Fictional Influence

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Black Movies Need a Renaissance
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Black Movies Need a Renaissance

Casting off the insulting, regressive films of the 2010s

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Kristin McTiernan
Jan 24, 2025
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The American movie consumer has been screaming at studios for years. No, we DON’T like overpowered, poorly written female characters with no flaws beating up likeable male characters. And no, we don’t like our treasured movie franchises being vandalized for the sake of woke ideology.

Luckily, the studios have finally listened. We’ve been consistently voting with our wallets and the lawyers and money men have clearly snapped the whip, bringing the idealogue directors, producers, and actors to heel.

Nice.

But since we’re making changes in entertainment, there’s another pressing issue that I’d like to fix, if you don’t mind.

The Vicious Slander of Black American Culture

Since 2016, mainstream media has taken a nasty turn in its portrayal of Black Americans,Music, film, popular culture. Somehow, every media outlet gave us booty shaking female rappers, criminalized, sexualized black children spewing filth on YouTube, and sub-80 IQ adults proudly proclaiming their past (and current) crimes. And …

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