I remember an article before Force Awakens came out, where the Disney fellows were saying the new movie could top 5 billion dollars. It barely made 2 billion dollars, and if you take out the money spent on advertising, it made about a billion dollars. Gee, I wonder if casting had anything to do with that? I go to Comic Cons, and all sorts of nerdy SCiFI gatherings, and let me tell you, there are no black people there. I don’t go to Snoop Dogg concerts, and black folk don’t camp or watch Star Trek. So effectively, Disney is catering to 10% of the population who won’t watch it, and who have no money. Tasty Pick!
Well I can tell you that there are black folks at the cons, but as a significant marketshare, no. The pop culture industries are definitely pandering to weak markets. SW however was going to make its money regardless of casting, and their terrible performances proved it. Force Awakens is not what I’d call the Star Wars of its generation, just a cool JJ Abrams flick, at least the parts without the 2 noobs.
Although Avengers 2 was weak, I thought the movie Ultron was better than the comic version. Having him be a victim of his programming was better Tha him just being evil, I thought.