Hollywood today loves to preach, “Give up your dreams, for the good of society.”
But audiences often reject that message. People want to see individuals succeed.
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“American audiences are in love with individualism,” says author Tim Sandefur, “in love with heroes who accomplish their dreams.”
The Pursuit of Happyness is film about a man who becomes homeless, but never gives up on his dream. Audiences loved it.
In the original Wizard of Oz, Dorothy discovers she always had the power to accomplish her dream: going back home to Kansas.
But in the new version, Wicked, they focus on the Wicked Witch. They turn her from villain to victim.
She’s a victim because she’s green.
Her dream is for other people to accept her.
She doesn’t have the power to realize her dream, other people do.
“Hollywood very often is trying to propagandize to us about the evils of individualism.” says Sandefur.
In the recent Wonder Woman sequel, the villain is a man who grants wishes. This threatens the world. To save it, every individual must give up what they want.
When woke movies flop, Hollywood often blames the audience.
When her new Charlie’s Angels reboot did poorly, director Elizabeth Banks blamed men, saying: “Men don’t go see women do action movies.”
But men loved the original Charlie’s Angels, Tomb Raider, Lucy, Resident Evil, Kill Bill, Aliens, etc…
In this video, the author of the new book, You Don’t Own Me, says today’s woke Hollywood doesn’t understand what audiences want.
