Latinos account for 30% of all moviegoers and 27% of all streaming audiences. Producing more authentically representative stories would be excellent for Hollywood's bottom line.
this weekend, it would prove what I and others have been saying for years: Give Latino creatives the big budget chances and they will deliver.
Described by one reviewer as exactly what the “struggling” DC franchise needs, “Blue Beetle,” even more importantly, is a game changer for Latino representation and a prompt to Hollywood to stop that he was “impressed by pop culture details and historical references,” noting that “this is the work of filmmakers who know and care about Latin America.”
This has become one way that people in groups that have historically been ignored by Hollywood are making sure that when Hollywood decides to do things differently, it will be rewarded.
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