More and more movies nowadays are trying to pander to the social justice crowd. I have noticed that in some cases the people promoting these movies, as well as SJW journalists, are claiming that a particular such movie is somehow revolutionary in that it's the first one to do something.
For example, when the recent Ocean's 8 movie came out, many people involved in its promotion claimed eg. in TV shows that it's the first heist movie with an all-female cast in the lead roles. Yet, 10 seconds of googling reveals that's not the case. There are several examples of previous such movies, such as the movie Set It Off.
When the film Black Panther came out, they claimed it was the first movie starring a black superhero. Yet, once again, this is incorrect. The movie Blade already did that in 1998. (Maybe they'll claim it's the first Marvel superhero movie with a black protagonist? Except that Blade is a character from Marvel Comics. They can't get around it.)
With the new Captain Marvel movie they aren't explicitly and blatantly claiming it's the first movie with a female superhero in the lead role, because pretty much everybody knows that's not true. However, they are kind of insinuating it. Perhaps it's the first Marvel superhero that appears in the lead role of a movie? Yet, once again, that's not true: Elektra already did that in 2005.
Obviously all this is nothing but a marketing ploy. They want to advertise these movies as something special and revolutionary, and will lie about it if they can get away with it.
For example, when the recent Ocean's 8 movie came out, many people involved in its promotion claimed eg. in TV shows that it's the first heist movie with an all-female cast in the lead roles. Yet, 10 seconds of googling reveals that's not the case. There are several examples of previous such movies, such as the movie Set It Off.
When the film Black Panther came out, they claimed it was the first movie starring a black superhero. Yet, once again, this is incorrect. The movie Blade already did that in 1998. (Maybe they'll claim it's the first Marvel superhero movie with a black protagonist? Except that Blade is a character from Marvel Comics. They can't get around it.)
With the new Captain Marvel movie they aren't explicitly and blatantly claiming it's the first movie with a female superhero in the lead role, because pretty much everybody knows that's not true. However, they are kind of insinuating it. Perhaps it's the first Marvel superhero that appears in the lead role of a movie? Yet, once again, that's not true: Elektra already did that in 2005.
Obviously all this is nothing but a marketing ploy. They want to advertise these movies as something special and revolutionary, and will lie about it if they can get away with it.
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