Film Critic Says ‘Woke’ Movie Themes to Blame for Recent Box Office Bombs

It’s been four years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some show business experts are still blaming the outbreak for Hollywood’s 20 percent loss in movie theater attendance, while other critics point to “woke” characters promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion narratives for turning away audiences. The view expressed depends on the ideological bent of the publication, and in Hollywood, most of the media reporting is left-leaning. The Hollywood Reporter recently published an article proposing that the decline in movie theater attendance is a mystery, and that for some reason, audiences are no longer interested in big-budget superhero movies such as “The Flash” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”...