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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/03/rose-mcgowan-criticises-violent-x-men-poster-as-offensive-and-frankly-stupid?CMP=fb_gu


below spoiler is a movie spoiler, don't read spoiler if you don't want movie ruined for you.

“Her words: ‘Dad, why is that monster man committing violence against a woman?’ This from a 9-year-old.

Umm, apparently her child also recognizes that the perpetrator of the violence is a bad guy. It's not like it's Wolverine choking her out while winking at the camera or something- it's the bad guy doing bad things. It's supposed to provoke a response against the behavior.

Also, who cares about Rose McGowan?

But if he'd been strangling Xavier, I guess that would've been ok, yes?

It's the same 'bad guys are doing something evil in a story' uproar that happens every now and again. I think this one's getting less attention than Voldemort philosophizing about how "there is no good or evil, only power", etc, etc, which I'd think meant that people have more critical thinking skills but probably just means there's fewer THINK OF THE CHILDREN types complaining about X-Men than there were for Harry Potter.

Most interesting thing about this story: I know a completely unrelated R. McGowan.

That is all.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But if he'd been strangling Xavier, I guess that would've been ok, yes?

Only if they crop out his wheelchair I think.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But if he'd been strangling Xavier, I guess that would've been ok, yes?

How dare you support violence and abuse against persons with physical disabilities!!!!

“Her words: ‘Dad, why is that monster man committing violence against a woman?’ This from a 9-year-old.

"His beer was warm."


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 n0t_u wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But if he'd been strangling Xavier, I guess that would've been ok, yes?

Only if they crop out his wheelchair I think.

"Daddy, why is he choking that man in a wheel chair?"

"His beer was warm."

It works on so many levels.

Well that's that subject successfully trivialised.