It is way, way past time to knock it the fuck off accusing "deplorables" or "toxic fandom" when your shitty, woke movie bombs at the box office. There are female heroes who have broad appeal (e.g. Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Wonder Woman, Lara Croft, et al.). Captain Marvel, as played by the unlikable Brie Larson, is not one of them.
Consider this:
Other diagnostics on The Marvels: 65% male leaning, with 45% men over 25, 22% women over 25 (giving it the best grades at 82%), men under 25 at 20%, and women under 25 at 14%.
https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
Lookee there: who
didn't turn up for this female-led movie? Why, it was
women. The numbers don't lie. Significantly more of the audience was male.
Here's the reality: superhero action movies simply appeal more to men than women. Women tend to prefer romance, comedy, romantic comedy, crime, animated movies, etc.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/254115/favorite-movie-genres-in-the-us/
So if you want your movie to succeed at the box office, it can be female led, but you better lay off the "strong wamen" Mary Sue characters, and lay off pushing an agenda. Concentrate on telling a good story, with interesting, relatable characters. Marvel hasn't been doing that lately, and Marvel's parent company, Disney, has gone woke as fuck.
If people are gloating at the movie's failure, it's not because they're "deplorable," it's because they figure if Disney gets spanked hard enough, it will
finally get the message and start making worthwhile entertainment again.
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