As a non-american, american media does a terrible job of representing anything outside america, so if that's the reason I would really appreciate if they could stop it...

What are you talking about - We have tons of coverage of the following countries in our movies: Genovia, Aldovia AND Belgravia

Wakanda looks so nice people were trying to book vacations to go visit!

And don't forget my favourite: Macedonia.

I thought Black Panther's portrayal of Wakanda was pretty accurate...

They generally do a terrible job representing anything inside America as well.

Isn’t all feature film global at this point? Are there producers in Japan or China who’d say, no I do not want my film exported.

True, but they're making most of their money from western whiter countries. Which is reflected in their actors/stars. However this is already changing and will get better as the global market continues to expand.

As a non-american, it's not getting better, it's just getting weird. Like this parallel fantasy reality that americans have come up with and convinced themselves that it's what the world outside looks like, that actually has nothing to do with anywhere on earth.

It's funny when somewhere in your country is portrayed in an american movie or series.

This is how Americans who aren't from LA or NYC feel as well.

not sure this is correct. We may need to get actual numbers or divide up 'film / media' into different segments..

I recall seeing news about big movies, eg transformers and others where in order to satisfy the global market, ie China, decisions needed to be made.. and given that many of those markets appear to be more racist/anti-muslim, (obv not 100, but majority I believe)

and your comment seems to be suggesting [hope] that things above "will get better as the global market continues to expand." -

I'm not chiming in to say this or that is a good or bad thing, just trying to clarify that some things may make one think catering to broader global markets may not make "western whiter countries" more anti-racist or whatever is being suggested as 'changing and will get better' - if that is the perspective being considered for 'get better'.

There are studies showing "diversity" on movie posters hurt sales abroad - and of course there has been local pushback for whitewashing things for increased sales -

Unless we are talking about gov funded wokeness spreading where making money is not a goal. But I did not get that impression from the thread here.