Quote: "The other thought I have: stories which offer hope. I know when I click through social media and stumble on something that reminds me there are way more good people than bad people, I am inclined nowadays to watch or read those stories."

I think this will be doubly true as people become more aware of systemic racism / historically ignored brutality. Not a good time for a super villain who can destroy all of humanity. We have too many of those in real life.

But I also believe that any drama that deals with social problems (even tangentially) is going to have to do so with more complexity than we're used to in ordinary popular movies. No more white savior tropes as in Green Book. No more stereotypes (race, gender, age, etc.), no matter how common they may have been at one time.

Even in Capra-Riskin stories, there is a moment of great darkness, and it's not vanquished with a phony happy ending. The protagonist has be strong and committed to work through the despair.

Comedies will certainly be welcome, but I think realistic dramas will find an audience during this fateful time. Still, I don't think many viewers are ready for tragedy / fatalism. Film noir became popular only after we had emerged from the horrors of WWII. Full Metal Jacket came out 12 years after the end of the Vietnam War.