I'm confused by some of the decisions in TV/movie writing now, obviously in reaction to how society has changed. People get up in arms if, for example, a character is racist or sexist or is say, violent towards a woman. But these things happen in real life. The writer is not condoning this, they rarely, pretty much never, portray these sorts of characters as someone to emulate or revere but there is still backlash particularly online. I don't really understand what we are moving towards now.
Would books like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' no longer be popular because quite a lot of the characters are awful and incredibly racist, a black man is wrongfully imprisoned and murdered.