wield the sword of diversity and then it gets turned on you like every other dumb policy you see today. I’m all for it. Whatever makes the Oscars more irrelevant. Maybe every company will start discriminating against hiring idiots that went to some ultra progressive university.

[@Uhagin]

Exactly

[@suckapunch565]

I feel the same way, but I have felt for time after time, a lot of “good movies” out there had this default character set and people were playing things safe to the point things grew stagnant. I want new things, new people being promoted especially a diverse set of actors including indie creators being promoted. Just not the same-y garbage that’s “critically acclaimed” that’s basically a circle-jerk of producers stroking their own ego.

[@ロロノアゾロ-h4m]

@@suckapunch565 It's mostly because people want some 'accurate representation'. People bash directors and/or writers if they make some 'stereotypical' personalities, especially if the writers and the directions are not a part of that culture or race. Unless you want to risk offending a lot of people in this day and age of aggressive SJWs, go off.

[@csvega]

"I think awards are stupid. I think they would be less stupid if they went to the right people " -Ron Swanson

[@nmcginty14]

“Man guys thanks for taking a chance On me, I’m glad you saw my potential as an actor!” “Potential? We just needed a black guy, what’re you talking about?”

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

Exactly... as one of those minorities I feel like it’s misguided.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*Other Countries:* guys it's really not that hard to vote during a pandemic why you making it complicated? *United States:* SHUT UP THAT'S WHY

[@Glorious_Mane]

Other countries threw out their fascists after ww2, we didn't. They don't have an extreme right wing fascist group assaulting our election system from within, we have the repubs.

[@skeeplebop]

@@Glorious_Mane 🙄

[@107frenchy]

Accurate.

[@thewatcher6969]

@@Glorious_Mane other countries like south korea who had a great voting turn out.

[@Buckers1313]

GloriousMane mate as an Aussie looking within, it’s both your sides that are messed up. Dems and Repubs are both at fault. Your country is heavily divided and you guys need to come back to some sort of normality

[@theangryginger7582]

The Oscars thing is so gross, cynical, and meaningless

[@maximusforsberg5310]

the Oscars requirements reminded me of a school project requirement.

[@bissy97]

Can't films be judged based on it's quality and not by a quota.

[@jimbowimbo3796]

No it’s 2020

[@nova_beam]

This Oscars check list just sits wrong lots of reasons. I’m glad there are lots of ways to represent people, but small studios doing a period piece could fail this. I feel like we should be working for underrepresented people just alway being a part of the cast and crew. A checklist isn’t the way to create diversity especially one that major studios can abuse.

[@legalman07]

Right any of those indie companies can hire me as a token crew member if they want to play this game. I love films and this is pretty awkward in my opinion

[@shubhamgarg9361]

Oscars is headed towards having separate best movie awards based on the proportion of marginalised actors

[@AxxLAfriku]

I HATE people that HATE other people. I get a lot of HATE comments on my amazing videos and I HATE it. Please don't spread HATE. Do I have to HATE you too, dear shu

[@CliffdogRussell]

Inclusion to the extreme turns into exclusion.

[@Go1denSou1]

@@AxxLAfriku bruh you okay? you just raged at a comment while not talking about said comment at all...

[@gozzilla177]

@@Go1denSou1 Its what he does lol he post random shit hoping people will watch his pretty bad videos xD he is weird like that.

[@mayaw.4013]

AxxL If you have to tell people your videos are amazing, they aren’t amazing. 😂

[@TintelFruit]

Ah yes that's why I want to be hired, because of my race or gender. Not because of you know my skill or talent...

[@ericv2841]

Nope, you will be a token and be pleased about it. What a brave new world we're in.

[@kratomandy6317]

2024: Cats wins best movie for having all POC trans gender trans racial furry-otherkin cast

[@wowwut7538]

Gotta fill that diversity quota! 😒

[@dtester]

Quiet you....stand there and look "ethnic" so we get our points.

[@kratomandy6317]

Staring: Chris Chan

[@janiebear8907]

Where does jacksepticeye come in what part? I think I missed him

[@IanRHyland]

Phil: long, serious story about potential voter fraud. Me: hehe "It gets to be very hectic as you're juggling the many balls of many voters."

[@strati5phere]

On muti-voting: a simple input kiosk to scan a valid ID to 1) check if you've already voted 2) record your presence at the voting station. If you've already voted, you are flagged and rejected. The current system is flawed. It should be impossible to vote more than once...

[@dall3n88]

Indeed, but how about we talk about the fact that the president told people to do this. If they're gonna charge all those people, how about someone arrest the idiot who told them to do it, "the leader of the free world" etc. From the other side of the ocean I really have no hope left for that country.

[@mannysmundanelife5100]

Voter ID is racist.

[@watema3381]

@Dall3n #ThisIsAmerica

[@seileach67]

As long as the machines weren't made by Diebold...

[@hurktang]

So.... To be elegible for an Oscar all you need now is to publicly come out as asexual ? That's not how you promote diversity lmao.

[@hurktang]

@bennyhondo You won this fight what i wrote was literally illegible.

[@JohnBK34]

Those standards are forced af. Ruins art.

[@PKMNRangerDenton]

The Oscar quotas are definitely just gonna lead to movies being made with token minority characters so they can go "hey look we qualify for the Oscars"

[@ELVIKS]

Why LatinX??? We dont want it we dont care and it's unpronounceable.

[@HudaefCares]

I'd like to thinking it's pronounced "la tinks" lol.

[@brndnwilks]

Doesn't matter what you want, a woke white woman on the coast has deemed it necessarily. Resistance is futile.

[@gtas321]

It's gender neutral, which is stupid because spanish in itself is a heavily gendered language

[@commentetiquettestudent1788]

And the Oscar for stupidity goes to.... The academy

[@yadsewnde]

Genius level comment student of comment etiquette 😂 well done 👏👏👏

[@devo196047]

...the award for pandering goes to...the academy

[@J.D....]

I hate this "Equality of outcome" narrative that has been pushed for a while now. People shouldnt be hired just because they are a POC or another minority, they should be hired because they have talent and work hard. This just boils down a job interview into a race/gender/sexual orientation question. We should make sure everyone has equal opportunity.

[@YourSweetPotato]

My only comment about the Oscars criteria change: Go watch Modern Educayshun by Neel Kolhatkar. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3zGiKhmqdickK8

[@nazfive7063]

giving a movie an award just cause it has a minority is so sad lmao, and thats coming from an asian my self

[@GonzoOVEV]

Facts. Standard A3 is probably the one I find the stupidest

[@HappyPotat]

It sounds condescending as shit.

[@FatButDisease]

If you want to have a world without racism and racist, don’t obsess over race 🤷‍♂️ Imagine treating race like a hair color. No one really cares

[@VIPandalicious]

@@FatButDisease If only it was that easy, but unfortunately there are still those that will target others simply for their skin color

[@Mattors]

@@VIPandalicious Yes but that's a very small minority. However the majority try and make everything about race when it has nothing to so with it, that leads to people being annoying and the two different movements get mixed, basically whats happening with BLM. If I say to someone, oh I'm colourblind, that's now a bad thing because I'm not allowed to just treat them the same regardless of race, no I need to understand their oppression and all that bullshit. Things would be so much better if we just treated everyone the same, and anyone who thinks their race is better, regardless if they are black or white is called out. ATM we have two sides, people thinking white people are better and lots and lots of people who act if minorities are better, as if being white is bad. Not enough people are colourblind.

[@Reign14forever]

“Oh hell nah!!!” - says the token black character

[@gtas321]

The token black characters are always stereotypes as well

[@Lwilight]

KZbin's getting really comfy with these double ads..

[@judgemorris]

“Ba da ba ba ba I’m sellin out!” lol Greatest thing I’ve heard today.

[@drdre4397]

I want that on a tshirt.

[@theothomas5440]

Right!😂😂

[@Anon_-fo9ki]

"The stupid part of my brain really wants one"- haha so true

[@theholygrass19]

Kinda feels like the Academy was just trying to pass the buck on that one. "We can't possibly foster a diverse and inclusive voting culture with our members, so let's make the studios hit a bunch of (honestly pretty soft) optics to make it look like we're making a change!"

[@kevshorty]

Yeah but the top actors and actresses are fed up with the studios lack of diversity in the industry. Joaquin Phoenix just made a speech at his best actor award that diversity is needed. He shamed Hollywood with his speech. The audience went quiet because they didnt expect that. They looked pretty uncomfortable because they knew they were part of the problem. So now the actors and actresses are taking matters into their own hands and are making sure POC work with them. Of course the white boys are crying over it

[@jocelyncooper1738]

Dan Kuso a lot of companies and universities have racial quota systems, they’re just not made public and they’re not always mandated.

[@theholygrass19]

@@dankuso9898 I mean, just have 1 underrepresented lead and a couple female executives and you're gucci? If there ever were a soft racial quota, that's it.

[@MeCooper]

It's honestly kind of difficult. If they try to go with the popular young people they will just end up hiring somebody who thinks they're a deer... ...Freaking twitch...

[@blaqknite1445]

Oscar quotas is only going to hurt small independent films.

[@Phenrex]

Yeah, like, would Parasite have passed this check? What films that earned their nominations/wins would have been discounted due to the lack of "underrepresentation"?

[@Lattamonsteri]

Foreign films and animations have different requirements. It says so on the site, near the bottom/end. :P

[@flutterwind7686]

@@Lattamonsteri but for how long?

[@TempestaDominus]

@@Lattamonsteri Foreign films and Animations already have a hard time already in oscar to be fair. The odds really stacked against them and besides, I won't be surprised if they also added these requirements under the book.

[@lofiyi]

This will definitely hurt indie films and filmmakers. These "new" rules will shrink the best picture voting pool.

[@AngelGroves]

Thank you for your updates, as always. I paused on each screen of the Academy's new diversion inclusion standards (in your video), to be able to read each one in its entirety (ABCD), as well as listened to you reading the highlights. I wanted all the info to have and honest opinion. As one who works on sets, I believe these standards are absolutely wonderful. The sets I've worked on (thankfully) are ones which these standards are already met. They are not extreme, and it can only do good to have it part of the qualifications for an Oscar.

[@randombanana3771]

You should never hire someone based solely on their skin color🤦‍♂️

[@horimiya7290]

But people do, (only hiring white people) and then prEtend they don’t. This rule is trying to counter that.

[@hattie_burns]

I feel kind of disgusted that as a trans person I’d be hired due to a checklist rather than on my merits.

[@cosmicowllie7394]

As a bisexual autistic cis woman, same. I hate these kinds of quotas; I don't want to be hired out of pity. I want to be valued for real, for my skills.

[@wednesdayapril5435]

Im a bi half black male and this smells like disingenuous bullshit

[@hattie_burns]

@@wednesdayapril5435 No really, I'm a trans person who works in film and tv. I'm white, I've lived with privilege from being perceived as male, so I can only talk from my experience, but this is my view.

[@knightrider693]

Welcome to the lefts 2020

[@jdeluca6181]

I'm a white male, lost a job opportunity to a poc with less job experience, less education, and who failed the entrance exam during the interview. I know because I was still working at the old job, and he made it through. We were at the same interview.

[@WebsterHelios]

Hire people depending on skill and experience not because of sex or ethnic background.

[@bronzegears6281]

With that Oscar stuff it feels like I'm just a standard or something thats needed if they want to win a reward. Like it doesnt feel genuine like one of those participation awards. Its dumb and just makes me feel lesser with my heritage and shit

[@jameskilgour387]

Exactly. They should be recognising the talent of people who happen to be minorities and not this forced hiring and "urban music" award bullshit

[@Alex632]

Its funny because PoC want change and ask for something and the white liberals in charge tell them to hush and implement something they didn't ask for and makes it worse. I'm looking at you too KZbin 👀

[@TheNade]

So if you are not white you won't know if you got an award because of your effort and skill and performance or if you were just the minority pity award. That seems like a horrible way to empower people. "Hey, so we think you can't make it on your own, so take this hand out."

[@bronzegears6281]

@@TheNade Thats essentially how it feels. I wanna get hired and get an award because I'm the best at the at it, not because my skins akin to a walnut and they gotta meet a requirements list

[@devo196047]

you will never know why you really won, on the other hand, it hasn't been about merit for a long time. It is about money and studio manipulation. Hollywood is a bigger cesspool than the intelligence community

[@shoonger001]

that chicken nugget bobdy pillow made me laugh and i could see myself using it... i dont even like McDonalds or Travis Scott

[@yukismith4518]

Big mood. I would even invest in a blanket the color of honey mustard too.

[@TheGalacticWest]

Director: I got you this mug for your participation in the film Mug: “Diversity higher”

[@JennRighter]

"It gets to be very hectic as you're juggling the balls of many voters." Tee hee.

[@airawolf4261]

Heard this in NigaHigas voice lmao

[@brandonswhispers]

Glad somebody pointed this out. Haha

[@hemrainsford6920]

I thought the same thing

[@Strangenews404]

Is anyone else just seeing the Oscars thing as an attempt to secure award power for select number of studios?

[@hialeahtheo]

Why was I also questioning if I needed a $90 McNugget body pillow 😆

[@brittnilovescats]

Reading the comments, I’m glad everyone else was laughing at the “juggling the balls of many voters” comment as well 😂😂🤣🤣

[@CoolittleProductions]

“Juggling the many balls of many voters.” Such a poor word choice lol

[@hootie413982]

Holy crap!! My husband and I are some of those in GA that requested a mail in ballot but never sent it back and voted in person. As soon as I heard this I ran and gathered our mail in ballots and put them in a safe place so that if someone tries to say we double voted I can prove they were never turned in. I hope our poll worker marked us right! We had to sign a form saying we didn't turn in our mail in ballot.

[@rupo450]

Philly D at least once per episode: "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS CELEBRITY IS DOING THIS! MY GOD, THIS IS A GAME CHANGER! (S)HE IS ON EVERYONE'S LIPS AND SHAKING UP BUSINESS AND KZbin AS WE KNOW IT!" Me every single goddamn time: "I don't know who that is. Is that an Instagram? I don't watch KZbin prank videos, sir." A chicken nugget body pillow's pretty dope though. Too bad it's "branded merch" so it's three times as expensive as it should be.

[@likecrazyhorse]

I can't wait for the See No Evil, Hear No Evil remake using an actual blind person and actual deaf person.

[@youngdolo8]

"For the hundredth time, that's not the line, Jim!! ... Oh yeah, he cannae hear me."

[@fakeparson8193]

i can 100% see that actually happening

[@kameronjones7139]

Holy shit anyone want to make a parody of the movie with me doing exactly this

[@VIPandalicious]

Sounds like the "Making of" would be the more interesting part

[@adriandatura]

Orangutan: *vOtEr FrAuD* Orangutan: do everything possible to inconvenience everyone

[@mrbones9283]

M J Grasscutter what the hell are you talking about

[@adriandatura]

@@mrbones9283 That little one is trying to be cute, not worth paying any mind

[@cobymeyer4157]

In response to The Oscar's: "...one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." -Martin Luther King Jr

[@brendonstephen1246]

I pretty sure MLK would like seeing more people of color involved in movies...pretty dishonest to misquote him

[@nickthebastard4125]

@@brendonstephen1246 Yeah because we all know he'd be thrilled to see them reduced to nothing more than statistics on a fucking checklist...

[@giomjava]

@@brendonstephen1246 as tokens? I doubt he'd like that.

[@TomikaKelly]

Shit didn't pan out too well for Dr. King and we all know how his story ended, so there CLEARLY NEEDS to be a minority quota for people to act right.

[@DrunkenAussie76]

@@brendonstephen1246 "pretty dishonest to misquote him" What was the misquote?

[@burin77]

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." 2020: Let's put in quotas based on skin color!

[@youngdolo8]

Can we bring him back just for twenty minutes? Please? He's turning in his grave.

[@dinahmyte3749]

I mean, he'd look at police STILL murdering and patrolling and getting away with it and look at how we only JUST started getting main stream black movies and be like "Fuck, y'all assassinated me and now are using my words to justify white people telling our stories without involving us in the creative process to the point where we had to MAKE you involve us?" 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@AfroBoi14]

I mean it’s incredibly important that those four children see themselves often in everyday media. I’m not saying these quotas are perfectly constructed or executed by any means but the general efforts of inclusion and diversity in media is incredibly important and something he would’ve liked to see along with emphasis on black history

[@Laura-Yu]

@@dinahmyte3749 And your solution is forced diversity? How misguided.

[@katelyngloade6633]

The quota is dumb especially since the quota wont make much of a difference, but it is important to include minority groups because the film industry affects beauty standards and can help teach and explain important concepts intentional or not

[@2bit156]

This isn’t equality of opportunity. This is equality of outcome. How would it be our fault if an actor from a minority group isn’t as talented as others? This is ridiculous

[@Reggaetonaldo]

So the Oscar is rewarding films that force diversity and not based on acting and good films?

[@J.D....]

Apparently. This is the whole "Equality of opportunity" vs "Equality of outcome" discussion, and it should be common knowledge by now, that Equality of outcome is a horrible system

[@zwerko]

Oscars weren't about acting or good films in a long, long while, if ever. It has always been about politics and whichever flavor of it is popular at a time.

[@JollyJa5on]

To Phil and his team: I know you briefly talked yesterday about the wildfires on the west coast, but can you please go over the fires in Oregon this week or early next? We've been hit really hard in the last 48 hours, multiple towns gone over night, at least 100k people evacuated across the state, 35 wildfires 0 percent contained and the winds are too high for fire crews to even start fighting the fires. Whatever's not on fire is covered in smoke and ash in much of the state. It would be hugely appreciated if you could help direct people to relief efforts in the coming days! Much of what's been hit the worst were not well off areas and a lot of families are going to need help. Thank you for keeping us informed and entertained over the years!

[@JT-tm5vj]

Your race, gender and sexuality shouldn't come into anything. - regressive

[@GTaichou]

I just realized I can pop a pizza in the oven, watch the show, and pizza is done by the end.

[@smokeyandbanditscorgiguide7927]

The Oscars are the equivalent of an aging starlet pursuing aggressive plastic surgery.

[@enderwiggins8248]

I love the analogy

[@shoogur3920]

I’ve never wanted to quickly finish this video to watch a podcast more.

[@Conformist138]

"I hate that I want that chicken nugget body pillow" sums it up my reaction pretty well.

[@gLeeksFF]

So instead of prioritising a great story, films will be scrambling to fill the diversity quota = token characters/roles

[@dk3817]

It might end up promoting harmful stereotypes than diversifying their representation/portrayal

[@leoanything7285]

When were the oscars ever about great stories? Lmao

[@horimiya7290]

Bro I- It’s not a new thing they consider when picking the winner it’s just a screening thing where they ditch non-diverse studios and then don’t think about it???

[@severussnape8040]

@@dk3817 right? Imagine being in a work environment where EVERYONE knows the reason why you were hired or even given an automatic reward was because of who you fuck and the color of your skin, and not because you beat out the competition to be there or to be deserving of the win.

[@qibble455]

Fwiw this channel has become one of my most favored news channels which is not a category I originally put this show into. Right up there with Democracy Now and TYT, I find Phil and this channel most informative. 10/10

[@KatJustice97]

"Because the stupid part of my brain _really_ wants [a $90 chicken nugget body pillow] for some reason, and then the rest of my brain hates me for it." In which Phil was all of us for one brief moment

[@colins3688]

The oscars haven't mattered for a long time now. I remember a time when it was an event, something you wait for... but now. its more or less than Meh...

[@LtGrandpoobah]

"Juggling the many balls of many voters..." Phrasing!

[@JuanMPalacio]

Regarding the Oscar “woke quotas”: I feel like, just like you described, they are unfair to the independent studios and very simple and easy to meet for a large studios. I think that if they want to implement this fairly, then it should be for larger productions and be like “films with over X number of actors/crew members/etc. must have at least Y% who are minorities”

[@Nytephyre]

Or they could just stop with the nonsensical pandering? Minorities are already way over-represented as well as lgbt.

[@fabianbiere5653]

It's fucking wack anyways because movies should hire on skill not how they came out their mother

[@aesha2379]

why do I actually want the chicken nugget body pillow tho

[@wheresmyrooptoff4056]

bc it's fire like all travis merch

[@DaSm0lBean]

I’m always so proud to say I went to school with the food Review kid. He’s such a sweetheart. He graduated with me 😃

[@julian9664]

Travis Scott after Tacobell sponsorship: I'm the fattest in the room, she filled my mouth up with tortillas

[@Euphoryaaa]

Truly an underrated comment 😂

[@yaboibilly7433]

Lol

[@friendlyneighborhoodpig]

Yo what the hell u guys doing here subscribe to my channel

[@Trollin4n00bz]

"It gets to be very hectic as you're juggling the many balls of many voters."

[@SeboHyatt]

Thank you. The second I heard that I look into the comments. Phrasing. I'm glad someone caught.

[@StrachanM]

Not gonna lie, as soon as you go into election stuff or even American politics I consider it the end of the video, that was the Phillip Defranco show and thank you, you beautiful bastard.

[@ryanpatrick1875]

The Oscars have always done this. There's a reason we have had the term "Oscar bait" they just made it official

[@forentertainment3259]

How about something the Oscars could actually use, like experts on categories that would benefit from them (sound mixing, visual effects etc.).

[@mylindagrim5982]

Love you man, keep up the great work!

[@TaintedPrinceps]

"id like to thank the diversity hires made to the cast so i could get this oscar"

[@Babydolldaydreams]

Your username lol 😆

[@Zerinity42]

From your user name to your comment ...I love it. Seriously thank you for the laugh this morning .. I honestly needed it

[@SciFactsYT118]

Completely random fact: Cotton Candy was invented by a dentist.

[@buttercupcoffee5972]

🤔

[@ladyj.9350]

Profit

[@imaginefun13]

I wonder if it was to convince kids they were getting more sugar/candy when they are actually getting less?

[@heartdragon2386]

Is that why it was called candy floss? 🤨

[@batalorian7997]

Dentist creates candy to rot kids' teeth and then he gets to to pull them out. He wins twice. What a genius!

[@YellowGiraffeGal]

This video didnt show up on my feed! Had to look up your channel specifically.

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

Two words sums up the Oscars changes "Diversity quota"

[@jacktomas1596]

The Oscar's were always a self congratulatory thing. This new development just proves it.

[@mitziwhat3305]

Your intro is now how I know what day it is for sure. Thanks.