Marvel’s Ironheart hadn’t even premiered when it was already under fire — not from critics or audiences with genuine concerns, but from a brigade of online
I’m sure some of the negative reviews are from people like that. But I also think a lot of companies and people like to hide behind the fact that they have a minority or POC main character as the reason the movie bombed when in reality the movie was just bad.
Any discussion about the actual quality of the writing, directing, casting and whatever else gets drowned out by people calling it racist or sexist as opposed to addressing the fact that the movie did fail in several other key ways.
I’m a forgiving fan, but am enjoying the hell out of the series. And I’m a middle-aged Midwestern white dude. I don’t need representation to get behind a story or the characters.
And after the first episode I was amused by this thought: “Was Jim Rash the only white character in the episode?”
I haven’t watched this show or movie or whatever it is, but my comment was more in general.
If movie is bad and the lead is a white guy the studio and director and everyone involved kinda just shrugs and goes “whoops” but when it’s got a minority/POC lead and it ranks they seem to almost always accuse the viewers of just being racist incels instead of just admitting there might have been other issues with the film.
That’s just whataboutism from the same people doing the review bombing because of perceived wokeness. Corporations only give a shit about the bottom line, and if they can make money out of Black Panther or a movie about ICE agents on a quest to dig up Hitler’s skull they’ll do it.
I’m sure some of the negative reviews are from people like that. But I also think a lot of companies and people like to hide behind the fact that they have a minority or POC main character as the reason the movie bombed when in reality the movie was just bad.
Any discussion about the actual quality of the writing, directing, casting and whatever else gets drowned out by people calling it racist or sexist as opposed to addressing the fact that the movie did fail in several other key ways.
I’m a forgiving fan, but am enjoying the hell out of the series. And I’m a middle-aged Midwestern white dude. I don’t need representation to get behind a story or the characters.
And after the first episode I was amused by this thought: “Was Jim Rash the only white character in the episode?”
I haven’t watched this show or movie or whatever it is, but my comment was more in general.
If movie is bad and the lead is a white guy the studio and director and everyone involved kinda just shrugs and goes “whoops” but when it’s got a minority/POC lead and it ranks they seem to almost always accuse the viewers of just being racist incels instead of just admitting there might have been other issues with the film.
100% agreed, I just wanted to put in my thoughts. Could’ve been a parent comment I suppose but some of my points were building on yours.
That’s just whataboutism from the same people doing the review bombing because of perceived wokeness. Corporations only give a shit about the bottom line, and if they can make money out of Black Panther or a movie about ICE agents on a quest to dig up Hitler’s skull they’ll do it.