Supernatural: Representation
I have never watched Supernatural, despite the regularity with which it crops up on my tumblr dash. Sometimes I have felt tempted to change this state of affairs.
No longer, however, thanks to this recent report from the DGA, which lists Supernatural as one of eight TV shows to hire no women or minority directors at all in the 2011-2012 period.
None.
And I mean. It’s not like the overall industry standards are anything but shit, given that 73% of all American TV shows for the same period were directed by white men. Seventy-three percent. So doubtless there’s shows I already watch with a similarly appalling track record.
But I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen a gifset of Supernatural on tumblr that didn’t consist entirely of white people; and the vast majority of those were the same three white men, over and over and over. Which, let’s be honest, hardly makes it unique among online fandoms.
As an inducement to watch the show, though?
Not so much.
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I have seen Supernatural… and I have enjoyed it at times. But it’s try that it’s the white dudes show. Not only with the...
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