So what if it was 8 or 10 years ago. This man was 40 something tweeting rape jokes about children. I really find it disgusting how people are defending him. Oh please on the growth excuse. It’s no coincidence that he stopped tweeting these disgusting unfunny jokes right around the time he got a huge gig and knew he would gain a following. I hope the FBI investigates him. Years making unfunny pedo jokes and friends with a convicted pedo.
I just find it hilarious how most of the people defending him had so much to say about what others did years ago and had their pitchforks out for them but hey let’s give the 40 something year old man who finds it funny to make unfunny jokes about children being raped a 2nd chance because he directs a hit franchise.
People are such hypocrites when it comes to somebody or something they like. That’s an even bigger problem than “cancel culture”. People playing dumb when their favorite is involved but very vocal when someone they don’t like does the same thing.
Disney hiring him in the first place is problematic and I wouldn’t be shocked if an investigation happens with them (after their little stunt with LA Times)and they have more creeps like Gunn being exposed. I will agree that it is cowardly to hire scum like this and fire them because of backlash. They knew what they were getting into.
I think you're missing a lot of points.
As for the 8-or-10 years ago thing, the issue there isn't just that it was a long time ago, but that it was a time when horrible shock humor was incredibly common and popular (again, Family Guy was at its zenith at that time)
and as evidenced in the article Boski linked, he had already publicly said he regretted those tweets and saw them as damaging and immature
before there were consequences. Meaning he had
changed as a person and as a storyteller.
I'll get my pitchfork out if what somebody did years ago
actively hurt another person, like sexual harassment or abuse. But for making stupid, bad jokes that they later walked back--without prompting or consequences--because experience and learned empathy made them rethink their earlier callousness? Not so much.
Why would there be an investigation into Disney hiring him? Gunn's previous work was
public knowledge. He was known in the movie industry specifically for making shockploitation films. He was semi-known on the comics side for writing the occasional gross, "playfully sexist" article (I know I wasn't thrilled with his being hired because of that).
As far as favorites being involved, let me be clear--on a personal level, I really don't care if James Gunn directs GotG3 or not. He did arright with the first two, I guess (there was still some "playful sexism" in the first one that he seems to have grown past in the second). I bet Taika Waititi could turn out something amazing for the third movie. Or really, plenty of other directors.
What worries
me is that these tweets got pushed back into the public eye because of a bad-faith actor (again, an accused rapist who has publicly and proudly stated that there's "no such thing" as date rape, so...not someone who actually
cares or is upset about any of Gunn's tweets) as a personal vendetta for political reasons, and who seems very likely to do that again and again (and let's face it, all comedians have some troubling jokes in their past. Should Disney not have hired Robin Williams?)
The entire cast is stupid for publicly defending him. Especially since they have young children, really can’t act , and publicly went against a giagantic company like Disney. Disney is about to own 60% of the media. They could be blackballed over this.
Huh. Then it seems like they must really believe what they're doing is right, if they're willing to publicly go against a massive company who is indeed, unfortunately, about to own the lion's share of American media. You can call that stupid, I guess. How dare they "disrespect" their corporate masters....
