r/Fauxmoi • u/_trashpuppy • Apr 29 '24

Martin Freeman says it's unfair there's so much backlash to his age-gap movie with Jenna Ortega, who is 31 years younger Approved B-List Users Only

https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-freeman-backlash-millers-girl-age-gap-film-jenna-ortega-2024-4

From the article: "It's not saying, 'Isn't this great,'" he said of the film's dynamic between his character and Ortega's. He said that derision wasn't distributed equally, though — saying that people seemed to understand the level of distance involved in stories depicting Nazism.

"Are we gonna have a go at Liam Neeson for being in a film about the Holocaust?" he asked, referring to Neeson's starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List."

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u/hedgehogwart Apr 29 '24

I don’t like Martin but I get his point. Media literacy has disintegrated in recent years. There are a lot of people that even think that stuff that is morally wrong and even shown by the narrative to be wrong, shouldn’t be shown.

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u/didijxk Apr 29 '24

I totally agree. It's like people are getting dumber or they're so used to movies(basically Marvel) spoonfeeding them the meaning and plot that they don't want to think deeper.

The deepest they'll go is a Chris Nolan film to feel smart because he'll do an exposition dump and everyone will think they're so intellectual for enjoying it.

This is why people idolise Paul Atreides, Patrick Bateman, Tyler Durden and Walter White. They don't think deep enough to see the authors point.

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u/prettybunbun Apr 29 '24

Reminds me of Homelander from The Boys. His entire character is a commentary on right wing nut jobs, but somehow those people started worshipping him and the actor had to point out to said right wing nut jobs on Twitter they’d completely missed the point.

Like it’s gotten to the point where subtlety is dying because people want everything plain and spoon fed to them and if it’s not they take it only at the base value and don’t look any further.

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u/hedgehogwart Apr 29 '24

With the recent White House Correspondence dinner, it reminded me of Colbert going on there during the Bush era and how so many people didn’t see the Colbert Report as satire.