Current Events > so what counts as pandering?

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when is something a legitimate attempt to diversify media and when is it pandering?
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if gay people exist at all its pandering as ive learned when the walking dead took a gay character from the walking dead comic book and didnt make him straight in the tv show which pissed off so many people on CE

so much "walking dead is just pandering" topics on CE
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When the character exists just to be gay/black/female/etc.
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"Hello."
"Oh hello, my name is Snowflakeio and I first learned that I was different from other people at age 10 when I started... etc..."
"Uh, we just met and I just said hi."

That's pandering.
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Vyrulisse posted...

"Hello."
"Oh hello, my name is Snowflakeio and I first learned that I was different from other people at age 10 when I started... etc..."
"Uh, we just met and I just said hi."

That's pandering.

so it's not actually that common?
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Most entertainment is pandering, to a degree. Most movies, games and comic books are inherently gratuitous and indulgent.

Where racial/etc pandering crosses a line for me is when it's highlighted in a conspicuous way that doesn't serve any greater purpose... Or alternatively, when the character is written with a style and register which are a clear mismatch (i.e. it's obvious that someone behind the scenes, with zero knowledge of a certain culture, is shoehorning a poor representation of said culture into the work in question).
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If you ever find out the gay man likes men
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Watch any popular YouTube channel, that's pandering.
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When you do or change something to something it's not supposed to be to appease a group.
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Pandering is basically if it doesn't involve or appeal to straight, white christian men.
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If it's not a heterosexual white male, it's pandering. That's what CE taught me.
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Mass Effect Andromeda
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It's when you alter or attempt to diversify a story in response to the political climate in a way that has little or no relevance as to the main plot and world.
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When the defense takes on an almost sexual obsession.
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There's a page from that female Thor comic where a female villain literally lets Thor win just because her partner said some misogynistic stuff. That would count as pandering, I think.
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Kitt posted...

If it's not a heterosexual white male, it's pandering. That's what CE taught me.

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SSJGrimReaper posted...

Kitt posted...

If it's not a heterosexual white male, it's pandering. That's what CE taught me.

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ce lost its shit over finn in star wars for being black
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