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 Since
Black Panther and Wonder Woman both made a ton of money film exhibitors are
asking for changes. John Fithian, the top lobbyist for the industry and head of
the National Association of Theatre Owners, tells Variety that those successes
have confirmed something he’s been pushing for years – diversity. He told them:
"Theater owners have been asking for more diversity in movies for a long time,
and by diversity we mean diversity in casting and diversity in times of the year
when movies are released. The traditional norm is that big movies only go in the
summer and winter holiday. Black Panther proves if you’re good, people will come
out and see you any time of the year. It also shows that a movie with an
all-black cast and a black director can break records. It’s not the race or the
sex of the actors in a movie; it’s the quality of the movie that matters." He
hopes that the numbers Panther and Wonder Woman put up leads to studios
bankrolling movies with diverse casts and push stories with female and black
protagonists. Fithian is asking for the studios to make less blockbusters and
more mid-budget movies. |
