This “people hate it because it’s ‘woke’” line has been repeated via the media over and over from when Disco started.
I’m not saying there’s zero people saying that, but whenever I talk to someone in real life who doesn’t like one of the Disco-era shows, it’s never because of ‘woke’. Maybe my circles have been blessed to be curated well enough to avoid the anti-‘woke’ folks, but because of that, it’s always felt odd that the instant one of these shows doesn’t meet the executives’ KPI expectations that there’s another article saying “people just hate progressive television”.
There’s a part of me that wonders if the PR team for the franchise is putting out these kinds of articles to try and guide the conversation away from criticism about writing, format and direction that I largely hear discussed and into this because they know a vast majority of the fans will bristle at the idea of something being criticized for being progressive and speak against that instead of voicing their other critiques.
Admittedly, that’s a bit conspiratorial, I just don’t ever run into these vast swaths of anti-progressive Trek fans. I do run into many people who have other critiques of the Kurtzman-era Trek shows, but not people mad at them including representation for minorities in it.
Imagine we’re normal people for a second, the kind that don’t spend as much time online as to be deeply involved in stuff like this. You see the reviews coming out about Starfleet Academy, read the generally positive (not glowing) reviews and then decide to scroll down a bit to see what the comments say…
I have seen people complain about all aspects of an openly gay skirt-wearing Klingon. So many batshit fucking complaints about Holly Hunter “disrespecting” the Captain’s seat by not sitting up properly and putting her feet on it. These websites’ comments sections are like 90% red-faced rants barely making any attempt at hiding their hatred of minorities. Some entertainment news websites are worse than others but they’re all generally like this.
There are way fewer comments highlighting things like the occasional plot hole or the really weird choices of background music that doesn’t really match the intensity of the scene.
Shatner was mocking people who think new Star Trek is too “woke”.
The original Star Trek was known for its very progressive (at the time) themes, and especially for its integrated cast. Don’t have the energy to google it rn, but I think Shatner was one of the first white TV actors to kiss a black co-star onscreen.
This “people hate it because it’s ‘woke’” line has been repeated via the media over and over from when Disco started.
I’m not saying there’s zero people saying that, but whenever I talk to someone in real life who doesn’t like one of the Disco-era shows, it’s never because of ‘woke’. Maybe my circles have been blessed to be curated well enough to avoid the anti-‘woke’ folks, but because of that, it’s always felt odd that the instant one of these shows doesn’t meet the executives’ KPI expectations that there’s another article saying “people just hate progressive television”.
There’s a part of me that wonders if the PR team for the franchise is putting out these kinds of articles to try and guide the conversation away from criticism about writing, format and direction that I largely hear discussed and into this because they know a vast majority of the fans will bristle at the idea of something being criticized for being progressive and speak against that instead of voicing their other critiques.
Admittedly, that’s a bit conspiratorial, I just don’t ever run into these vast swaths of anti-progressive Trek fans. I do run into many people who have other critiques of the Kurtzman-era Trek shows, but not people mad at them including representation for minorities in it.
Imagine we’re normal people for a second, the kind that don’t spend as much time online as to be deeply involved in stuff like this. You see the reviews coming out about Starfleet Academy, read the generally positive (not glowing) reviews and then decide to scroll down a bit to see what the comments say…
I have seen people complain about all aspects of an openly gay skirt-wearing Klingon. So many batshit fucking complaints about Holly Hunter “disrespecting” the Captain’s seat by not sitting up properly and putting her feet on it. These websites’ comments sections are like 90% red-faced rants barely making any attempt at hiding their hatred of minorities. Some entertainment news websites are worse than others but they’re all generally like this.
There are way fewer comments highlighting things like the occasional plot hole or the really weird choices of background music that doesn’t really match the intensity of the scene.
It’s an incorrect/misleading title.
Shatner was mocking people who think new Star Trek is too “woke”.
The original Star Trek was known for its very progressive (at the time) themes, and especially for its integrated cast. Don’t have the energy to google it rn, but I think Shatner was one of the first white TV actors to kiss a black co-star onscreen.