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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by bombcar on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:27AM (#50413148)
Media is not produced to satisfy an audience's desires; that's only indirectly and coincidental; more and more.

Media is produced to satisfy an executive's desire, which is often based on what they think the audience wants, but sometimes is based on what they think the audience should want.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by bulbar on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:08AM (#50414432)
I don't think that's the incentive. Executives don't care about such things. It's just that they are risk adverse, they try to avoid drama as that's a risk.
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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by hunterpayne on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:43PM (#50416991)
Avoiding drama is the exact opposite of what you want to do in publishing. This sentence is true for both meanings of the word 'drama'.
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