one is a major marvel/disney animated franchise with all of disney's marketing power behind it and the other isn't. it's an apples and oranges case.
plus BH6 was also a racially diverse cast, with characters that were previously uniracial changed so that more faces could be represented, so isn't its success more proof that that this shit matters and works?
also, "Annie was a good movie but it's basically this decade's Avatar, in a few years you won't be able to name more then two actors/actresses in it and maybe a line or two." this is not a comparison you want to make with a film that was just another production of a classic and beloved musical. People are gonna remember the lines, songs, and who was in it, regardless of its success.
fact is, it was successful. it was not as successful as major hollywood blockbusters but it was never going to be and was never intended to be. even in the golden age of hollywood, musicals were not making the kind of money our modern blockbusters do.
you're using the absolute highest standard of success as the only standard and using it to justify completely backwards reactionary bullshit. plebcomics has a clear politica agenda, so does everyone who is trying to sell this idea that Annie was a failure/flop. It doesn't take into account what is actually considered a success in the film world, it's just using the fact it wasn't as popular as the MOST popular films of its time as an excuse to point and say "SEE? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RACEBEND TO APPEASE THE PC CROWD". and you're buying into it.
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plus BH6 was also a racially diverse cast, with characters that were previously uniracial changed so that more faces could be represented, so isn't its success more proof that that this shit matters and works?
also, "Annie was a good movie but it's basically this decade's Avatar, in a few years you won't be able to name more then two actors/actresses in it and maybe a line or two." this is not a comparison you want to make with a film that was just another production of a classic and beloved musical. People are gonna remember the lines, songs, and who was in it, regardless of its success.
fact is, it was successful. it was not as successful as major hollywood blockbusters but it was never going to be and was never intended to be. even in the golden age of hollywood, musicals were not making the kind of money our modern blockbusters do.
you're using the absolute highest standard of success as the only standard and using it to justify completely backwards reactionary bullshit. plebcomics has a clear politica agenda, so does everyone who is trying to sell this idea that Annie was a failure/flop. It doesn't take into account what is actually considered a success in the film world, it's just using the fact it wasn't as popular as the MOST popular films of its time as an excuse to point and say "SEE? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RACEBEND TO APPEASE THE PC CROWD". and you're buying into it.