I saw today that there's been a successful online petition to stop Palace Cinemas in Melbourne from screening a crowd-funded doco on "men's rights" called "The Red Pill".
Anyone know what the fuck this is all about? Would anybody seriously pull a flick over an online petition? … With less than two and a half thousand "signatures"?
Suggested theories:
- Somebody at Palace has a problem with the film, the distributor, or crowd-funding, and was looking for an excuse to dump it.
- Nobody's dumping anything, and either the film-maker, or the cinema, or both, did this to drum up publicity.
I don't even know what the beef is with this thing. Looking through the above articles, the best I got was that some of the men featured in it have said hateful things about women in the past. Really? That's enough to drop a movie over? I noticed that in stating their case, the petitioners linked to two other pages. Curiously, one of them, has had stuff added to it to specifically address the issue:
I’m against this sort of thing on principle. But it’s also a very bad move practically. These sorts of campaigns give the film free publicity. They allow Cassie Jaye and her supporters to play the part of free-speech martyrs—especially ironic given the ongoing efforts of MRAs and fellow travelers in the alt right to silence women and feminists through harassment.
And the other one ironically contains this line:
Is it even worth pointing out that being criticized for what you say is not the same as being denied your right to say it?
I sincerely hope this isn't on the level. As much as anyone can, I love calling people "full of shit" when I think they're full of shit, but I generally don't like seeing creative works getting blacklisted due to moral outcry. Especially when it's this fucking minor.
3 comments :
i know a bit about it and i think i agree with you. i don't believe in censorship and pulling a movie does the very thing that people against are trying to avoid, ie giving it publicity
these mras are dickheads i will say that
and the red pill refers to the matrix where keane reeves is offered a red or blue pill. if he takes the red pill he will see the truth about the world. the blue pill is for people who want to stay asleep. sorry if you know all this.
i can't be bothered giving these people more time and energy than 4 short paragraphs. they are idiots, they are everywhere, and they are unhappy because women are finally standing up for themselves and calling the bullshit out.
Cheers for filling me in on the title. There's not much of The Matrix left in my memory. Wasn't much of a fan, I'm afraid.
While I wouldn't pay $20 to go and see this thing in the cinema, just knowing it was pulled makes me curious enough to want to download it.
I know you said you wouldn't waste more than 4 paragraphs on MRAs, but I'd like to know more about what makes these jokers idiots and dickheads?
You can google and see what they are about Alex. I don't want to waste my time on talking about them, explaining them. So that's 5 paras now :) I should have kept my mouth shut.
Post a Comment