What fucking nonsense.
Next thing you're gonna tell me video games aren't politics too.
Again, this is getting misinterpreted and it feels like no one has any interest in actually understanding what it could possibly mean except the most villainous interpretation possible. I've never,
ever believed anything like "keep your politics out of my ____." The political leanings of media should, if possible, be progressive in spirit. I've never believed anything else. People who say "keep politics out of my games" are chumps.
What I said before actually means is: Of
course there are politics in products and those politics should be good, but the kind of politics that actually has a material effect on people's lives are the politics of, well,
literal politicking. It's a good thing to have movies that have positive messages for underprivileged people. I'm personally glad as a gay dude for something like Love, Simon even if the marketing campaign felt overly sappy and some people treated it like gay cinema hadn't been doing cool stuff for years before that point, but it has a positive impact on people's lives and that's a good thing - but the extent of the affect those things has on people are all
personal. It inspires people, it makes people feel better, it lifts people's spirits, all of these things have value, but people shouldn't overstate the actual material political value these movies have considering our present political situation. The political influence of Hollywood shouldn't be overestimated, because its actual ability to materially affect change doesn't seem to go as far as "actually getting the right people elected" if recent political cycles have shown anything, and people treat them with greater importance than I've seen people who actually work on political campaigns.
