Doctor Who maestro Russell T Davies laments woke writers obsessed with diversity
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Russell T Davies, the chief writer and producer of the showโs 2005 reboot, said many scriptwriters today did not love TV and were more interested in representation.
I do a lot of mentoring, and there are voices wanting to be heard โ of any gender or ethnicity โ who consider themselves invisible,โ he said. โThey hate the media that ignores them, and theyโre trapped into wanting a job in that medium purely to increase representation.โ
He told The Sunday Times: โI read their scripts and theyโre rubbish. They donโt actually love television, so they donโt know how to write for it.โ
Mr Davies has returned to oversee Doctor Who in its 60th anniversary year after the most recent run suffered a poor reception from fans and critics.
It faced criticisms under Chris Chibnall for being too โpoliticalโ and โwokeโ. He quit the show after the latest Christmas special, the final episode with Jodie Whittaker as the first female doctor.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 3, 2023 9:22 PM
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From the man who brought us Captain Jack, Torchwood and Queer as Folk I can't imagine what he thinks is too "woke".
The scripts must really suck.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 31, 2023 11:03 PM
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I can tell what he's getting at and I agree. Davies has always put underrepresented minority characters in his narratives, he just does it in a way where it's part of the storyline and not meant to be THE storyline. Too many just slap a character as black/gay/trans and call it a day. It becomes about meeting a quota instead of creating a good character and story.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 31, 2023 11:06 PM
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This a THOUSAND times. I miss the days when the woke would have been laughed out of the room. They destroy everything.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 31, 2023 11:38 PM
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It does seem to have gone overboard.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 31, 2023 11:55 PM
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[quote] The mastermind
What a joke.
This tedious, fat gimmick-chaser only got where he was today by riding the Woke Gravy Train.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 3, 2023 6:59 AM
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[quote]It does seem to have gone overboard.
As is the case with every liberal social cause. it goes from 0 to 100% overnight.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 3, 2023 1:55 PM
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Headline: Trashman complains about the smell of garbage.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 3, 2023 2:14 PM
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Has Russell T Davies turned Non-Binary yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 3, 2023 8:26 PM
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Heโs probably talking about that disastrous โrebootโ of Queer As Folk las year.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 3, 2023 8:49 PM
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He is as fat as Stephen Fry.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 3, 2023 8:51 PM
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He is as unlikeable as Stephen Fry.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 3, 2023 8:56 PM
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I find it distracting whe then the cast has to look like a Benetton ad. Don't hire someone because They are a differently-abled trans Eurasian queer.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 3, 2023 8:59 PM
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The Critical Drinker talks about it in this video: "updated for modern audience"
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 3, 2023 9:02 PM
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[quote] Doctor Who maestro Russell T Davies laments woke writers obsessed with diversity
Old Vulcan proverb. Only Nixon can go to China.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 3, 2023 9:14 PM
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Ha. What is he blabbing about., he has a black trans character in his return to Doctor Who, playing the daughter of Donna Noble. Named Rose. I would love it if the tranny daughter, having powers from being born from the Doctor/Donna, regenerated into the new black gay Doctor.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 3, 2023 9:22 PM
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