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I was encouraged last year when CODA, which is not woke, premiered at Sundance and hung around all year on the fringes of the discussion while bigger, splashier, more recent releases dominated the buzz. CODA eventually pulled the upset and beat out uber-woke The Power of the Dog -- the heavy favorite by the time voting opened -- for Best Picture.

I suspect the normals in the industry are getting ready to push back. On my optimistic days, I think the industry may be beyond Peak Woke. The sane people understand that insulting all the normals in the potential audience is a suicidal strategy.

The industry is also opening up to ever more foreign content, and audiences are responding well to non-woke foreign films. Korean films in particular have moved into the top tier of the discussion. I touted Living in my earlier comment. I forget to add that it is a British film, so people can go see it without breaking their boycott of all things Hollywood. Not that the British film industry is conservative by any means, and it has its own battles over diversity, but it seems a bit saner.