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#546 - Baggage Claim - Modern Cinema Treats Women Like Idiots

Modern Wisdom

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Lord of the Rings

Amazon frontran the fact that it was a very diverse cast. And what it does is they're using the speculation and the controversy around the production of the production itself to generate news rather than allowing the value of what the content consists of to be able to carry itself through. So using sexism or racism or homophobia or transphobia is the justification for why a particular film doesn't do well. But the bottom line is like gay people didn't go and see Rose either. Women aren't going to go and see She-Hulk and Thor-Lovin Thunder either. It's people within the demographic that is supposed to be the one which is being upheld also think that it sucks.

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