It’s not a question of being visible in public, it’s just a question of proportion. Hollywood seems to need gays and lesbians in every movie now. Is it marketing to attract “minorities” ?
Let me repeat myself: there is no such thing as “overrepresentation”. There isn’t, and shouldn’t be, a moral or legal law that states that TV and movie producers have to follow census data strictly in their casting. That would be stupid.
You’re thinking about “documentaries”. There’s this whole other universe of films commonly referred to as “fiction”. Or are you upset that Hobbits are overrepresented in The Lord of the Rings, blue aliens in Avatar and people who can fly in Superman, too? Maybe there’s too many British people in Downton Abbey and too few Vietnamese in West Side Story?
I hate this argument. “You people can’t exist in public because I might have to talk to my stupid kids”.
It’s not a question of being visible in public, it’s just a question of proportion. Hollywood seems to need gays and lesbians in every movie now. Is it marketing to attract “minorities” ?
Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with people being gay as long as they do it in secret and “normal” people don’t have to acknowledge it. /s
My comment refers to overrepresentation.
No such thing.
Around 5% of the population. So yes it’s overrepresented
Let me repeat myself: there is no such thing as “overrepresentation”. There isn’t, and shouldn’t be, a moral or legal law that states that TV and movie producers have to follow census data strictly in their casting. That would be stupid.
It seems to me that films are supposed to be as close to reality as possible to be credible.
You’re thinking about “documentaries”. There’s this whole other universe of films commonly referred to as “fiction”. Or are you upset that Hobbits are overrepresented in The Lord of the Rings, blue aliens in Avatar and people who can fly in Superman, too? Maybe there’s too many British people in Downton Abbey and too few Vietnamese in West Side Story?