A majority of Americans across nearly all demographic groups said DEI initiatives have made no impact on their personal careers, according to a newly released Harris Poll/Axios Vibes survey.
Why it matters: Republican lawmakers and activists have vilified DEI, a term for diversity, equity and inclusion policies used by employers. Companies have responded by rolling back programs.
- Yet Americans — and businesses — have a generally positive to at least indifferent view on the subject.
- On balance, most demographic groups were more likely to say DEI benefited their career than hindered it.
It’s true that that can happen, but you can’t assume it’s the case for all criticism. For example, I agree that Captain Marvel was a bad movie for a lot of reasons. However, The Marvels avoided these issues and consequently I think it was a solid movie. Both movies received hate online, although interestingly I think The Marvels got less hate despite having 3x as many women protagonists. So, how do you know which criticisms are anti-feminist and which are legit? It’s a case-by-case thing, really. Some movies definitely get the anti-woke backlash more than others though. The only analysis I’m confident is incorrect is “all criticism of [movie] is [legit / just anti-woke hate]”, because there are always a variety of takes being lumped together inaccurately.
Well for one thing, you can check and see if the criticisms were made before the movie even came out.
For another, you can check and see who is making them.
Neither of these are difficult, but people don’t bother.
That doesn’t seem reliable. For one, we know information about the movie before it comes out. This means you can make preliminary judgements about the movie. They may be proven wrong later, but they are not baseless. And I don’t trust most people on the internet to judge a stranger’s character accurately enough to determine their motives behind a movie review.
This is what is known as “judging a book by its cover.” It used to be that people were warned against it.
I would bet you think movie trailers aren’t trustworthy. You should if you don’t.
Movie trailers reveal far more than a book cover does.
Anyways, it’s not like this issue goes away after the movie comes out. People still have opinions and other people still judge if they’re based on anti-woke sentiment or not.
Yes, including scenes that aren’t even in the movie. All the time.
https://www.gamesradar.com/30-trailer-scenes-not-in-the-finished-films/
Ok sure. To repeat, though:
Once the movie comes out, it’s a different issue, actually.
Because no one knows how “woke” a movie is based on a brief summary, let alone “we’re making a movie starring a woman as a superhero.”
How is that relevant to evaluating someone’s criticisms of the movie?