Re: ironheart tv show
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Mon Jun 30 2025 08:33 pm
> i just think they are patronizing people.
> "don't forget to add the gays and the trans before the show launches!"
>
I think the problem really stands out when they add a token minority character t
hat exists only to be a token minority character.
For example, the gay cop in Blizzt is a great character because he is an active,
integral part of the plot, and if you removed him the movie would not work as d
esigned. At all. What defines this character is not the fact he is gay, it is th
e fact he is a burned out cop who is tough as nails.
But then you have characters like the gay couple in The Old Guard whose defining
trait is being gay and who you could do away with without breaking the movie at
all. They exist just so the producer can perform the required virtue signaling,
and it shows.
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