This is an awful lot of outrage!
Who has this much time to whine about adoption in movies?
Some people have lost all touch with reality.
This is an offensive line. In fact, it seems to me that adoption is the one last thing people feel free to make fun of. ." There would justifiably be outrage over it. Let's think about the children who will be seeing this -- the adopted ones will wonder what the joke is, and the kids they go to school with who know of the adoption may very well equate that with being a "bad thing." For whatever reason, that tendency to think adoption is something to be ashamed of is still there -- just the other day a girl at school said to my third grade son, "Well, at least I'm not adopted." Not saying she saw the movie, just saying that this kind of a comment in the movie reinforces a ridiculously negative stereotype that there's something wrong with being adopted. Just as there's nothing wrong with being from any race, creed or sexual orientation, there's nothing wrong with being adopted and the experience shouldn't be the butt of jokes. Disney, I'm ashamed of you and this is one movie i won't be taking my son to see. Maybe you should think of re-editing this and taking out the line.
Oh, I believe there hasn't been a single, solitary point missed here.
Doubt that will happen especially since it's on it's way to making a billion bucks but I do encourage you to also write a letter. (lol, I'm a big fan of letting companies know why they are not getting my dough)
But that's just it, there are tons of shows on tv that make one liners about certain groups. Heck on Modern family last week when they were in Disney land, Jay said to Gloria "Don't go all latin on me". In reference to her being Columbian and the only reason why I watch 2 broke girls is because they are an equal opportunity offender. I'm black and I love Garrett Morris character because he's always playing up the "black slick dude" stereotype and I think the episode when they go to the Jewish deli and play up every single stereotype of Hassidic Jews should win an emmy.
I suppose we can go on ad nauseum about this in every movie.
I'm not a big fan of song of the south for it's stereotypes but I've come to take it in its context. thanks to many people here on this boards that gave me opinions on the movie.
Now I empathize if some found that line offensive but I love a good comedic line and I hope I'm never so sensitive that I don't realize that some "habits" that my folks have are simply downright hysterical. Chris rocks movie "good hair" is a brillant example of this.
I went to see Avengers again this weekend, my nieces and nephews took the family as a mother's day treat. Line was still funny. truthfully most of the folks laughing were adults. My 8 year old niece definitely didn't get it. so hopefully those who found it funny are old enough to not equate a joke with some thing being "bad".
But as I've said a few pages ago, I'm the first to admit I've use that line and had that line used on me. We tell my younger sibling (49yo) all the time "you really must have been adopted". He was never offended so he says.
But, the movie director chose not to say that he takes after the other side of the family. He chose to make a nasty and cruel comment that implied awful behaviors are done by adopted children. They should be ashamed.
This is an offensive line. In fact, it seems to me that adoption is the one last thing people feel free to make fun of. Imagine if he had said, "Well, he's Hispanic." Or well, "he's gay." There would justifiably be outrage over it. Let's think about the children who will be seeing this -- the adopted ones will wonder what the joke is, and the kids they go to school with who know of the adoption may very well equate that with being a "bad thing." For whatever reason, that tendency to think adoption is something to be ashamed of is still there -- just the other day a girl at school said to my third grade son, "Well, at least I'm not adopted." Not saying she saw the movie, just saying that this kind of a comment in the movie reinforces a ridiculously negative stereotype that there's something wrong with being adopted. Just as there's nothing wrong with being from any race, creed or sexual orientation, there's nothing wrong with being adopted and the experience shouldn't be the butt of jokes. Disney, I'm ashamed of you and this is one movie i won't be taking my son to see. Maybe you should think of re-editing this and taking out the line.
Always amazes me what people will take offense to.
The line was funny because it's true. Loki is the product of a violent race stolen as a baby to be raised by the Asgaard as Thor's brother. His nature is to be evil. Thor was also running on the bad side in the movie Thor until his father banished him to Earth and he developed his softer Asgaard side. Loki, despite having all the advantages of a nurturing family, chose to follow his evil side. That presumably cost him his life in Thor. In the Avengers, he returns to unleash his evil on Earth as revenge.
It's a classic story trope from ancient mythology. The good brother vs evil brother. They could have just had different mothers. It has nothing to do with adoption. It's all about explaining why two brothers could grow up to be such different men.
Plus the Asgaards tend to be arrogant sods. Thor needed a setdown to keep him in check. Learning that his brother was a mass murderer who threatened the very people he loved (the humans who redeemed him) put him on the defensive.
Always amazes me what people will take offense to.
The line was funny because it's true. Loki is the product of a violent race stolen as a baby to be raised by the Asgaard as Thor's brother. His nature is to be evil. Thor was also running on the bad side in the movie Thor until his father banished him to Earth and he developed his softer Asgaard side. Loki, despite having all the advantages of a nurturing family, chose to follow his evil side. That presumably cost him his life in Thor. In the Avengers, he returns to unleash his evil on Earth as revenge.
It's a classic story trope from ancient mythology. The good brother vs evil brother. They could have just had different mothers. It has nothing to do with adoption. It's all about explaining why two brothers could grow up to be such different men.
Plus the Asgaards tend to be arrogant sods. Thor needed a setdown to keep him in check. Learning that his brother was a mass murderer who threatened the very people he loved (the humans who redeemed him) put him on the defensive.
Always amazes me what people will take offense to.
The line was funny because it's true. Loki is the product of a violent race stolen as a baby to be raised by the Asgaard as Thor's brother. His nature is to be evil. Thor was also running on the bad side in the movie Thor until his father banished him to Earth and he developed his softer Asgaard side. Loki, despite having all the advantages of a nurturing family, chose to follow his evil side. That presumably cost him his life in Thor. In the Avengers, he returns to unleash his evil on Earth as revenge.
It's a classic story trope from ancient mythology. The good brother vs evil brother. They could have just had different mothers. It has nothing to do with adoption. It's all about explaining why two brothers could grow up to be such different men.
Plus the Asgaards tend to be arrogant sods. Thor needed a setdown to keep him in check. Learning that his brother was a mass murderer who threatened the very people he loved (the humans who redeemed him) put him on the defensive.
Joss Whedon also makes fun of or in some way dislikes cheerleaders, vampires, sociopathic adolescent boys that wear black and blow up Combat Carl figures, evil anthropomorphic horses, hussies, jocks, nerds, fools, and virgins.
Wait just a cotton pickin' minute here...evil anthropomorphic horses are people too. So just you WATCH IT!
I thought they were horses.
That's just cruel.
But they look like horses.