MeatHookGekko
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Currently the word “agenda” has been devalued and rendered meaningless because it has no effective purpose beyond its accusatory impulse impact....So the accusations of “agenda” are thrown around without ever defining what it is in this context of genre films. As if it’s a self-defined term, like a shorthand with clear mass cultural understanding, and we’re all supposed to know what that means. Sorry, but it isn’t!....Oddly enough, claiming something like "forced agendas" is an agenda in itself, when used to form an unfounded critique.
"That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it."
- Dayna Craig
There are plenty of female characters in the MCU that the general audience responds very well to and don't receive too much backlash at all. It's just no one in the activist ranks wants to talk about those characters. Lots of people love Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop and Peggy Carter for many of the same reasons they love Wade Wilson as Deadpool ( the writing honors them, the choices have real consequences, there are real character arcs at work, they are being handled by capable performers who can elevate the material they are given, etc, etc)
You disagree? I embrace your right to disagree. But here's the thing, if you keep saying it doesn't exist, if you keep telling the average person something vastly different than what they are seeing with their own two eyes, eventually they will turn on you. That's less about the MCU and identity politics in the industry and more about a practical reality of the overall human condition.
You do you. But be willing to eat the public cost of it.