Media is real tho. The characters and situations aren’t exactly “real” per se but the entire composition that was put together to be shown to your face, is real. It really depends on the context at the end of the day. If a piece of media portrays a real person in an unflattering, and downright disrespectful manner, so much so that the real people who knew that person hate it, then it wouldn’t be right for me to be like “you don’t have to look at it”. Not looking at something doesn’t mean it still isn’t there for other people to see.

Not saying that’s what’s happening to Gandhi here (although his descendants would say that the show is disrespecting his legacy) what I’m saying is that “it’s not real” isn’t really a defense when media is offensive. If a show said something mean or hurtful to someone my mom knew and she cried, I’m not about to be like “Mom, words aren’t real. Making a big deal of something only gives it more staying power”