On Thursday, Seth Rogen melted down on Twitter, accusing those that gave Santa Inc., a new Christmas-themed series he stars on, a bad rating of being white supremacists.
"We really pissed off tens of thousands of white supremacists with our new show #SantaInc which is now available on HBOMAX! (Please read the responses to this tweet for confirmation)," wrote Rogen.
We really pissed off tens of thousands of white supremacists with our new show #SantaInc which is now available on HBOMAX! (Please read the responses to this tweet for confirmation)
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) December 3, 2021
Rogen stars as Santa Claus, in a series about a female elf that works towards becoming Santa Claus' successor. The show is aimed at adults, with crude jokes and humor.
The show states Santa is a white male, not as a matter of fact, but as an insult.
"The position of Santa has mostly been a white man's game," one character says in the trailer.
"Let's go over what we know. Santa and the board are all male and all whites. They play golf, drink smoke cigars. Say things like don't ever marry your mistress," another character states.
The show has scored poorly amongst audiences so far, though it premiered that day.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has scored just 1 percent amongst audiences, though just 75 people have voted so far.
On IMDB, the show scored just 1.1 out of 10, with 434 votes.
Following Rogen's twitter post, users questioned his conclusion, stating that the show might not be as good as he thinks.
Have you considered the audience rating isn't based on white supremacy, and that maybe~ it's actually just not that good?
— Alisha (@alishapennyy) December 3, 2021
You took something that coulda been great, and made it god awful.. I hope you didn’t write the jokes because I’ve seen woman doing stand-up that made me laugh harder, and that’s bad…
— Zack ??? (@zackyuro92) December 3, 2021
Maybe it’s just shit. Why isn’t that an option?
— Gavin (@CoyleGavin) December 3, 2021
I love how all critics can just be shoved aside by calling people Nazis. What a convienent shield for your creative decline.
— River Hurdle (@riverhurdle1) December 3, 2021
Some equated the feminist plot of Santa Inc. to that of the Ghostbusters reboot, which featured all female characters as the leads.
That movie did not fare much better with crowds, scoring just 49 percent amongst audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, with more than 100,000 people voting. It fared better on IMDB though, receiving a 6.5 out of 10 amongst viewers.
Santa Inc looks like the most painfully unfunny disaster since Ghostbusters 2016.
— The Critical Drinker (@TheCriticalDri2) December 2, 2021
The comments have been disabled on the trailer’s YouTube page, though some have been able to uncover a staggering ratio of dislikes to likes.
That ratio #SantaInc
— Daelin ''Zeppi'' Zeppeli (@ZeppiTheInsane1) November 29, 2021
This is why #YouTube are removing dislikes, to protect big cooperations and Hollywood celebrities. pic.twitter.com/07wHKMjWvm
Comments were also turned off, after receiving a flood of comments critical of the show.
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