Netflix is social engineering, not entertainment
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I am a huge movie buff:
I just don’t see that. White have always dominated both hero and villain roles.
In fact.. me being black. I really can’t name too many black villains ever in movies.
That’s super rare. Yes. Snipes was a villain in that movie:
But that was rare.
That's my point, there weren't as many black actors to choose from due to the demographics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Complete_history_of_the_Racial_and_ethnic_demographics_of_the_United_States_in_percentage_of_the_population.svg combine this with the prejudices pre-1980 where blacks were generally not sought out in Hollywood except for the 'Blaxploitation' phase.
In the current era there is a noticable push to make whites appear weak, ignorant, or evil, especially white men. The same can be said for heterosexual nuclear families of all races or christians. They are seeding it into the public consciousness through entertainment
But has are white men being played more as villains vs before?
I am only referring to the villain angle my friend.
It sure seems like it, though I'll admit I haven't watched a new movie in several years once all the gay stuff started being put in. As for Netflix specifically I can't remember a black villain in anything I've watched on there
I agree with making white men looking weak.
That's because you guys are the only category of men left they haven't destroyed yet.
They want all men to be weak.
Apollo Creed
Clubber Lang
Candyman
Elijah Price
Marsellus Wallace
Ike Turner
Alonzo Harris
Killmonger
May Day (Grace Jones)
Idi Amin (Forrest Whittaker)
The mother from Precious
How many of them are well known?
Most villains iconic villains have always been white.
All of them were pretty iconic villians I think. Wasn’t trying pick apart what you said, I just thought you forgot about a couple of great ones.
There have been more white bad guys than black bad guys, obviously.
I think the broader point OP and everyone else here is making is that it’s all become painfully more formulaic now. Like you can take one look at an “intersectional” character from the get go and know everything they’re gonna do and say and embody for the next 2 hrs of screen time. It fuckin blows.
I LOVED Hans Gruber in Die Hard. I LOVED Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix or wrestling with his good and evil halves in Blade. But watching Viola Davis trying to imitate Terry Crews in the trailer to that G20 film is just fuckin cringe.
I hear you lol.
Good post friend!