Tag: Diversity Aboveground

  SPOILER WARNING– This article discusses aspects of Spectre, including the ending. With Spectre showing in theatres in most of the world, speculation immediately turned to the next James Bond film. Some fans remain hopeful that Daniel Craig will return while the ending of the film makes that seem unlikely. Others call for changes to… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: A New James Bond?

In the last few years, Marvel has published several books written for the Young Adult market. The latest release is Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl. With the popularity of Black Widow and the way she’s been turned into a rallying cry for how female superheroes are treated, how is her portrayal? Does it… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground; Black Widow: Forever Red

Boy Meets World was one of ABC’s most popular TGIF shows from its premiere in 1993 until the very last episode in 2000. Almost 20 years after that first premiere, ABC’s sister channel, Disney,  announced a spin-off, Girl Meets World. While the original series revolved around Cory Matthews (Ben Savage), the new series is about… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: Girl Meets World and Succeeds

Nowadays, it can feel like Marvel is nothing but change. Thor, Wolverine and Hawkeye are women. Captain America is African-American. Spider-Man has a Latina mother and an African-American father. With the end of Secret Wars: House of M coming up on October 28, is it time for a new Magneto? The current Magneto, Erik Lehnsherr… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: New Magneto Needed?

The world has at least 154 million people who are either Mexican or have Mexican ancestry. 35 million reside in the United States alone. These are large numbers yet media tends to expect them to stay with their own Spanish language media. While shows like Sense8 and Heroes Reborn have Mexican characters in supporting roles,… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: Mexican Films

The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that this previous television season contained at least 70% of new programming without a female show-runner, creator, director, writer and/or editor. Only two percent of female Directors of Photography were female. Of the new directors who had never worked in television before last… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: New Fall Tv!

Despite the increasing prevalence of imported entertainment from Hollywood, two of China’s most successful films this year were Chinese productions. Monkey King: Hero is Back aka Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai became China’s most successful animated release ever, beating out the previous record holder, Kung Fu Panda 2. Monster Hunt aka zhuōyāojì… Continue reading Diversity Aboveground: Monkey King’s Feat