![]() "After speaking with you, the film critic Valerie Complex, and a few other women of color, it sounded like across the board they weren't getting the same opportunities as others. Moving forward, I decided to make sure my press days were more inclusive," said Larson. ![]() Stacy Smith at the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, who put together a study to confirm that. "About a year ago, I started paying attention to what my press days looked like and the critics reviewing movies, and noticed it appeared to be overwhelmingly white male. During their chat, Larson also revealed why she hand-selected Brown to be her Marie Claire interviewer during the Captain Marvel press tour. On February 7, Marie Claire published a piece in which Larson spoke with journalist Keah Brown about Captain Marvel, feminism, the current state of film, what the world can to do make the film industry more inclusive, and what being a part of the MCU means to Larson. But why exactly are so many sending hate toward Larson and Captain Marvel? It seems that Larson's past comments about including more people of color in the press junkets for Captain Marvel are the reason for all these ruffled feathers and unsavory reviews. No thanks," and "Have no interested in watching a movie starring a man hating feminazi."Īs is clear, "yikes" doesn't even begin to describe what is happening here. One reviewer wrote that Captain Marvel represents "another story ruined because they took the male out and put in a female," and called women "the biggest copycats in the history of the world." Two more users typed out, "Wish the lead actress wouldn't have injected her dislike of white men into the discussion. Other distasteful reviews on Captain Marvel, which are largely written by men but do feature a few from women, include "tired of all this SJW nonsense" and "as a white male I don't think Brie would want me watching this movie." I can't wait until the SJW movement dies and America can get back to true progressive politics." She can wallow in her own hate filled life." Charles H., who stated he is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy just like Larson's character Carol Danvers is, denigrated Captain Marvel and called Larson a "bore SJW." He wrote, "I think I will save my money. What should I pay to see a woman who hates White men. wrote, "Once Brie went on an anti-White male tirade I lost interest in this movie. I am sick of this identity politics taking over pop culture."Ĭontinuing the trend of denouncing Larson as some sort of man-hating villain, someone named Aaron G. ![]() posted that he "would not shed a tear" if Larson got "hit by a bus," and berated Captain Marvel as an "SJW laden, white male hating worthless POS movie." He added, "You could not pay me to see this. They say that Captain Marvel will be the new face of the MCU? As the villain because she certainly isn't a her-o."Ī user by the name of David T. As a white male, I will not be supporting this or any other movie that stars Brie Larson. His career would be over, branded a racist and sexist, attacked in the media and his legacy tarnished. started saying that he didn't care about the opinions of 40 year old white chicks and he doesn't want to be interviewed by a white woman as its not inclusive enough, people would lose their minds. Yet another slammed Larson as viewing men as "the enemy." They wrote, "I somehow feel that are not the enemy, but that I am, since Brie Larsen has been careful to state she doesn't want the Press Tour to include types like me."Īn anonymous reviewer went full-tilt vicious in writing, "Why Marvel decided to cast a very vocal racist and sexist aimed at white males, I'll never know.
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