More movies cancelled for transphobia. The Big Lebowski: "Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn't that what makes a man?" The Dude: "Hmmm... Sure, that and a pair of testicles."

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[–]LarrySwinger2 16 insightful - 4 fun16 insightful - 3 fun17 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

There's nothing in the link to suggest the film is being cancelled. Are you trying to polarize people? Is someone paying you to do this?

[–]Chipit[S] 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

It's a link to a quote that explicitly points out the problematic nature of the movie.

Tons of movies and other media have already been cancelled for transphobia. It's happened to Dave Chappelle, to Harry Potter. It's happening to The Mandelorian right now.

Carano, who plays the role of Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, has made transphobic jokes on Twitter. In explaining the joke and the reasoning behind it to a follower, Carano stated that she was “not against trans lives at all. They need to find less abusive representation.”

People often defend transphobia by insisting that they were driven to it because they were “attacked” by trans people who have requested not to be misgendered, harassed, or disrespected.

The implication – that trans people only deserve respect if they are “polite in asking for it” – is a common technique for perpetuating the oppression of people who are (justifiably) upset about the fact that they are being oppressed.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-mandalorian-and-transphobia/

The author of the beloved Harry Potter book series is using her platform as a famous, very rich, white, cis-woman to attack trans women, a marginalized group often target with bigotry and violence.

https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/all-the-harry-potter-stars-whove-denounced-jk-rowlings-transphobic-tirades-from-daniel-radcliffe-and-emma-watson-to-percy-weasley.php

Ricky Gervais has posted a series of seemingly transphobic tweets prompted by J.K. Rowling’s support of Maya Forstater, a researcher who was fired for tweeting that a person cannot change their biological sex. In later tweets, Gervais implied the tweets were meant as jokes.

During his 2016 hosting of the Globes, he deadnamed Olympic Gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner from the Golden Globes stage. His 2018 special “Humanity” also included several jokes about Jenner.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/ricky-gervais-transphobic-tweets-joke-1203450406/

[–]LarrySwinger2 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

In all of those instances, it's the person who's being attacked for alleged transphobia, not the film being criticized for its content. You may have your disagreements with it, but it's an important distinction. Films are not, in general, being cancelled for the content contained within. But all of that's beside the point. The fact of the matter is that you're intentionally misleading people about TBL.

[–]icedream 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I believe it's fair if hamurabi law implemented in nowadays world. If hamurabi law proven hijacked by the court, those complicit suffer clan extermination .