Lee Jung-jae was shocked by the racist backlash to #TheAcolyte
“My feelings were hurt"
"I can only have faith that racism will end someday"
(https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/lee-jung-jae-interview-squid-game-2)
“My feelings were hurt"
"I can only have faith that racism will end someday"
(https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/lee-jung-jae-interview-squid-game-2)
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As an aside I also struggle with the fact I grew up in the 90s so we only had the original trilogy and lots of books, and there's been soooooo much content since Disney took over.
I can't believe people are still going around being racist.
Fuck them racist haters😎👊👊
Lee Jung-jae blew up from Squid Games
viewed by millions
won awards
and popularity for his race
It must be the "Star Wars" fan base cause he was just loved last year
#stopasianhate
(Yes I did actually see this)
But there was a ton of racists review bombing it too
Which one is it?
If someone called you a pedophile groomer and someone else had fairly criticised your work as a nurse, and you complaim about the first person, should people just call those complaints "cope" because someone else fairly criticised you?
Yes, the show was bad. Yes, some people actually voiced valid criticisms. A lot of it was just the stupidest nitpicks, hating it because it's "woke" or racism though and that's clearly what he was talking about
What doesn't help that is Disney's marketing team tends to use the race baiting as a marketing tactic on social media. It's exploitative.
Best thing they could've done to shut down the racists is actually be a good show. Then, even if people tried being racist, it would've been them coping.
There are many of us who want lucasfilm to #RenewTheAcolyte and give us #AcolyteS2.
Please check out https://savetheacolyte.com, and sign & share our petition if you can, thank you!! https://www.change.org/p/renew-the-acolyte
It was the writing, the lack of faithful thinking about the source material, the poor direction, and the general poor production values across the board...
It will never end until everyone has access to a decent education and the rich can stop using racism for profit.
That was 10 years ago. Anyone who says people aren't being blatantly racist are either lying to themselves or thinking anyone else believes their bullshit
Meanwhile I basked in his absolute racist tirades, for they exposed how shitty of a person he really is. I should’ve recorded it and posted it on social media. Maybe then his reputation would have been destroyed.
Unfortunately these kind of assholes just exist you just need to drown them out and listen to the people who aren’t completely racist
No place for racism in Star Wars, or in real life for that matter.
It was cancelled bc it sucked