“the blockbuster film “Black Panther”...doesn’t contain any gay characters
No wonder it’s a hit!”
The first openly homosexual character to enter causes us to abruptly stop watching the particular show/movie and choose something else. We will not put up with it.
Watching the PBS Masterpiece series “Victoria”, the story also includes two handsome young men, one the secretary to Sir Robert Peel, the other who is a nobleman at the palace. It was obvious over the past few episodes that it was building up to something, just the way they interacted with each other. Sure enough: last week they shared a passionate kiss. Why was this necessary to the plotline?