Donald Glover says cancel culture is making entertainment boring
The fear of offending the sensitive Americans on the internet is causing Hollywood to stop experimenting, he says.
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The fear of offending the sensitive Americans on the internet is causing Hollywood to stop experimenting, he says.
For context, Donald Glover is at the top of the entertainment industry food chain. Many people were introduced to him through Dan Harmon’s Community, but the actor took it a step further with the success of his show Atlanta.
Both those gigs aside, Glover played Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars Han Solo spinoff.
When this high-profile actor speaks, people listen. Even with this most recent 2 AM tweet thread of his. Glover saw some reviewers sulking about having to review “boring” TV and film. The actor laid out the situation for the masses.
“saw people on here havin a discussion about how tired they were of reviewing boring stuff (tv & film).”
“we're getting boring stuff and not even experimental mistakes(?) because people are afraid of getting cancelled"
“so they feel like they can only experiment w/ aesthetic. (also because some of em know theyre not that good)”
The actor is right about the hostile climate. When it comes to Gina Carano of The Mandalorian fame, Disney’s people booted her after a cancel culture-fueled crusade of sensitive Leftists briefly suffocated Twitter. Case in point about the Leftist’s weaknesses can be seen after they cried about Gina Carano getting a mention in official Emmy promo material.
Elsewhere the likes of podcast host Joe Rogan are pounced on by the Media Matters crowd after giving his opinions on various current issues. Beloved Harry Potter author earned the social justice scorn after a row involving her opinions on transgendered people last year.
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