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⌈ Secret Post #6997 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Bad writing loses people. *shrug*

Yes, a certain subsection of an audience will disengage from a story if they perceive the protagonist as "other" in some way, and another subsection will believe they're being open-minded and fair while actually being more critical of and disengaged from the story because they are not personally relating to the protagonist in the same way.

But even in the shitshow of the last ten years, I firmly believe that the majority of audiences will usually respond positively to well-written, well-made media.

Unfortunately, it's very easy (and has becomes increasingly easier in the age of social media) to lose focus on what should be the core aim of storytelling, which is to tell the story you want to tell as well as you can possibly tell it. It's become extremely common for creatives to end up in situations where they're trying to accomplish twenty different things with their story, and telling it as well as they can is only fifth or sixth on the list.

Casting a woman is not the problem. Casting a woman because the writer or the producer or the studio head is like, "I need to prove these airheaded Gen Z sluts are lying about me hating women," or what the fuck ever, is the problem.

[(Anonymous)]

It's become extremely common for creatives to end up in situations where they're trying to accomplish twenty different things with their story, and telling it as well as they can is only fifth or sixth on the list.

This, so much! And yes, the audience will pin it on the most visible change (e.g. a female Doctor or a Black Doctor) but it's almost always a structural problem. And sometimes a flashy new change is an attempt to paper over those structural problems. IRL, this is called the glass cliff - a failing company/political party is very likely to suddenly choose a female and/or racial minority leader.

[(Anonymous)]

"The glass cliff" Jesus I hadn't heard the term before. That's brutal, and brutally accurate.

[(Anonymous)]

If bad writing was what did it, the show's popularity should have died way before 13.

[(Anonymous)]

Also, yes, very good writing can get people to enjoy women and POC in lead roles. But when you add the stipulation that good writing isn't a requirement for people to enjoy white male leads, it really doesn't help the claim of it not being about race or gender.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but usually the lead actors were at least enjoyable enough to get through the show.
I said it before in the comments, but I still thing Jodie Whittaker was just straight up a bad choice and they should have casted another woman. I can't even think of any previous Doctor who acted worse than a wooden spoon in the role, but it was certainly the worst that Whittaker has performed (especially when you see her in other works, she definitely can act - but in Dr Who she barely emoted past a plank of wood with an awkward smiley face on it).
Ncuti Gatwa had the perfect energy for the show and way more interesting episodes; but I think a lot of people had dropped off after Chibnall's run - as well as the fact that Gatwa's absence in a good chunk of the episodes could be felt and were really unwatchably bad. I also think there was a lot more going on behind the scenes of the shows production that might have hindered the show and with the uncertainty of when the next series would be, I don't blame Gatwa for leaving when he did.