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‘Ghostbusters’ Steps Right Into the Hostility of Gender Politics
NY Times ^ | May 23, 2016 | Michael Capely and Brooks Barnes

Posted on 05/24/2016 6:39:26 AM PDT by C19fan

Sony Pictures needs to keep male moviegoers interested in its “Ghostbusters” reboot after an Internet attack on its female cast. Hillary Clinton wants women to throw their support behind her presidential campaign.

In a strange confluence, those agendas risk colliding this week on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: feminism; ghostbusters
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The yentas and Social Justice Warriors eliminated any desire for me to see this re-boot. I was a huge fan of the original and they took something from my childhood and ruined it.
1 posted on 05/24/2016 6:39:26 AM PDT by C19fan
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” after an Internet attack on its female cast”

After how people saw that the movie SUCKED based on the trailer.

But the little SW idiot likely knows that the movie doesn’t look that great already.


2 posted on 05/24/2016 6:41:58 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Godfrey Elfwick ‏@GodfreyElfwick May 18

This awesome publicity shot is an indication of how amazing the new #Ghostbusters is.

"I ain't afraid of no chemo."


3 posted on 05/24/2016 6:43:02 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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Godfrey Elfwick ‏@GodfreyElfwick May 16

'Simon Says' is a prime example of how early in their development young girls are indoctrinated into obeying anything a man tells them to do

4 posted on 05/24/2016 6:43:42 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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Godfrey Elfwick ‏@GodfreyElfwick May 19

If you think 'enjoying' a film is more important than the empowerment that film gives to women, you just might be a misogynist #Ghostbusters

5 posted on 05/24/2016 6:44:30 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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Well, misogynist it is!!


6 posted on 05/24/2016 6:47:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: C19fan

Why do people continue to feed the Morally Bankrupt Hollywood in the first place?. Hollywood as a whole is against just about everything that is American.


7 posted on 05/24/2016 6:48:03 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: V_TWIN

#kissmybutt-godfrey


8 posted on 05/24/2016 6:49:05 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: C19fan

We used to call it a “take your medicine movie”, when social engineering preempted entertainment.


9 posted on 05/24/2016 6:50:30 AM PDT by BiggerTigger
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I won’t waste my time with this crap.


10 posted on 05/24/2016 6:51:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper ((Just say no to HRC))
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I won’t waste my time with this crap.


11 posted on 05/24/2016 6:52:06 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper ((Just say no to HRC))
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Are these the new Ghostbusters girls?

Not sure I recognize any of them?

Based on initial word of mouth and internet chatter, this movie is not going to do well, and will not launch them to stardom.

Off topic, but never understood, why does Hollywood feel the need to remake and reboot movies and TV shows, which were fine in their original versions????? Are they lazy in Hollywood, and/or feel the need nowadays, to make sure entertainment has an explicit liberal political statement contained therein????


12 posted on 05/24/2016 6:52:29 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Take a good premise (remaking a hugely successful movie) and politicize it by making sure everyone knows the cast is all female, like we wouldn’t figure that out on our own. Then, double down by trying to make headlines by putting the cast on the Ellen show with Hillary.

Sounds like a perfect recipe for cutting about 75% of your ticket sales potential before the movie is even in the can. Brilliant! They must have been consulting with the Target CEO at a secret getaway in Hershey, PA.


13 posted on 05/24/2016 6:54:24 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

You’re wife’s a big foot gus.


14 posted on 05/24/2016 6:54:46 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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$150 million down the toilet. Well, I guess it provided jobs for a few people for a while... So it’s about the same efficiency as a government job program.


15 posted on 05/24/2016 6:55:35 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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They don’t get it. It’s not that the Ghostbusters are women … it’s that they are NOT FUNNY. Sorry … I just don’t think this movie looks good, no matter what gender the stars are. Perhaps some better writing or acting would make it better. Special effects look great, though!


16 posted on 05/24/2016 6:56:21 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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The idea may not have been bad but the casting was terrible and who knows about the writing. Would bet it is too PC to watch. So I will pass on this Turkey.


17 posted on 05/24/2016 6:57:53 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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Agreed. I think Godfrey and his followers are seeing things in their movie reviews that really aren't there. They're already trying to excuse the new Ghostbusters predicted box office by blaming sexist audiences:

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iron lady was obviously the sequel to iron man. not as successful bc misogyny.


18 posted on 05/24/2016 6:58:55 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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The problem is there are few real actors and actresses in Hollywood any more. What passes for talent out there is very Dim and Pale compared to years ago, and I mean many years ago.

I could pick four female stars from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s that had more talent and were really good at playing anything that would be better than what is out there today. That woman from Mike & Molly just ain’t it!!!!!


19 posted on 05/24/2016 7:01:50 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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I hate everything about it
the humor, the females, and the special effects


20 posted on 05/24/2016 7:04:31 AM PDT by 4rcane
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