I noticed that before I canned my Neflix account a while back.
Like an idiot I kept waiting for that assumed point at which you find out why those various additions become relevant.
"Ah, the gay character has a highly conservative priest for a father and he must hide his gayness."
"Oh. The black character in this Icelandic setting married a local girl on holiday, but she died under mysterious circumstances and he remained there to find her killer despite being an obvious outsider."
Many episodes later its "nope, it's just obligatory gay sex and diversity casting".
Like an idiot I kept waiting for that assumed point at which you find out why those various additions become relevant.
"Ah, the gay character has a highly conservative priest for a father and he must hide his gayness."
"Oh. The black character in this Icelandic setting married a local girl on holiday, but she died under mysterious circumstances and he remained there to find her killer despite being an obvious outsider."
Many episodes later its "nope, it's just obligatory gay sex and diversity casting".
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.