The point is that society is changing and it is forcing actors and politicians to move in that same direction - there is no 'forcing' going on. Actors are using their free will to say crazy shit during their speeches. All they have to do is go up on stage, collect their award, thank their agent, then f**k off.
Ricky Gervais has another version of that statement. So actors should act and leaving the thinking to those who do it better.
It isn't muddled, those two things go hand in hand. "Woke" films don't draw big audiences. In an effort to get the ratings back they produce crummy remakes of old hits.
Would you consider Black Panther a Woke film? It might be an outlier
What about some "Some like it hot" from the late 50s? What is considered Woke in films today has been going one for decades.
Hollywood has forgotten that the first thing they need to do is entertain people - ding, ding, ding, I think we have a winner!
Hollywood is about making money, Box office hit. How many times have you seen good film that didn't do well in the box office. An example come to mind, Shawshank Redemption. It was entertaining but it still bombed
There are exceptions to the rules and that is why generalizing in this case does not take into considering all the factors.
I will say that part of the reason why the Oscars Bombed this year is partly due to the Pandemic. The same reason the latest James Bond film has been postponed again.
