"You will bow to social activism, one way or another.
"We have almost become conditioned to it by now — or at the very least we have learned to recognize and avoid when a new activist product is coming our way in the entertainment realm. The ongoing insurgence of earnest messages, community awareness, and/or social lectures being injected into our cultural diversions is only going to get broader.
"A major studio has just announced it intends to do more than slip in the occasional storyline or populate the cast with a character from a proper interest group. Warners is teaming up with a Yale professor, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, to create content from scratch based on social activism. They intend to create entire products rooted in and concerning social justice.
"What this specifically entails is difficult to state, given that they are strictly in the creative phase right now, but also because the descriptions of their intentions are full of vague word-salad proclamations. Goff is the CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, as well as having a creative team entitled JuticeRx. They will be creating entertainment that will ‘’help people get free’’. Who they are referring to who is not free is not explained.
"According to Goff these new projects will serve as important touchstones for social improvement." . . .
Even a favorite show of my family, "When Calls the Heart" is woke in its portrayal of men and women. Most episodes can have several incidents of clueless men being put in their place by wiser, more 21st century-aware women. But at least we have not seen women beating up men like a cop show would. TD
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