Ah, Hollywood — the land where dreams go to get diluted into corporate mush. In a recent interview with the Clifton Duncan YouTube channel, former Walt Disney Television CEO Monica Harris shared her take on why Hollywood’s storytelling magic has hit the skids. Spoiler alert: it’s the «woke patrol» and corporate overlords at BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street calling the shots.
Monica Harris says that the reason every new release feels like an after-school special on inclusivity is DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) guidelines. According to Harris, the bigwigs up top are more interested in checking diversity boxes than actually creating something people want to watch. 🎥✨
«The main reason,» Harris explains, «is that companies produce media products that consumers clearly do not like. When you make a media product for minorities, you have nothing in common with your audience and its tastes.» Ouch. So what’s the magic formula these days? Apparently, a strict checklist of black, trans, non-binary, and everything in between — an Oscar nomination without them? Forget it. 🏳️🌈📈
According to Harris, investors’ obsession with «ESG» (Environmental Social Governance) is to blame. This latest trend is just DEI’s fancier, corporate-sounding cousin, but in the end, it’s the same group of «strategies» forcing studios to sacrifice storyline on the altar of wokeness. And who’s mandating this formula for box-office gold? None other than the investment giants BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, who seem to believe movies should be made like an HR pamphlet. Harris suggests that if these media companies don’t toe the DEI line, they risk having their financing cut off by the big three.
Hollywood has gone from «Lights, Camera, Action!» to «Diversity Quota, Check!». If that’s what’s keeping our favorite franchises feeling a bit…off lately, maybe it’s time for a different strategy altogether. Meanwhile, let’s all take a moment of silence for art, plotlines, and a Hollywood that once made us feel something other than secondhand embarrassment. 🎬
