{"id":1933992,"date":"2023-05-19T08:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/action-packed-fast-x-is-diversity-on-steroids-but-without-the-woke\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:14:16","slug":"action-packed-fast-x-is-diversity-on-steroids-but-without-the-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/action-packed-fast-x-is-diversity-on-steroids-but-without-the-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fast X&#8217; is a diverse and thrilling movie, but not overly politically correct."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faction-packed-fast-x-is-diversity-on-steroids-but-without-the-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d Franchise: More Than Just Muscle Cars and Stunts<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d franchise has come a long way since its first film in 2001. Now, with the release of \u201cFast X,\u201d the series has reached its tenth installment. But it\u2019s not just about muscle cars, scantily-clad women, and stunts that defy gravity and logic. The fuel behind Dom Toretto and his gang of antiheroes isn\u2019t Nitrous Oxide (NOS), although that powers them through more than a few chase sequences, it\u2019s family. Something anathema to woke culture.<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Family and Faith<\/h3>\n<p>The extended brood takes faith seriously, favors merit over representation, and understands that actions have consequences. The word \u201cfamily\u201d is spoken early and often throughout the series, connecting both blood relatives and the ever-expanding gaggle of reluctant warriors. And it\u2019s not just lip service.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d clan may come from different mothers, but they work together as one. It\u2019s a near-perfect metaphor for adoption.<\/li>\n<li>The saga may be the most ethnically diverse franchise in film history.<\/li>\n<li>Key characters still turn to their faith throughout the series, saying grace before meals and embracing Christianity\u2019s redemptive power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Christianity\u2019s redemptive nature remains critical to the saga\u2019s success. Dom didn\u2019t start out saving the day in film after film. He was a thug, butting heads with the late Paul Walker\u2019s undercover cop character in the first installment. Dom didn\u2019t become a hero overnight, drifting to the right side of the law over several films.<\/p>\n<h3>No Diversity Hires Here<\/h3>\n<p>The various \u201cFast\u201d players joined the family through hard work, innovation, and hustle. Each brings a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-ok-who-is-getting-fired\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: OK, Who Is Getting Fired?\">unique skill set<\/a> to the franchise, making them valuable in their own right. Gibson\u2019s Roman Pearce spends much of \u201cFast X\u201d leaning into his personal dream, becoming a leader of his own \u201cFurious\u201d-style squad. It\u2019s not easy, he learns the hard way, but his family is there to pick him up and show why, even when he fails, his leadership skills are blossoming. Results, not representation, matter.<\/p>\n<h3>Race and Diversity<\/h3>\n<p>So you\u2019d expect every new \u201cFast\u201d installment to lecture audiences on race, diversity, inclusion, and the granddaddy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/action-packed-fast-x-is-diversity-on-steroids-but-without-the-woke\/\" title=\"'Fast X' is a diverse and thrilling movie, but not overly politically correct.\">woke talking points \u2013 \u201csystemic racism<\/a>.\u201d And you\u2019d be dead wrong. Race rarely, if ever, comes up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-hollywood-celebrities-who-actually-back-the-blue\/\" title=\"8 Hollywood Celebrities Who Actually Back The Blue\">long-running series<\/a>. One of the heroes might crack wise about skin color, but it\u2019s always playful and never approximating the kind of woke thinking that dominates too many stories these days.<\/p>\n<h3>The Future of the Franchise<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt fans line up to see every new \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d film for the jaw-dropping stunts and death-defying heroism. The saga\u2019s focus on faith, family, and merit still matters, and remains a key reason the saga will live on for an eleventh installment \u2026 and maybe more.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Christian Toto, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-new-pro-life-movie-says-pro-choice-screen-actors-guild-attempted-to-crush-their-production\/\" title=\"Star Of New Pro-Life Movie Says Pro-Choice Screen Actors Guild Attempted To Crush Their Production\">award-winning journalist<\/a>, movie critic, and editor of HollywoodInToto.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>just races. The franchise is about family, loyalty, and the importance of standing up for what you believe in, all while delivering high-octane action and thrilling car chases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":1933993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[18220,7614,18853,6446,8188,4868,27122,18348],"class_list":["post-1933992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-thrilling","tag-politically","tag-correct","tag-diverse","tag-fast","tag-movie","tag-overly","tag-x"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}