It’s really hilarious when something doesn’t go quite as planned for those on the Left. When all else fails, they use anything at their disposal to explain why what went wrong couldn’t have possibly been their fault. Personal responsibility be damned!
The new movie “A Wrinkle in Time” departed from the main themes of the 1962 novel of the same name by shedding the Christian themes, including the Bible verses used in the book and Jesus Christ himself.
Though the loaded-with-special-effects film’s budget was a whopping $103 million, the movie’s first six days have earned only $42.1 million at the box office — with a $33 million first weekend.
That isn’t the greatest of news for “A Wrinkle in Time” considering movies typically see a drop-off at the box office in subsequent weekends.
Critics and movie-goers have also generally panned the film for both being too politically correct and relying too much on special effects (CGI). Only 40 percent of movie critics gave a favorable review of the film on the movie rating website Rotten Tomatoes, while a mere 34 percent of the audience said they “liked it.”
In response, the film’s social justice director Ana DuVernay resorted to chalking up the film’s bad reviews to being a racial issue.
Here’s DuVernay’s tweet:
You notice how people on the Left who push this “everybody-is-racist” narrative are always the first people to make any issue about race? I wonder why that is? Oh, yeah. They’re racists themselves!
In the tweet, DuVernay referenced the interview she did with Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan in which the critic sensitively observed how important black women’s hair is to them. Buchanan must be one of those “woke” Caucasians who understands that “the struggle is real” while drinking his soy latte.
Hair is a sensitive subject for bald guys too, but I don’t hear anyone crying for them.
DuVernay’s Twitter page links to the website of an “African-American Festival Release Movement (AFFRM)” — newly titled “Array” — founded by DuVernay herself.
“Our work is dedicated to the amplification of independent films by people of color and women filmmakers globally,” the website’s “story” section reads.
Social justice films will never do well amongst the masses, because — unless you’re watching a documentary — people don’t go to the movies to be preached to. They go to be entertained, and at the prices one has to pay to see a film at a movie theater, the movie better be good.
Hollywood is NOT above criticism.
H/T: PJ Media
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