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51 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep
I actually think Netflix has gotten a bit better. They show comedy specials now that piss off the hall monitors of the world. They are getting more into sports. Wrestling, UFC, Boxing, football.
They didn’t cave in to social pressure to censor guys like Chapelle and Rogan.
I do think there is still a lot of “social justice” preaching in the content but it isn’t anywhere near as bad as it was say 4 years ago.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 19 Sep
I do think they've gotten better. The whole industry has.
Partly, I think it's just that we've past "peak woke". More and more people are tuning out the hall monitors. It's not just in the entertainment industry, I see it happening in academia as well.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep
I agree we have past peak woke and the ones that want to continue to be hall monitors are losing their power and are even increasingly looking foolish.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 19 Sep
I think the intent isn't social engineering as much as novelty is more entertaining, which is why the majority of these are counter-stereotype.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 19 Sep
Mm, I know someone who works at Disney and he says there is definitely a contingent of activists within the company that see it as their mission to do social engineering through entertainment. And they are explicit in their beliefs that lower profit is worth it to push the agenda.
I'd also argue that these counter stereotypes have become so common that they are actually stereotypical at this point. Especially the bungling dad, the strong woman, and the supportive gay friend.
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