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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“POC already dominate the commercials. Crackas are only needed if they need someone to play the buffoon characters.”
That is true and I wonder if the advertisers do that because it pays off in sales.
I went down the “tunnel” onto a Delta flight the other day. It was lined with Delta advertising with practically all of the faces black, and there was one with a couple of guys being cuddly.
“Men that are more than half white?”
Hmm, like Jussie Smollett?
thanks for correcting me , I thought it was that other hateful scumbag whats his name
But they choose not to be.
The DEI solution would be compulsory attendance.
Hollywood gives a lot of jobs to minorities. Jewish people are only 3% of the population and they get plenty of jobs in show business
I’m guessing your referring to spike lee......yeah he hates whites AND he’s got short man syndrome. LOL!
A rich black American angry at the country that made him that way......thst makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?.....and there’s a bunch of those.
I've got a box full of Mack Bolan paperbacks to catch up on while the world burns down around me.
DIE-versity !
prolly because they want to turn a profit...
I really like this chart. Thanks for posting it. I’ve been looking for one like this.
Ditto. Cool chart.
Nice to see the weepy Asian woman again.
In other words, despite the braying of serial virtue signalers, hollywood is still just a giant pit of phoniness. What a shock coming from people whose entire lives are devoted to pretending.
Larger audiences or full theater audiences that are majority black? It doesn’t take the full 13% of the population to fill a theater.
Anything by spike lee is to be avoided. Dude looks like he just sucked the sourest lemon on the planet.
Why not; they have the most talent. The best always go to the front of the line.
Well, Hollywood has to do something to add authenticity and realism to their movies.
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