Latinos are the largest minority group in the U.S., but only 3% of TV shows and 5% of films in 2022 had a Latino lead. Furthermore, only 2.6% of all films in 2022 had a Latino director. Why does the industry continue to ignore this massive market each year?

https://blurredbylines.com/articles/latino-representation-tv-shows-films-media/

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[deleted] t1_ixeoz70 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:41 PM

#621,941

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xdesm0 t1_ixep95s wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:43 PM

#621,977

they hate us cause they aint us

[deleted] t1_ixer10c wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:56 PM

#622,136

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[deleted] t1_ixervk4 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 10:02 PM

#622,214

Don't know, don't care.

[deleted] t1_ixeuozz wrote on November 22, 2022 at 10:22 PM

#622,477

And nobody except for some people on the internet cares.

[deleted] t1_ixf2oi7 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:21 PM

#623,253

Replying to xdesm0 (#621,977)

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Purple_Channel_9147 t1_ixf2w37 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:23 PM

#623,270

Replying to [deleted] (#621,941)

In what world did "In the Heights" bomb?

Humble_Animal_998 t1_ixfr0iq wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:35 AM

#626,028

Replying to Purple_Channel_9147 (#623,270)

It made 45 million dollars on a 55 million dollar budget, despite a 150+ million dollar break-even point. Including marketing costs and gross payouts, it lost a lot of money.

I personally dug the hell out of the film; and I think OP is wrong that its failure had anything to do with diversity. Issue was that it came about 10 years too late during a time when musicals were also underperforming.