Hollywood and identity politics

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Hollywood likes to be up to date with identity politics and is regulated by:

• AMPAS - overall benchmarks of diversity, main one.
  
• Time’s Up - workspace diversity representation
  
• Color of Change Hollywood - what races to have on screen
  
• GLAAD - the LGBTQ+ representation
  

Regulating stories using quotas has been proven to not work, yet it happened this June 2026.

While organizations that manage/insist on quotas make minor requests, the subtle changes shift the whole point and perspective.

I haven't seen Supergirl, but many have noted that the performance is tainted with ideologies that make the character undesirable to watch. 

Men and women have been developing various outlooks on each other with the help of social meadia brainwashing, what to think about one another and how to approach various behaviours, and most of all how to devalue another human. All you need is a flag (of red kind).

If you're mostly living in digital space, the sorrow and hatred can be easily manipulated by an opinion and "open hearted" negative comments made to spite others because of personal dissatisfaction. The movie may represent current state and outlook on expected modern behaviour, which in itself is honest though falsely built. But the backlash is also honest - no one likes to be given a template of behaviours that promote rudeness, misbehavior, indiscipline, then publically reduce male audiences.

Once men turn salty, you will know..

Various things were pushed on guys in the last 15-20 years. And it seems that they're running out of things that men can put up with. Hollywood's mistake is letting young stars speak about anything gender related. Young generation, especially movie stars will never have healthy understanding of relationships.

On the other side, I think guys are taking shots because no one was actually going to see the movie. Why would mostly single young generation of guys go to watch a female superhero movie about herself? Who goes to cinemas even?

Hollywood has been making movies for 110 years, somehow they can't read their audience. If it's not relatable, emotional, intriguing or inspirational, and instead focuses on identity politics to teach how super strenth makes you indifferent to everything including yourself, holding a bottle and going forward is a role model for a family movie.. maybe it's not a good idea.

Snow white type of movie vibes where the movie release doesn't go as planned. A diverse snow white was an obvious blunder that was too big to swallow.. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jrcbmIRcdLM (People on YT made jokes - diversity of actors misrepresenting renowned historic people).

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Watched Supergirl.. It's quiet well made film, so production team is amazing.

Performance is actually alright. "Ruthye" (the companion of Supergirl) has a bit "acty" performance, but it works in the movie.

The Supergirl doesn't have much feminism to her. Men are scary, dumb and violent - visibly a female writer. One or two balls punches. A trans actor/actress looking man. Few space lesbians (just for gags reference to 3 women pirates). All that is "modern" culture that doesn't have any class to it and wants to "diversify", so definitely not a story of the century that stands on any common morals. Starting from Kansas and without alcohol would be the safest bet.

So some things are less serious. The acting is fair for kids 10-18 (a "family" movie story), while the alcoholic personality was 16+ and not a good example and carried on throughout the first half of the film to some degree. Being under the influence with dry humour was somewhat of a theme.

Lobo (played by Jason Momoa) is there to add more dry humour. Which reminds of Thor Ragnarok type of "comedy" which breaks the story immersion - making light of seriousness or empathy. But in a way good to see good cast supporting the screen.

I wouldn't call Supergirl movie a failure, but lack of introduction to her as an actress, and trailers of a rude alcoholic with bad attitude was - all the impression that she got from the internet.

It shows that perception changes based on so little.

With $100 million invested in production, the film doesn't hold back on effects to support the story, so the movie is top class production with a bit of unwanted experimentation and undeserved hate for Milly Alcock.

6.6 star rating I think is on point. They tried to tick off all the checkboxes in 1h 30m, and the story felt a bit rushed, but also didn't slow down for any drama as any other Marvel movie.

Anyway, worth a late night watch. It's not Snow White type of movie as the social media painted it to be.