They’ll hire enough gay/black/female “art directors” to meet the rider’s requirements. It may be an additional few $100k to meet the demands of a $10 million diva. And everyone on set will be able to have an “art director” got get coffee and donuts whenever they demand.
Basically, they’ll replace interns with “art directors” and brag about how “woke” the production is. I’m sure McDormand will be absolutely thrilled and feel good about herself to see dozens of additional minorities on the set (and won’t even notice they are just delivering donuts).
The left is all about appearance, not results. If they want results, they’ll demand more training and mentoring for unqualified minorities - McDormand could even volunteer her time to help train staff to be better qualified. But they’d rather see jobs go to less qualified minorities (at someone else’s expense) than put out an effort for real change.
Yes, McDormand’s husband and brother-in-law should stop hiring the talented Roger Deakins (straight white male) as the cinematographer for their movies, and hire some less talented person who ticks the right box(es) instead. The same goes for Carter Burwell (composer, straight white male) and Mary Zophres (costume designer, straight white female).