GLAAD released its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index (Sri) which examines and reports the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in the highest theatrical grossing films released in 2019. This year’s report has some highs to celebrate as well as some lows that studios should address.
The study took a look at eight studios and four of their subsidiaries as reported by Box Office Mojo: Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. We’ll start with the good news: of the 118 films released in 2019, 22 (18.6%) included characters that were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ). The numbers climbed a smidge from last year’s report which clocked 20 out of 110 (18.2%) films as LGBTQ-inclusive. This marks the highest percentage of inclusive LGBTQ-inclusive films since the reported launched eight years ago.
The record-high doesn’t necessarily mean the studios passed with...
The study took a look at eight studios and four of their subsidiaries as reported by Box Office Mojo: Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, STX Films, United Artists Releasing, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. We’ll start with the good news: of the 118 films released in 2019, 22 (18.6%) included characters that were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ). The numbers climbed a smidge from last year’s report which clocked 20 out of 110 (18.2%) films as LGBTQ-inclusive. This marks the highest percentage of inclusive LGBTQ-inclusive films since the reported launched eight years ago.
The record-high doesn’t necessarily mean the studios passed with...
- 7/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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