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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-11-20 06:34 pm

[ SECRET POST #2514 ]


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(Anonymous) 2013-11-21 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
A few people did touch on this, especially toward the end, but for me, it isn't that I refuse to watch non-American things (although I don't have time to watch as much as I would like; my netflix queue is scarily long), it's that I want representation in American shows. I think it is rather silly that for a long time procedurals seemed to follow a formula of 5 or 6 characters, 1 of whom was a PoC and 1-2 of whom was a woman. The CSIs, NCISes, SVU, etc. Even non-cop shows, like House followed that general formula.

And like OUaT. Why are pretty much all of the characters white? There is a myriad of fairy tales from other cultures which could be used. Barring that, even if sticking to Disney fairy tales, why couldn't the characters be of other races? Why couldn't there be a black Prince Charming or Sleeping Beauty? Or a Native American Cinderella? Or whatever else?

There are some shows which don't follow that and are more diverse. I love Sleepy Hollow and Elementary, for example. I just wish that I could see more of it in American mainstream media. I don't want it to be segregated, where I can get mostly white (often male) casts in American media and diverse casts in foreign media.