Marvel’s “Diversity” Phase
One glaring issue that other Marvel Studios phases did not consider was the lack of diversity. Sure, there were “some” black characters and “some” female representations. However, this needed to be expanded. On top of this, there are major characters that hadn’t been introduced into the MCU yet. The problem is that Kevin Fiege tried to jam all of this “diversity” into Phase 4. It was not a bad idea for the MCU to become more diverse at all, but the real issue was that most of the shows or films that were made to do this turned out to be pretty bad.
Movies like Eternals had the perfect cast to really give us a ton of diversity, as well as a major new team. It even had the first-ever intimate love scene in an MCU film. And this also came along with LGBTQ representation. However, the movie was lackluster at best. Many of the shows and movie projects also focused on the introduction and use of minority characters, such as Shang-Chi. His movie turned out to be pretty awesome, but it is one exception to the lackluster show and film introductions. If Kevin Fiege decided to spread out the diversity moves between Phase 4 to 6, people could take to these changes easier. Just slamming Phase 4 with all of this and not spreading it out among the other Marvel Studios phases was illogical.