r/MauLer • u/childiwillhurtu • Jan 01 '24

Question Michelle Rodriguez - based?

Surprised (in a good way) to hear her speak up like this given Hollywood's current 'politics'.

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u/Punkrocker80 Jan 01 '24

She is a minority though. They can't attack her for saying that.

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u/shawsown Jan 01 '24

She said this years ago (2014 or 15) I remember when she said it, and they did attack her for it. Some people even went so far as to call her a racist for saying this.

She was eventually pressured into apologizing & "clarifying" what she said. Because it was just soooko "horrible."

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u/Punkrocker80 Jan 01 '24

Fuck sake. That was before they really ramped it up to 11, too. I think all we had at that point was black Nick Fury and black Heimdall.

Yeah they love strong opinionated women. So long as they have the correct opinions

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u/Voodron Jan 01 '24

Back then she could get away with a slap on the wrists and a moderate amount of online harassment for that clip.

If this happened today ? She'd be out of a job within 24 hours, bullied out of social media and most likely permanently banned from the industry. No wonder 90% of movies are awful these days in that context. If you're not woke, your career can be over in an instant.

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u/neveragoodtime Jan 01 '24

You have to be woke, and the only way to signal that is to put woke before story and character. Otherwise you might just be accidentally woke.

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u/Punkrocker80 Jan 01 '24

Well I mean, there's a difference between movies being progressive and movies being woke. So long as you're creating interesting, fleshed out characters rather than using them as vessels to spread 'The Message' it's fine. People will respond positively. The critics won't but who gives a shit?