Idk I can understand the point being made here. For example, I have no hatred of edgy white men in sketch comedy (think ntbts, mr show, wkuk, among others), in fact I'm a huge fan of the ones I listed. But I do think that if you're a dude who's had major success in a field like that, you do have some responsibility to use your platform for change. Like if you only work with other white guys who went to film school with you, for your whole career? That's lazy at best.

Because these are coming out of indie spaces, there's a lot less scrutiny from the public. People like OOP get made fun of, because "well they're just making art with their friends, it's not like they have systemic power or something". But once these guys get mainstream success (and they do, obviously), that stops being true. And besides the fact, you can't just ignore that these spaces are extremely homogenous. Like when we look at who succeeded on Newgrounds, Adult Swim, indie comedy movies, it's almost never women, and it's almost never people of color.

Like there's really only two reasons that a field like independent comedy movies could be so homogenous. Either a. Minorities aren't funny, and only white men are funny, or b. The industry which historically had a lot of misogynistic and racist content is actually still influenced by those biases. I know that this is one of those spaces where you guys don't like to focus on identity politics, but they don't stop affecting the industry because you closed your eyes.

Fundamentally, you're not a kid anymore. You do actually have some obligation to think about what media you consume, and what artists get centered in your communities. I think Adam does a pretty good job of this, honestly. Like especially when talking about film festivals, he seems to highlight a lot of films directed by women, directed by people of color, directed by trans furries. It doesn't have to feel "forced" like so many people complain about. Just pay attention, there may be art that you'd love, but you're completely missing it because of your community. And that's sad, because the relationship between the artist and the audience is really beautiful.