Growing emphasis on diversity in Hollywood will be the death knell of showbusiness as white men are cast aside for minorities in a trend that's likely to end in a sizeable lawsuit, entertainment insiders warn.
A shift toward wokeism - pushed by the Academy Awards and left-leaning networks - has stifled creativity as writers tread carefully to avoid offending any viewers, according to an article by LA-based writers Peter Kiefer and Peter Savodnik published on Bari Weiss's Common Sense substack.
As once-popular shows such as the Sex and the City reboot tank, one showrunner shared a series of emails that detailed how women and people of color applicants are getting preferential treatment.
'This is all going to end in a class action lawsuit,' he told the reporters.
Moviemaking legend Quentin Tarantino has also lashed out at the shift, telling "Bill Maher last summer: 'Ideology trumps art. Ideology trumps individual effort. Ideology trumps good.'
The entertainment industry is increasingly favoring diverse casts of writers and actors, such was the case with And Just Like That, a Sex and the City reboot. The cast and crew is pictured during the December 8, 2021 premier
Moviemaking legend Quentin Tarantino has also lashed out at the shift, telling Bill Maher : 'Ideology trumps art. Ideology trumps individual effort. Ideology trumps good.'
The entertainment industry - once ruled by John Wayne films and period pieces - is working to atone for its white-dominated past.
The Academy Awards is leading the charge with its 'aperture' initiative, which in 2024 will require best picture films to meet two of four racial, ethnic, or sexuality standards to be eligible for the coveted golden trophy.
The industry's most prestigious industry has pointedly begun breaking recognizing minority talent during its annual ceremony. In 2020, the critically-acclaimed South Korean movie Parasite became the first foreign film to pickup the award for best picture.
While no one doubted the merit of those being awarded, some - such as veteran film producer Howard Koch - said the growing emphasis on racial diversity has gone to extremes.
'I'm all for LGBT and Native Americans, blacks, females, whatever minorities that have not been served correctly in the making of content, whether it's television or movies or whatever, but I think it's gone too far,' he told Bari Weiss.
'I know a lot of very talented people that can't get work because they're not black, Native American, female or LGBTQ.'
The sector began shifting recently, with South Korean movie Parasite becoming the first to take home the Oscar for best foreign film (Pictured from left: writer Jin Won Han, producer Kwak Sin-ae, director Bong Joon-ho, production designer Ha-jun Lee and film editor Yang Jin-mo)
Jordan Peele, whose work includes horror flicks 'Get Out' and 'Us', said black
