How Does Whitewashing Cause Diversity?
diversity in broadcast
Several films were criticized for whitewashing; the most recent being the 2016 film Gods of Egypt starring Gerald Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The plot is about A mortal who must save Egypt and defeat the God of Darkness (Butler) in order to save humanity. This film became widely criticized for whitewashing. Thee problem with Whitewashing is it devalues a culture, ethinicity and race and further creates a severe lack of accurate representation. The controversy of this film comes after the backlash in Exodus: Gods and Kings; where the lead roles were white and roles of slaves were portrayed by non-whites.
This quote was not only offensive, but it exposed the instutionalized racism in hollywood . At the end of the day, it is all about the money. If studios are paying hundreds of millions of dollars in order to get a wide reception, then they're willing to cast white actors to portray people of color. In regards to the Gods of Egypt, Lionsgate did apologize for whitewashing; while Ridley Scott only cared about his money. And it did …show more content…
bring me great satisfaction finding out the movie was a flop. *Sighs, karma is a beautiful thing.
Despite the backlash, Ridley Scott defended his choice of actors for the movie.
Unlike Cinema , television actually has improved in adding more diversity in their programming.
According to to a GLAAD report, racial and ethnic diversity on broadcast television programs have increased up to 33% for the 2015-2016 season; an increase from the 2014/15 season, when it was at 27% (Driscoll). The number of black series regulars is the highest it's been since GLAAD began complying data. Television dramas and comedies such as Fresh off the Boat, Blackish, Scandal, Jane the Virgin, and Empire have helped increase ratings for the networks. The season finale of Empire drew in 21.3 million viewers, making it the highest season finale in nearly a decade. These television shows also generated a lot of buzz on Twitter. Fans of the show could watch and interact with other avid twitter fans of the show. This not only boosted the ratings of the show, but it drove more advertising sales for the
network.
Several films were criticized for whitewashing; the most recent being the 2016 film Gods of Egypt starring Gerald Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The plot is about A mortal who must save Egypt and defeat the God of Darkness (Butler) in order to save humanity. This film became widely criticized for whitewashing. Thee problem with Whitewashing is it devalues a culture, ethinicity and race and further creates a severe lack of accurate representation. The controversy of this film comes after the backlash in Exodus: Gods and Kings; where the lead roles were white and roles of slaves were portrayed by non-whites.
This quote was not only offensive, but it exposed the instutionalized racism in hollywood . At the end of the day, it is all about the money. If studios are paying hundreds of millions of dollars in order to get a wide reception, then they're willing to cast white actors to portray people of color. In regards to the Gods of Egypt, Lionsgate did apologize for whitewashing; while Ridley Scott only cared about his money. And it did …show more content…
bring me great satisfaction finding out the movie was a flop. *Sighs, karma is a beautiful thing.
Despite the backlash, Ridley Scott defended his choice of actors for the movie.
Unlike Cinema , television actually has improved in adding more diversity in their programming.
According to to a GLAAD report, racial and ethnic diversity on broadcast television programs have increased up to 33% for the 2015-2016 season; an increase from the 2014/15 season, when it was at 27% (Driscoll). The number of black series regulars is the highest it's been since GLAAD began complying data. Television dramas and comedies such as Fresh off the Boat, Blackish, Scandal, Jane the Virgin, and Empire have helped increase ratings for the networks. The season finale of Empire drew in 21.3 million viewers, making it the highest season finale in nearly a decade. These television shows also generated a lot of buzz on Twitter. Fans of the show could watch and interact with other avid twitter fans of the show. This not only boosted the ratings of the show, but it drove more advertising sales for the
network.