Maybe instead of attacking the concept of representation in film, we should criticize lazy writing. White, straight and cisgender stories are allowed to be as bad as they are without accusing them of them forcing their "identity politics" on us but when it has a black, female or gay character, we blame the very fact that they are there for the film failing.

Having diversity/representation and having a great story are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I think the issue is that often these works are created by people who don't actually represent those communities and do not understand how those very communities do themselves want good stories that also include them in it.

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> What audiences really need are great, original stories.

Not mutually exclusive.

> The only cases when films by underrepresented people/about underrepresented people succeed is when their actual focus is to tell a great story.

They all try to be good. No one just casts a nonwhite actor and then stops trying.

> Regardless, this wave of wokeness shall pass sooner or later.

All of your favorite movies are woke as fuck. You didn't notice because you grew up with them so it seemed normal to you. They'd all be called woke if released today. Stop watching YouTube con artists trying to rile you up to get your clicks. This is not a real issue.

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