Update (2/24/2019): You oppressive shitlords have lowered the “Want To See” score to 38%. LOL!
If you’re a fan of movies, then you’ve probably heard about the recent controversy surrounding Captain Marvel. The MCU’s 21st film is set to release on March 8th, but the promotional tour is running into some trouble due to the comments of its star, Brie Larson. Over the course of the past year, the 29-year-old actress noted that the people talking to her in the press were far too white and male, so she (and, by extension, the shill press) decided to cause a pop culture shitstorm.
Rant fucking engaged!
Let’s Not Mince Words: Brie Larson Is A Bigot.
I hesitate to use these words because they have been cheapened to the point of absurdity, but it’s true.
If Brie Larson said that she wanted to talk to lesser-known critics on Youtube or social media, virtually no one would give a damn. In fact, many people would welcome her willingness to try something new in the wake of the digital revolution, especially since newspapers seem to be on the verge of becoming a quaint relic of the past. It might have called for an op-ed or two in the press, but virtually everyone would have just shrugged their shoulders and moved on.
However, she specifically singled out people on the basis of their skin color and sex, and we can interpret the venomous nature of her comments by looking at a prior statement.
In a speech to the 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards, Larson stated, “I do not need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work for him about ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’ It wasn’t made for him. I want to know what that film meant to women of color, to biracial women, to teen women of color, to teens that are biracial. And for the third time, I don’t hate white dudes. These are just facts. These are not my feelings.”
I’m not sure if I respect wamen enough, but let me try to use my pitiful white male brain to suss this out. Brie Larson doesn’t hate white dudes, but she also doesn’t give a shit about their opinions and thinks that the mainstream media should fire them from the limited positions at each news outlet because they’re the wrong skin color and sex.
What is that called in normie parlance?
Oh, right. It’s racism and sexism.
If You Object To This, You’re The Real “-ist!”
Now that Captain Marvel is about to be released, many people are starting to express their displeasure with Brie Larson on sites like Rotten Tomatoes. As of the writing of this article, over 22,100 people have had their say. Of this audience sample, 55% have said that they will not see the movie.
Naturally, the shill side of the media chimed in with the deliberate lie that a pre-release poll somehow represents reviews of the movie. At first, I wondered if I was missing something, but it makes sense if you think of the narrative that these nutjobs are trying to present to the public. They’re stating that moviegoers are a bunch of sexists and are also hoping that you’ll ignore the difference between the desire to avoid a movie and an actual review.
Of course, I might be wrong. Let’s put on our feminist goggles and check out some of the “Not Interested” statements!
AHH! THE OPPRESSION! SOME OPPRESSIVE SHITLORD MANSPREAD ON MY LOCAL BUS! I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIS STUPID, SEXY CROTCH!
Wait, that doesn’t make sense. He (or maybe she?) didn’t even comment on gender at all! What a bigot!
So, David. You’d rather see a movie that is led by a white woman, black man, or white man? Why are you such a Nazi?!
My word, Nikhil. You’d rather see a Japanese-inspired movie that’s led by a woman. You’re a damned white supremacist!
Why would Allan take a movie’s star at her word? Doesn’t he know that to do so is to submit to the patriarchy?!
Aaron may not be interested in the movie, but at least he’s going to see it with his wife’s son. He has truly purged the toxic masculinity from his system!
Whew, let’s take them off now! As we have just learned, there is WAY too much oppression out there in the world. I wish that a bunch of celebrities had told us about this in advance!
Conclusion.
As you might have guessed by now, I’m not going to bother with Captain Marvel. Sure, I may like superhero movies, but it’s far more important to vote with one’s wallet in the face of the idiocy that is coming out of Hollywood these days. Up to this point, Marvel’s film division has done an okay job of delivering good entertainment for virtually everyone, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. In fact, Kevin Feige and the gang appear to be following their comic book cousins down the rabbit hole to nowhere.
If they are, I fear that the worst for this series is yet to come.
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