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This show is not progressive enough


The cuckold scene was a step in the right direction but I think the main character not being black shows the directors are kind of racist. It totally broke my immersion of medieval Poland to see a white male as the protagonist.

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Don't worry, very soon you'll have the new version or European folktale Hansel & Gretel.

This time, Gretel is the modern empowered woman that saves the day, helped by a typically medieval Black hunter, a typically medieval Arab knight in Europe, and a typically medieval Hispanic knight. You know, the usual medieval Germany according to Hollywood. 😄

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9086228/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

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Man, you almost made me imprint my keyboard on my forehead...

I don't know whether it's more sad, funny, or scary just how damn formulaic and predictable Hollywood has gotten with this narrative. Awful movies succeed now just by "virtue" of being woke. And they're not even the kind of awful that's actually fun to watch, like Ed Wood's classics, for example -- just preachy feminist screeds and cultural vandalism / nihilism. :(

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Back in my day being "woke" was when you did too much coke and couldn't fall asleep.

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LOL

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It's true. The witcher should have been a weak, middle-aged and bold. He only becomes famous because his gay musician friend makes up stories about him.

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Now it's being criticized for being "ableist", since the hunchback becomes a beautiful, powerful woman.

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Also Duny was dog shamed! PETA will probably have a tizzy!

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Oh really? Rushes off to watch, just to spite all the Woke idiots out there.

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he should be fighting global warming like baby chewbacca.

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