Hollywood studios are shifting away from DEI and socially conscious programming according to a New York Times column, with Trump’s return accelerating the anti-woke trend
Hollywood’s « progressive snowflake era » is over, with studios turning away from DEI and socially conscious programming, a New York Times column argued on Saturday.
« Hollywood is rapidly shifting away from the socially conscious framework that for more than a decade has driven its narratives, casting and green lights », editor-in-chief for The Wrap, Sharon Waxman, wrote in a guest essay for The New York Times.
Waxman pointed to the recent sale of an « anti-woke » reboot of the 1992 Paul Veerhoven film « Basic Instinct » as an example of how Hollywood is pivoting away not just from diversity, equality and inclusion in its business practices, but from a social justice-oriented outlook at the box office as well.
She cited the Netflix show « The Hunting Wives » as evidence that Hollywood is no longer woke — proclaiming that everyone on the series is « hot, horny and white.
