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Study: Biggest Hollywood films still go mostly to white men
The Associated Press ^ | March 30, 2023 | By JAKE COYLE

Posted on 03/30/2023 10:14:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK (AP) — As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers. Opportunities were notably greater for women and people of color on streaming platforms than in theatrically released films.

The annual UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published Thursday, presented one of the most detailed looks yet at how the film industry was shaped and, in many ways, set back during the pandemic. In analyzing 2022 movie releases, academics found that ethnic and gender inclusivity in theatrical films reverted back to 2019 or 2018 levels in many metrics, turning charts downward that had been slowly trending toward greater equity on screen and behind the camera.

As the film industry sought to claw back moviegoers in 2022, it did so by leaning more on films starring and directed by white men, despite considerable evidence that more diverse films attract larger audiences. Black, Latino and Asian American moviegoers make up nearly half of all frequent moviegoers, and for the biggest hits, often account for the majority of ticket buyers.

“It definitely was not an industry that was back all the way. But I really think it gives a picture of a two-tiered system that’s been created,” says Ana-Christina Ramón, director of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative at UCLA, which produces the report. “What will be interesting to see is what happens in 2023 if it continues to have this bifurcation.”

“The fear is that diversity is something is temporary or could be easily cut at any point in either theatrical or streaming,” says Ramón, noting that streaming services, after years of torrid growth, are now pulling back on original productions.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; culturewar; hollywood; race; woke
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When all actors are AI, they’ll all be black.


21 posted on 03/30/2023 10:33:01 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: KTM rider

See “Nope”. It might change your mind about the ones you mentioned.


22 posted on 03/30/2023 10:34:05 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: babygene

Did the “study” use tv commercials as an offset? Because blacks sure as hell aren’t the minority when it comes to that.


23 posted on 03/30/2023 10:34:23 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, good actors trump this, but still, no surprise. African-American Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington are great exceptions, Mexican Cheech and Chong, I guess make the list. (Okay, I date myself). But give us the John Waynes, James Stewarts, Tom Cruise, and so forth any day.


24 posted on 03/30/2023 10:35:04 AM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why should films be skewed toward 15% of the populace, and the other 85% ignored.


25 posted on 03/30/2023 10:35:29 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Definition of racism——making everything about race!


26 posted on 03/30/2023 10:35:51 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: KarlInOhio

If you can keep the snoring down, sleep through the unwanted movie.


27 posted on 03/30/2023 10:37:09 AM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: jeffc

Not only that, but almost all TV shows make white men look dumb as toadstools.


28 posted on 03/30/2023 10:37:24 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The greater concern and matter of import is how white male actors are portrayed. Therein lies who will be the role models of the young seedpod going forward.


29 posted on 03/30/2023 10:37:32 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: babygene
Blacks should be only 13%.
By my limited observation of TV commercials I'd say there are more blacks, lgbtqxyx, mixed race, hetero and homo, marriages than there are straight white males.
30 posted on 03/30/2023 10:38:44 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Trump accomplished more for America in one 4yr term than any President in your lifetime)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Let's see what the Census Bureau itself tells us about the market for movies...


31 posted on 03/30/2023 10:38:44 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: KTM rider

Quentin Tarantino directed both Hateful Eight and Django......last time I checked he was a white boy.......I agree though....both unwatchable because of being so blatantly insulting to White people.


32 posted on 03/30/2023 10:38:54 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: brookwood
It’s odd that the standard assumption is that if white men do poorly that’s something to celebrate.

Yep. The left in general has a massive inferiority complex.

33 posted on 03/30/2023 10:39:08 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s who brings in the most money. Hollywood doesn’t care as long as their leading men bring in the $$$. If the A-listers are predominantly white, there’s a reason for it.


34 posted on 03/30/2023 10:41:00 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Andyman
Their hero ObaMao was 50% white, 38% black and 12% Arab. Since Arabs are counted as “Caucasian”, that makes him 62% white, doesn't it?
35 posted on 03/30/2023 10:41:11 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Study: Biggest Hollywood films still go mostly to white men

Or maybe - and hear me out here - maybe they're the biggest Hollywood films because audiences want to see guys like Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves more than they want to see black or white women in leading roles.


36 posted on 03/30/2023 10:41:20 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Go “woke” - go broke.

Push diversity really hard in Hollywood and the film business will be destroyed.

Idiots.


37 posted on 03/30/2023 10:42:19 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: babygene
this is just more evidence to support the theory that as a demographic group "BLACKS" are without a doubt THE most racist race on the planet,

AND

Blacks as a demographic group are MOST responsible for the greatest numbers and most cruel slavery in all of world history ...even today ....especially today.

A study of history recent and past will support this ...that is, until google can get history changed fully, they are stil working on it. Its not that easy to scrub, takes time

38 posted on 03/30/2023 10:42:59 AM PDT by KTM rider (what if a real J6 happens someday, instead of just a silly false flag show )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“despite considerable evidence that more diverse films attract larger audiences”

Sure, the same kind of “evidence” that they used to say that cloth masks can stop airborne viruses.


39 posted on 03/30/2023 10:44:23 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

By the looks of my recommended movies on streaming sites I watch there is absolutely no shortage of movies with black people in them. All the streaming services apparently think I’m black for some reason, or they just recommend the same movies to everybody.


40 posted on 03/30/2023 10:44:42 AM PDT by suthener
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