‘Shang-Chi’ tops $150 million but highlights the limits of diversity at the box office
. But it would be nice if A) comparatively inclusive films didn’t have to be four-star classics to be hits and B) more “inclusive not because we have to be but because we want to be” flicks could themselves become hits alongside comparative “Diversity: The Movie” sells. A guy who looked like Simu Liu had to play Shang-Chi, but a guy who looked like Henry Golding didn’t have to play Snake Eyes.
The late-90s likes ofsuggested a more inclusive Hollywood studio slate. Hell, Eddie Murphy’sgrossed $234 million domestic in 1984 to become the biggest non-Spielberg/Lucas earner ever untilin summer 1989. But that was before the post-9/11 deluge of four-quadrant fantasy franchise blockbusters became Hollywood’s preferred all-purposes blockbuster.
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