Diversity in Fantasy

There is a recent trend toward inclusion and diversity in literature. In theater and film*, this can mean anything from minority- or women-led projects such as 

I welcome the idea that Idris Elba could be cast as James Bond. I think it's a bit ridiculous that Black actors struggle to find roles in Hollywood that don't cast them as thugs, criminals, or gangsters from the hood, a movie targeted with laserlike focus on Black audiences who would presumably sympathize with that experience (at least in the mercenary minds of the executives who greenlight such films).

When you start to develop social groups, you also have to consider how the inclusion of some members influences the inclusion of others. Our small group of foodie friends contain one woman who is 60+ years old; when we have larger gatherings, she often brings others of her acquaintance of a similar age. Likewise, if the social group contains someone who is gay, he'll likely have a companion; or if there's a woman who is Jewish, she may have married a Jewish man. The important thing is to be realistic and broadly diverse, because that's the reality we share.

**This is controversial. Playwright 

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