I felt a Truman World thing yesterday when I tried to Google the story of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon basically plagiarizing Goodwill Hunting- stealing the screenplay from a Black guy who wrote it first, paying him next to nothing (or maybe nothing) and giving him zero credit. But that story has been completely wiped from the face of the Internet. Anyone else remember this? I don’t get why Damon gets credit for being progressive when he’s playing a Trumper? There’s nothing ironic about an over privileged white guy pretending to be a Trumper. And it was total shit that he was Liberace. When do gay people get to play gay people?! It’s lazy and pathetic that when there are endless talented LGBT 🏳️🌈 actors they’re still hiring straight cis folks for the roles. Akin to Blackface. Isn’t Stillwater a rip off of Amanda Knox’s story? And she blasted them for using her and throwing her under the bus.
A couple years ago I was at a friend’s cottage and her gay artist friend was staying in the loft, and my friend offhandedly used the expression “that’s so gay” in a derogatory manner as a joke. And I’d literally never heard anyone say that and didn’t understand what she meant- so I asked for clarification and she realized this friend of a friend upstairs overheard and walked out and it was super weird feeling.
We’re all swimming in bigotry and hatefulness. Tina Fey used Blackface like four times on 30 Rock, once with Jon Hamm. It’s all so sickening that we’ve given everyone a pass. The one I’d love for you take down Charlotte is Brits using the c word. Brits also love to call cigarettes fags which is also lazy and gross 🤮 like it’s some cute inside joke and they get a pass because everyone does it there.
Thank you for speaking up and as Chris Rock says- Keep punching up. Don’t punch down.
No, we are not tired of hearing you talk about this. You are a valuable and brilliant voice. Don't stop.
I felt a Truman World thing yesterday when I tried to Google the story of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon basically plagiarizing Goodwill Hunting- stealing the screenplay from a Black guy who wrote it first, paying him next to nothing (or maybe nothing) and giving him zero credit. But that story has been completely wiped from the face of the Internet. Anyone else remember this? I don’t get why Damon gets credit for being progressive when he’s playing a Trumper? There’s nothing ironic about an over privileged white guy pretending to be a Trumper. And it was total shit that he was Liberace. When do gay people get to play gay people?! It’s lazy and pathetic that when there are endless talented LGBT 🏳️🌈 actors they’re still hiring straight cis folks for the roles. Akin to Blackface. Isn’t Stillwater a rip off of Amanda Knox’s story? And she blasted them for using her and throwing her under the bus.
A couple years ago I was at a friend’s cottage and her gay artist friend was staying in the loft, and my friend offhandedly used the expression “that’s so gay” in a derogatory manner as a joke. And I’d literally never heard anyone say that and didn’t understand what she meant- so I asked for clarification and she realized this friend of a friend upstairs overheard and walked out and it was super weird feeling.
We’re all swimming in bigotry and hatefulness. Tina Fey used Blackface like four times on 30 Rock, once with Jon Hamm. It’s all so sickening that we’ve given everyone a pass. The one I’d love for you take down Charlotte is Brits using the c word. Brits also love to call cigarettes fags which is also lazy and gross 🤮 like it’s some cute inside joke and they get a pass because everyone does it there.
Thank you for speaking up and as Chris Rock says- Keep punching up. Don’t punch down.
Language matters. LGBT 🏳️⚧️ Folx matter.
Matt Damon has said problematic things before.