Tag: woke
Ian McKellen Defends Helen Mirren | “We’re Acting. We’re Pretending.”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 7, 2022 | 0
We live in an era in which actors are increasingly not allowed to pretend for a living, despite that being their very job. The last few years have seen many controversies regarding the casting of certain roles where the actors in question do not fit the belief or sexual orientation of their characte...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Trek: Picard – Season 2, Episode 1 “The Star Gazer”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 3, 2022 | 0
Picard Season 2 Episode 1, “The Star Gazer,” released earlier today on Paramount+, and it is as poorly written and divisive as has become the norm for all current Kurtzman Trek. The few characters who have realized personalities are insufferable and egotistical, despite being the supposed “veh...
Read MoreMarvel Accused of Light-Washing America Chavez
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 23, 2022 | 3
Woke on woke crime has come for the production of Doctor Strange 2 in the form of a myriad of Twitter attacks directed at 15-year-old actress Xochitl Gomez, who will be playing America Chavez. These rampantly hateful attacks have been hurled at Gomez for “Light-washing America Chavez.” The major...
Read MoreLEGO Strikes Back: Rise of Wokeism
BlabberingCollector | Feb 6, 2022 | 0
It’s February, which means all companies are talking about Black History Month. I’m not sure why, but I always thought of LEGO bricks as just bricks, with nothing to do with race or culture. They were simply bricks that anyone of all ages could play with and create something beautiful. Apparentl...
Read MoreHow Cobra Kai Gets It Right
At this point, the announcement of a franchise revival elicits an immediate dread in said franchise’s fans. We’ve been duped too many times to get our hopes up for a worthy sequel that makes us feel anything close to the magic of the original film, series, or whatever piece of art is set to be &...
Read MoreMy Truth: I Was Attacked By Gail Simone Fans Because I Called Her Out On Eternals
Lyndon Hall | Nov 8, 2021 | 4
A pack of rabid, angry Gail Simone fans attacked me on Twitter after I called her out for her Eternals take, which you can see below. https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1457433311492526081?s=20 To which I responded: HA HA HA. Of course YOU loved race swapped, gender swapped, representation robots...
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