The ‘Captain Marvel’ star is campaigning for more diversity in the press pool. Will it work?
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Brie Larson: ‘I don’t need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work about A Wrinkle in Time’
You think we take insults and ask for more like masochists?
Brie Larson is the embodiment of the problem with hollwood right now. She thinks that her shit doesn't stink because she got cast as Captain Marvel, and then started talking about how empowering it is to be a women and hating on men, and even hating on the Avengers cast as if the movies sucked before SHE got there.
It's cringy and a perfect example of the mentality these producers and actors have over their shit. Then when it fucking sucks it's the "white dude's" fault.
I mean people like what they like. And the straight white dude demongraphic likes certain shit. It doesn't mean we're fucking racist because we didn't have any interest in watching a movie about a queer black girl from Queens try to make a name for herself in the fashion industry. It's because we don't fucking care about that as a concept. We like guns, explosions, giant monsters, pretty girls, and fart jokes. There is nothing wrong with that. And I think people have every reason to be upset when a movie tries to change our shooty shooty, boobie, explosion movie, into a female empowerment movie with a somehow worse plot and even dumber action.
You can make your female empowerment movie. Nobody is mad about that. But make it your OWN movie, dont try to turn something people already like into something it isn't. You'll never win anybody over that way.
Star Wars is a perfect example of this. If people hated on Rey, why didn't they hate on Adin Verso from Rogue one?
Rogue One was awesome and featured a female lead hero. As far as I've seen people loved it. I LOVED it. And you know why? Because they made it a side story within the Star Wars universe. They didn't try to erase the main plot for the sake of stupid ass characters.
When you make a main episode Star Wars movie, people have certain expectations and wants for that. Skywalker being a badass, an evil empire, and plucky rogue characters overcoming the universally bad enemy. Simple plot, clean, and beloved. The moment you cluttered that with a brand new cast or characters and then tried to wipe the previous episodes from having any significance, then yeah the fans aren't going to take that well. I would have that it would have been obvious to anyone with a bit of foresight.