Audiences, empowered by social media, have become critics of their own media. The backlash against "whitewashing" in Ghost in the Shell , the praise for the inclusive casting in Bridgerton , and the global phenomenon of Squid Game (a Korean show with subtitles breaking the Western language barrier) signal a hunger for diverse stories.
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