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.
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When all actors are AI, they’ll all be black.
See “Nope”. It might change your mind about the ones you mentioned.
Did the “study” use tv commercials as an offset? Because blacks sure as hell aren’t the minority when it comes to that.
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.
Why should films be skewed toward 15% of the populace, and the other 85% ignored.
Definition of racism——making everything about race!
If you can keep the snoring down, sleep through the unwanted movie.
Not only that, but almost all TV shows make white men look dumb as toadstools.
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.
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.
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.
Yep. The left in general has a massive inferiority complex.
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.
Go “woke” - go broke.
Push diversity really hard in Hollywood and the film business will be destroyed.
Idiots.
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
“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.
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.
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