Representation in Art/Entertainment/Media • Page 24

Drawn to Comics: Queer and Trans Women and Nonbinary Creators To Support This Holigay Season

 

What if the internet could make Casey Affleck the last Casey Affleck?

 

Fuck, did not know this about Casey Affleck

 

Me neither. I like that the article compares this to the case of Nate Parker, who made headlines all over for a decade old case and this I haven't even heard about. Pretty messed up.

 

Margaret Cho Got a Call From Tilda Swinton Over Doctor Strange Controversy: ‘I Felt Like a House Asian’

 

Wow, good job there, Tilda. My goodness. I almost wanted to give her props for at least reaching out, but she clearly only did so to justify herself (as people I know irl often do) and was never interested in a different perspective. At least the film's director patiently listened and respectfully responded, even if it was a little late.

 

Good Wife Spinoff: Rose Leslie's Lead Character Is a Lesbian

 

Max Landis is such trash, lol, dang.

 

He and Kumail are friends, it was a joke.

 

Shitty joke from a shitty dude

 

Checking his Twitter confirmed both that tweet being a joke and him being trash. He's just mad that he's privileged, problematic, a douche, and regularly called out for his nonsense.

 

Actually not a bad guy.

 

Max Landis is a spoiled, privileged child. He's obsessed with telling everyone that Rey is a Mary Sue and the very concept of an all-female Ghostbusters is dumb. He either laughs off or obsesses over, or maybe both, anyone who calls him out. When Lexi Alexander pointed out that a woman with as many failures as he does wouldn't be able to sell scripts like he does, he lost his mind over that idea and made a video begging her to personally talk to him. He also blames everyone except himself for his flops.

He's trash.

 

The mary sue thing was a legitimate criticism of the character that people freaked out over. I've never seen him say the idea of a female ghostbusters is dumb, he even had a pitch for one. Lexi Alexander is also a pretty trash person.

 

tim said it better but yeah max landis fucking sucks

 

Lexi Alexander is fantastic. One of my favorite Twitter accounts to follow.

 

yeah Max Landis is such a douche, it's not just the nepotism or the fact that he keeps getting the opportunity to make movies which flop, it's the whole kit and caboodle

plus there's this
http://jezebel.com/screenwriter-bro-just-might-be-hollywoods-biggest-fuck-1440597536

 

What a bad guy

 

omg wtf ew ew ew ew ew.
REVIEW: Passengers Soils Its Escapism With Repulsive Reveal

I'm not seeing it a) because I'm mad at JLaw and b) because it sounds fucking terrible/horrifying.

*edited to add ews for emphasis.

 

Wow. Glad I know now to 100% steer clear of this film.

 

by the way Tilda released the emails and it looks like it might be slightly more nuanced, not trying to defend her but she comes across slightly more sympathetic

Read Tilda Swinton's Emails to Margaret Cho about Doctor Strange Whitewashing

 

That email exchange looks more respectful than Cho's comments let on, but at the same time, Swinton still seemed as obsessed as a lot of people I've conversed/argued with with proving her own innocence in all this and making it about herself. I still have more appreciation for Derrickson, who was more willing to take responsibility for his actions and admitting that his intentions don't justify anything.

On a related note, here's some good ol' Lexi Alexander tweeting:

 

I just realized last night that the Ashley Johnson who plays Patterson on Blindspot is the same Ashley Johnson who voiced Terra on Teen Titans. (She's also Ellie in The Last of Us, but I haven't played that yet.)

So anyway, this morning, I rewatched the Teen Titans episodes Betrayal and Aftershock pts. 1-2 for the first time in like ten years. The show frames the relationship between Terra and Slade as master and apprentice, villain and hero, but now that I'm older, I saw it through the lens of an abusive domestic relationship, and it is beyond fucked, especially when you consider the age gap. As I said, the show doesn't frame it that way, of course, but it doesn't shy away from how fucked it is, either; even as a younger audience, we're supposed to see that nothing good can come out of that kind of relationship, and that even though Terra's done a bunch of terrible things to her friends, she's the real victim here. It's good to see that Terra was able to break out of that super shitty situation (with a little bit of nudging from a very understanding Beast Boy), even though it immediately led to her tragic self sacrifice.

We love Steven Universe partly because it so boldly delves into these kinds of themes in ways that are still kid-friendly, but I wonder how much of that has to do with how we're older now as well and more attuned to seeing these kinds of things. I wonder if I'd be able to get more out of rewatching other shows I'd grown up with.

Anyway, and here's how this all relates to this thread, if a kid's show like Teen Titans can show how fucked up a controlling relationship can be without it even being between two lovers, why can't a grown-up movie like Passengers do the same?

 

good thread