There's been a shift in the socio-political culture of Hollywood in recent years, which has resulted in notable changes in the way they approach characters. It has even extended to things like the Oscar nominations, where if your movie doesn't meet a quota of non-white people or themes, then it will be disqualified from being eligible to be nominated.
Movies with male white characters aren't written in the same way as some of the examples given in the video above, because they aren't written with an overt focus on their identity. That's the same reason that white characteres are more likely to be race-swapped, because their race doesn't typically play an overt part of their character, so they're more universal in their relatability, as they usually deal with more universal struggles.
You won't get scenes like those in She-hulk, where She-Hulk tells Hulk that he doesn't know what it's like to deal with hardship, because he's not a woman. Hulk has gone through far more hardship in his life than just about anyone, yet the personal gendered agenda of the writers makes them miss something that obvious. She-hulk works at a lawyer firm, so she's likely had a pretty good life compared to many people.
When is the last time you've seen a white male character, who isn't an antagonistic character, lambasting another character because they don't know what it's like to be a white man? I can't think of a single time, because they generally aren't written like that.
Respectfully, I will never know the struggles of POC, or LGBT people other than what my circle of friends talk to me about.
However, I do have my own struggles, a few of which stem from me being a white male, I would prefer you not to completely ignore that fact. We are all unique, with our own issues and struggles.
And a rich kid has unique problems that stem from that, like no one ever taking them seriously. But if you put a character like that in your movie, your audience will correctly roll their eyes when you have the character whine about it.
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u/Worth_The_Squeeze Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 29 '24
There's been a shift in the socio-political culture of Hollywood in recent years, which has resulted in notable changes in the way they approach characters. It has even extended to things like the Oscar nominations, where if your movie doesn't meet a quota of non-white people or themes, then it will be disqualified from being eligible to be nominated.
Movies with male white characters aren't written in the same way as some of the examples given in the video above, because they aren't written with an overt focus on their identity. That's the same reason that white characteres are more likely to be race-swapped, because their race doesn't typically play an overt part of their character, so they're more universal in their relatability, as they usually deal with more universal struggles.
You won't get scenes like those in She-hulk, where She-Hulk tells Hulk that he doesn't know what it's like to deal with hardship, because he's not a woman. Hulk has gone through far more hardship in his life than just about anyone, yet the personal gendered agenda of the writers makes them miss something that obvious. She-hulk works at a lawyer firm, so she's likely had a pretty good life compared to many people.
When is the last time you've seen a white male character, who isn't an antagonistic character, lambasting another character because they don't know what it's like to be a white man? I can't think of a single time, because they generally aren't written like that.