Right-wing media used to shun pop culture. Now it’s obsessed with it.

Posted on AllSides April 29th, 2023
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Is the blockbuster success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie a victory for the “anti-woke”?

Well, according to right-wing media pundits like Charlie Kirk, Steven Crowder, and Alex Jones, it sure is, mostly because of how the film’s producers ignored public calls to cast Italian American voice actors in the cartoon roles of Mario and Luigi. Yet if you check the Washington Examiner, you can read all about “The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s Invisible Wokeness,” which has something to do with the video game’s Princess Peach being elevated from a damsel-in-distress to a goomba-kicking action heroine....

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https://www.vox.com/culture/23699343/right-wing-media-pop-culture-breitbart-doctrine-mario-little-mermaid-woke

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