Why The Batgirl Cancelation is Good For Diversity

So Warner brothers have shelved more dc films, a superman. green lantern, and Staticshock. With this have come the calls that it's racist. Like batgirl, these films all have a minority main character. This makes the cancelation of these films racist. First, the last green lantern film was a flop so there is no good faith there, and the last film based on a black superman was Steel starring Shaquille O'Neal, so there is that. So with at least two of them, you can see why there is trepidation in turning them into movies. Let's not forget that Warner brothers want a cohesive movie universe, so Batgirl adding the third batman into the universe (even if it is Michael Keaton) is not going to help this. Can't say much about Staticshock as Marvel James Gunn has shown with Guardians of the galaxy, that with a great director a minor character can become part of the A-list.

What these cancellations show, is how those so-called progressives have only ever been providing lip service to the minorities. It was never sincere, because if it was; when the test screening that came back with the negativity that Batgirl got. They would want a product that was good, not just because it represented someone's race, gender, or sexual orientation. This idea that you are getting representation now, so this be happy with what you get irks me. It always gives those "free thinkers" ammunition against any form a

of criticism.

Take the latest Terminator film, it is terrible and has pretty much killed the franchise. Yet when people said the film was disliked because strong female lead. It was obvious they forgot that terminator 2: Judgement day exists, and that Sarah Connor is a beloved character in science fiction. So the cries that people didn't like strong female leads were objectively false.

If Batgirl got released and was terrible as test screenings have said. Anything negative against the film will be shouted down with yells of racism, so those who want a good batgirl movie will never get one. Either it makes money, so the studio knows it doesn't have to try any more leading to more mediocre sequels, or that it doesn't make any money so a sequel would be considered too much of a financial risk. Either way, this put-up or shut-up representation is not helping those minorities, that they claim to be helping.

I can't see why anyone would put up with the representation matters mindset, if that was true then black superman could be a complete idiot, but you know representation, batgirl becomes anti-Semitic, don't complain otherwise you hate Latin people. Hyperbole aside it's not that representation doesn't matter, it has to be a good representation. Not just they should accept this version because their race/gender/sexual orientation is being represented.

The fact warner brothers is wanting to cancel films and risk the ire of the politically correct crowd. This shows they are more dedicated to representation than any of those progressive companies. Warner Brothers haven't said there won't be another chance of a Latin Batgirl, or that John Stewart will never get a film of his own. Which the character absolutely deserves. They are dedicated to making quality films from now, in a cohesive universe. With DCEU being its own universe, all settled comic depictions of characters are up for change as new universe has new rules.

So that cancelling all these films, is not a negative strike against diversity. It in fact a good for diversity, because when we see John Stewart, Staticshock, Steel, or even Batgirl on the big screen. There has been more effort and commitment into making it the best possible version of that character we will get. Regardless of race.