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In a stunning twist, people like to see their own reflections represented in cinema. When you expand the casting, you expand your audience.
We've known this since the fucking 1950s. The original Ocean's 11 movie (the Sinatra film from 1960) was doing DEI casting with their Rat Pack crew of immigrants, minorities, and women and audiences ate it up.
You want diversity so you can see yourself in the roles.
I want diversity so I can tell the fucking characters apart
We are not the same
I want diversity so I can tell the fucking characters apart
I could tell that whole cast of Reservoir Dogs apart.
Old White Guy
Smug White Guy
Chubby White Guy
Psycho White Guy
British White Guy
Director of the Movie
Cop
That's a cornucopia
Well, it’s pretty easy when they’re all different colors.
Btw, among the many issues there are with the live action Lilo & Stitch (2025), they got rid of a lot of this original diversity, had 2 ads for the United States Marines and changed the ending so Ohana didn't matter, Lilo was given up to the state, and the government was the good guy.
The Lilo and Stitch Remake Is Dangerous | by Monny Castellaneta
I had no idea itvwas that bad... I had just thought that it was a bad remake, not that... Yikes
No shit. Diversity is interesting.
But good science-ing, and all. I hope they keep up the science-ing.
I've only watched one movie in the last 10 years or so, it was required for a class. 10/10 I'm glad it was Sinners because it is such a great movie to take apart in a classroom setting. That music scene that crossed eras is one I'll never forget.
No idea how many awards they walked away with, just know Michael B Jordan walked away with the prize like he deserved