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The interview underscores how Disney's focus on diversity initiatives and box-checking (hiring minority directors, for example) has reportedly led to compromised creative control—resulting in films that underperform financially. Marvel’s increasingly hurried and heavily scripted production process, where showrunners and directors are often given minimal creative freedom, is also scrutinized. Directors like Nia Dasta have publicly voiced frustrations over scripted, formulaic filmmaking that limits artistic input.