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Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-03-20
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Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
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Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-27-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

They can confirm themselves, but I'm guessing it's meant to include something like the red part:

going back in time shows we always have been oversensitive about one thing or another.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

I'm sure it's true sometimes, yeah. Probably moreso now than before. I imagine it was pretty rare in the past, simply because it made less economic sense.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

Well, the best version of that argument (not a good argument, just the best one possible) would be that you don't need to set it in Boston at all. But yeah, sometimes the complaints are just...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

In my experience people who are upset about a lack of representation in media don't really care whether the rates of representation are roughly in line with the overall numbers or not.

When...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
The fact that more homogeneous societies than...

The fact that more homogeneous societies than ours are not often criticized for being far more insular represents, I think, a pretty huge shift in progressive thinking.

When I was a kid, it was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-08-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

Because they're not always a minority, and it's hard to tell the difference. And sometimes they don't stay a minority if they make enough noise. And sometimes it's not worth the hassle or risk of a...