Posted on 09/28/2022 4:04:52 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
James Gray, director of the upcoming Armageddon Time, is promoting his Oscar bait by openly hoping Trump supporters hate his movie.
Oh, and in the movie, he trashes Ronald Reagan and (bizarrely) portrays Donald Trump’s parents as villains.
Here’s Gray pre-spinning another box office disappointment, which is all this guy knows how to direct:
[Hollywood Reporter:] Characters are very critical of Reagan in the film. And Donald Trump’s parents appear as menacing presences at your school. Are you worried that your film may alienate those outside of blue state America?
[James Gray:] I didn’t make it for Democrats or Republicans. In some ways, I made it for Republicans. When you’re fighting paycheck to paycheck, it’s easy to say, “What do you mean, white privilege? I don’t feel any fucking privilege.”
[THR:] But certainly you see how the current media landscape weaponizes culture.
[Gray:] My only answer would be that I don’t really care. It’s like saying, “Do you care that Joseph Goebbels has a real problem with your movie?” It’s like, “No, I don’t care.” That’s an excellent enemy to have. I don’t care that Donald Trump doesn’t like it. That man is a vile, destructive force in the country and in the world. And if he hates it or if his acolytes hate it, if Ron DeSantis, Mr. Fucking-Education-Destroying DeSantis wants to hate on my movie, that’s fine with me too.
Once again, we have a filmmaker telling more than half the country: You are not welcome here. I didn’t make this movie to entertain, inspire, move, or even change your mind. No, I made this movie because I hate you and to show you how morally superior I am.
We should give him credit for not hiding this and saving us two hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
James Gray is a middle-aged, heterosexual white guy selling out his art and artistry to prove his purity and not lose his position of privilege in the Brave Woke World.
Coward.
What a putz.
Box office sales are already in the toilet...maybe going to the movie theater is a thing of the past.
I don’t care that Donald Trump doesn’t like it. That man is a vile, destructive force in the country and in the world. And if he hates it or if his acolytes hate it, if Ron DeSantis, Mr. Fucking-Education-Destroying DeSantis wants to hate on my movie, that’s fine with me too.
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Whoever this person is, he seems to have anger issues.
If you hadn’t posted this, few if any of us would have even known anything about either this clown or his pathetic attempt to get attention.
This calls for a classic bit of dialog from a real movie.
Ugarte:
You despise me, don’t you?
Rick:
If I gave you any thought I probably would.
I love that movie.
L
These people live rent-free in their heads.
Insulting half the Country won’t end the way you hope. Ask Hillary.
“I hate you! But,please pay me some money.”
He also may be a secret groomer.
How could I hate it when I don’t plan to watch it? 🤨
That's great!
I wouldn’t click on any of that BS.
These people are flailing their arms screaming for attention...
My suggestion is to completely ignore them.
Who?
Gray seems more like Joseph Goebbels
I won’t hate it. I won’t even notice it.
I won’t hate some movie I’ll never watch. Never even heard of this person in the first place, but he doesn’t seem like someone whose product I would ever have even an inclination to indulge.
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