Under the usual guise of “anti-semitism” of course

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    McCarthyism 2.0 back in full swing with the Hollywood blacklist

    also, what the fuck, she’s the protagonist of these movies. But lord knows they’re dying to have Jenna Ortega take over as the lead now that she’s famous

    all the other actors have a responsibility to stand in solidarity with her and not work on this film

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      she’s the protagonist of these movies

      Let’s be honest, it’s a horror franchise on its 7th sequel, they don’t exactly need to put in effort anymore. They could replace her with anyone and it wouldn’t effect ticket sales.

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        that’s true, though in this case the reason for her firing may very well affect sales. the audience of these films is largely made up of young people and horror fans, who are generally not pro-genocide. these movie producers have no idea how out-of-touch they are

        maybe it’s wishful thinking to hope for some sort of boycott but idk. if Jenna Ortega is out as well then this movie is fucked I think