Vegas Disney Fan
Well-Known Member
In a way, yes. I see this as saying "it's ok if they have their films over there... as long as they don't come in contact with my stories and films over here." Separate stories ARE important, but that doesn't negate the need to have inclusive stories that shows proper representation amongst many groups together.
But making the Black Panther movie did just that, it added black characters into the bigger MCU in a way that felt perfectly natural and that added depth to the story. The characters established in the Black Panther were in most the MCU movies made after it, and it made perfect sense why they were in them.
Had they just race swapped Robert Downey Jr with Will Smith they could have added diversity but it wouldn’t have added anything to the story and likely would have driven a lot of people away.
Diversity done well not only adds representation but more importantly adds depth to the stories, but it needs to make sense, if it doesn’t it just feels like pandering.