The new 'X-Men' movie pays lip service to feminist ideals without committing to them DarkPhoenix
character in Captain America’s post-Snap support group inIt’s the attitude generated by the fundamental idea that a film can check off audience demographics like items on a list — one hurrah “girl power” scene? At least one character of color among the good guys? An “exclusively gay” moment? — presumably by the logic that if you tick off enough boxes the angry feminists and PC police won’t come after you on Twitter.
The reason this metaphor is particularly useful is that it also makes the better alternative quite self-evident — i.e., serve a selection of different sodas. Instead of prioritizing the same target demographic, switch it up. Because films do need acoherent —
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