Well, if this statement by one of the actors in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," doesn't say "come and see my big budget summer movie," I don't know what does...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/06/20/Abe-Lincoln-Star-South-Racist-Homophobic
Sooo...when is hollywood going to discuss the idea of not offending the people you want to shell out 12 bucks for your movie with their actors? Here is the articles author in response to this actor's belief about "all" southerners...
Sooo...all you southern, racist, homophobic and sexist types, which he apparenly feels is the majority of you, his movie opens soon, make sure your first in line to shell out 12 bucks a head for the chance to see this wonderful actor strut his stuff on the big screen.
You know Hollywood, this is the internet age, where statements like this go around the country in the blink of an eye. If someone is sitting on the fence between shelling out 12 bucks plus more for snacks, and waiting for Redbox, netflix or cable, you might want to talk to your stars about their public comments...you know, since they represent your product to your customers. Sure, not everyone is a racist, sexist, homophobic southerner, but there are a lot more southerners who aren't racist, sexist, and homophobic who might think you are insulting them. These southerners might just decide to not spend that 12+ bucks to see that movie. The people who like other Americans, and don't like them being insulted might decide to stay home as well. Just something to keep in mind. Ask Tom Hanks, and that actress from Jonah Hex how insulting your fans works wonders for your career.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/06/20/Abe-Lincoln-Star-South-Racist-Homophobic
Growing up in the South, three things you grow up [sic]: homophobic, sexist, and racist. It’s just innate and in your blood. Growing up and going to North Carolina School of the Arts and Juilliard, a lot of my friends were gay. So that’s something that I wanted to deal with and move past in my own personal life—that homophobia that I was raised with and that was prevalent in the community I grew up in.
Sooo...when is hollywood going to discuss the idea of not offending the people you want to shell out 12 bucks for your movie with their actors? Here is the articles author in response to this actor's belief about "all" southerners...
So progressive and tolerant, isn't he -- except for, you know, Southerners, who are ALL bad, ALL bigoted, and ALL "isty."
As someone who has spent over a decade living in the South, I can tell you first hand that Mackie is a stone-cold liar.
I've spent decades in the Midwest, nearly nine-years in Los Angeles, and eleven in North Carolina. And if I've learned anything, it's that people are people and that Americans as a whole are shockingly tolerant and able to live together. Incidents of bigotry are so rare in this country they lead the news, and that includes the dreaded South.
I have found one segment of the population, however, who are a bunch of intolerant bigots, and that's the Anthony Mackie types -- the bubbled, elitist, wealthy leftists who lash out at entire swathes of people in order to burnish their own "tolerant" credentials.
They’re also so pathetically ignorant, they don’t even see the irony in doing so. And neither does the sycophant media supposedly there to interview them.
Sooo...all you southern, racist, homophobic and sexist types, which he apparenly feels is the majority of you, his movie opens soon, make sure your first in line to shell out 12 bucks a head for the chance to see this wonderful actor strut his stuff on the big screen.
You know Hollywood, this is the internet age, where statements like this go around the country in the blink of an eye. If someone is sitting on the fence between shelling out 12 bucks plus more for snacks, and waiting for Redbox, netflix or cable, you might want to talk to your stars about their public comments...you know, since they represent your product to your customers. Sure, not everyone is a racist, sexist, homophobic southerner, but there are a lot more southerners who aren't racist, sexist, and homophobic who might think you are insulting them. These southerners might just decide to not spend that 12+ bucks to see that movie. The people who like other Americans, and don't like them being insulted might decide to stay home as well. Just something to keep in mind. Ask Tom Hanks, and that actress from Jonah Hex how insulting your fans works wonders for your career.
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