Will the Academy "Go All In" practicing the ludicrousness of DEI?

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Suddenly, "being on time" and "meeting deadlines" is a bad "white thing." Huh? It goes even further. Perfectionism, professionalism, urgency, and many other "once admired/respected" practices are, at minimum, frowned upon. At maximum, they are cause for attack/cancellation because these are attributes of "white supremacy!" That's insane. And, although we might agree that various cultures have different ideas, practices, and perspectives on "time," (amongst other practices), in the Western World, these are the values that MAKE IT what it is...and many believe that to be "pretty darn good." If you don't want a part of it, please exit the theater! And if institutions like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, WGA, Disney, and Hollywood in general want to practice DEI, they really can't "Cherry pick." I want heard it said that a teaspoon of sewage put into a barrel of the finest wine renders a barrel full of sewage.

So Again, this inspires another trip into ANOTHER DIMENSION. It must be, right? 

Rod: "Yes. You heard that right. Has some sort of spell been cast on Hollywood? Some sort of Black Magic? Apparently. being On Time is a characteristic of white culture, white privilege and some colonial thing. The Academy is all about rewriting the rules that made sense in favor of supporting diversity and inclusion. They’ve already determined that doing a great or even good job is racist, unless everyone is participates, no matter how the outcome deteriorates.

It’s been posited that Different cultures have different meanings of time, politeness, and what it means to be late. And since Disney is a culture in and of itself, this finally may explain why so many Disney films are delayed months or years or never show up at all.

I hope this has been a teachable moment. In the meantime, this white woman has volunteered to humiliate herself in front of you. You’ve entered the Diversity Zone."

'have a dream to work for Hollywood or Disney? Tick the right box!

 

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Once Upon a Time many small white boys dreamed of seeing themselves or their hard work "up on the big screen!" They still do...dream that is. But Hollywood doesn't want them anymore. It was always tough to "get in," but skill, talent, merit, and persistence could pay off! No more. You must tick all the right boxes. And, in the name of diversity and inclusion, many are being left out....or even forced out after decades of experience! 

Check out Film Threat's "The D Files!"

https://youtu.be/XEEeDvivN5c?si=CRhVf1UzTbekQMdu

https://youtu.be/njBIaFux9pI?si=wmkLQLK55u-x4HXJ

https://www.youtube.com/live/cqIg35QCWDQ?si=PXd2v422ahl74G9n

Counting Down: Wokademy Awards Fever

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Well, to be fair, it's really the First Annual Wokademy Awards as the new DEI Rules Kick into place. Fortunately, there was such an outcry regarding RIGGING these Elections that only the BEST PICTURE category is now rigged. Rigged because it is NOT the Best picture. It is the one that ticks boxes on identity following specific hiring practices based on identity, not merit, talent, or decades of experience. And, of course, this is in the guise of "inclusivity." One might say that Inclusivity in this case is NEWSPEAK for inclusion. I expect that the writers being hired will need to look that term up. 

Oscars New Standards:  https://www.oscars.org/awards/representation-and-inclusion-standards

“Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles” ~Anonymous

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Forget THX. DEI is the new certification and standard!

 

 

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DEI is the new standard! (And, even more insulting: J.E.D.I. – Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity.)

THX was developed by Lucasfilm in 1983 to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, would be accurately reproduced in the best venues.  

THX was (is?) a quality assurance system. It is a certification. THX-certified theaters provide a high-quality, predictable playback environment to ensure that any film soundtrack mixed in THX will sound as near as possible to the intentions of the mixing engineer.

Oh the irony. Excellence is no longer even a consideration. The company went from ensuring technical excellence to insisting on identities rather than excellencies. (At the time of THX’s development, Lucasfilm already had creative excellence more than covered, and, in fact, wanted that to be properly conveyed/displayed.)

Lucas established a quality standard with THX for commercial theaters that would use the best technology to consistently translate filmmakers' work to the theater. Now, the standard is to do most anything but accurately translate any original work. The standard is to not follow existing story/canon but to use diversity hire’s “voices” for a “modern take” on a story. And if you’re only diverse in one way, you’re not likely “diverse enough.” Ticking three boxes would be a good starting point to demonstrate you “should” be installed/cast rather than hiring any accomplished, experienced, talented person.

The WGA and Disney, now the owner of Lucasfilm, have both come under recent fire for establishing DEI over any quality standard. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are now the requirements for captaining (writing, producing, directing, acting) any production. Many long-time employees who were integral in making the great (and lucrative) classics have been pushed aside, fired, or quit. This is not speculation or “insult over argument.” Writers are coming forward to anonymously tell their stories.
The WGA and Academy awards have “check boxes” to vet whether a person is qualified for the job or a movie is qualified for an award. Radical voices have a stranglehold on Hollywood and push ideology and messaging over entertainment. So much for it being the “entertainment business.” Perhaps it’s now the Entrainment business?
References:
https://filmthreat.com/news/male-and-pale-is-stale-responses-to-an-open-letter-to-the-wga/
https://filmthreat.com/features/the-d-files-part-1-disney-and-the-downfall-of-john-lasseter/
https://youtu.be/XEEeDvivN5c?si=W6nwA9yl-b17qHJs

The Twilight Zone Kennedy Zone presents Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

 

Have we slipped into an alternate universe? Another dimension? Surely we've entered the Twilight Zone! Or rather, "The Kennedy Zone!" Forget about merit, ability, experience, canon, or history...so long as you are a wopoc, you need not even be a fan of a franchise or story. How dare "they" take a once sacred, beloved story/franchise/myth and pervert it so? How dare "they" get people who are not NARRATIVE film makers or writers nor even fans of the story. Have 'they" even seen it? I have nothing against Sharmeen doing what she's apparently good (great?) at doing...documentary film-making. She got an Academy award or two for it. (I, nor most of the world, have never seen those docs.) Why would a studio head ever "point" that at a 300 million $$$ budget visual effects laden narrative motion picture? It makes zero sense...at least in the original (or my) space-time-dimension/zone. I would never have a podiatrist perform cardio-vascular surgery. I wouldn't have a plumber do it either, as talented as that person might be. What am I missing here? Oh, in this "zone" it's all about identity and nothing more. 'funny how the identity of Star Wars has suffered the consequences. What happened to the most magical mythical story of modern times? It changed my life...not in some obscure or abstract way. After I saw Star Wars in the summer of 1977 on a huge screen in a single movie theater, I ran out and bought a Fuji, Single-8 movie camera. (You few insiders will know what that is and how great it was!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-8 Unlike 8mm or Super8mm cameras, the film-maker could rewind the Single-8 film...to do Visual effects!! I made space-ship models and nearly burned down our house, twice, filming fire and explosions. I studied computer graphics at Purdue (with at least one famous PIXAR peep) and robotics for motion control. I headed to Hollywood and within a few months I was doing visual effects for every network and many TV shows at the time. (Dinosaurs, Outer Limits, X-Files, Buffy, etc.) It was a dream come true. I was a diehard Disney and Star Wars fan (and I've worked for Disney in many graphics and visual effects capacities), but, when I heard Disney acquired LucasFilm/Star Wars, "I had a bad feeling about this!" I was standing in line at Disney's California Adventure (The Cars Ride) at the time with my 5 year old son. 'call it a premonition, or just a hunch that two great things don't necessarily always work great together like chocolate and peanut butter. And I never really took a liking to any of JJ Abrams earlier stuff. When Episode 7 finally arrived, It was, as I expected, DOA, but I had to mumble that in quiet whispers because "everyone else" seemed to think it was great. But by the time Rian ruined Episode 8, I had many more allies, and "the jig was up!" Although I was comforted that I now had company in my disdain for the sequels, I was crestfallen by the horribly disfigured story that "I grew up on"... they epic, hero's journey that changed my world. Now, it's so relentless in its rush to the bottom of story making and rush to the top of wokeness and D.E.I., I feel like I'm in some weird, bizarro, perverted dimension. Why are "these" film-makers "getting to" direct and shape Star Wars? I now entertain myself (and hopefully others) using my VFX/GRFX skills in film-making satires that poke fun at the "using woke as a weapon" warriors. It's both fun and sad. Lemonade from lemons? I'd rather be enjoying epic, mythical stories that alter my life in truly evolutionary, "progressive" connecting ways. Who decided "we" needed to insert activist messages into films? True film and stories and movies and theater in the hands (minds and hearts) of experienced, talented writers/speakers/performers have ALWAYS moved the world "towards the light," even if they were dark/horror films. Solid story is something civilization stands on and builds up from. Now, it's all remakes, reworks of great works, or "tear downs." It's not civilized at all. It's maddening that it lurks and grows in the shadows of victim hood rather than the light of triumph.

The Star War. Rian Johnson breaks canon and cancels the universe.

 See what happens when Hyper-Drive is weaponized!

THE STAR WAR! One of the most EXPLOSIVE controversies around Star Wars: The insufferable Woke Vice-Admiral Holdo, a purple-haired-pill, single-handedly destroys the (Star Wars) universe! Of course, she’s just the puppet to self-delusional Rian Johnson, who single-handedly killed off a multi-billion-dollar empire. Of course, he was enabled by Disney LucasFilm under the helm of Emperor Kathleen Kennedy. It all went nuclear, but What was the real instrument of mass destruction? A corruption of canon! Any war in the stars became useless and meaningless once it was written that hyper-drive could be weaponized. Equipped with hyper-drive, any ship can drop out of hyperspace in front of its target and then resume hyper-drive. Boom! Game Over! Do any of these writer/directors read or respect the stories that came before? What’s more outrageous is their patting themselves on the back for their genius! What a hyper-cringe-mess. (And please, someone take that flat-iron away from her hair-stylist.)

 

Who (or what) is Gas Light Station!?

 

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We are "Equal Opportunity Offenders." Satire: our way of life. Parody: the tool of our trade. Irony: our nectar. We thrive on laughter/fun to nudge consciousness in tiny steps towards higher awareness. We have fun with anyone who is a scold. From the religious right to the wokester left, we hate being told what to do/believe! Present campaign: playing with the "Woke as a Weapon" warriors. If you can't take a joke...you're the perfect target! We are troublemakers and Buddhists. Chew on that koan! 

"Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles." ~Anonymous

"Totalitarian systems are notably devoid of humor at every level. Laughter, which brings acceptance and freedom, is a threat to their rule through force and intimidation. It is hard to oppress people who have a good sense of humor. ... Beware the humorless, whether in a person, institution, or belief system; it is always accompanied by an impulse to control and dominate, even if its proclaimed objective is to create prosperity or peace." ~"Power Versus Force" by David R. Hawkins

Mirror, Mirror, on Disney's Bob Iger's Wall!

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Who would have thought that Snow White, the very first fairy tale chosen by Walt Disney himself, to be the very first animated feature, ever, and essentially birth the Disney Company as we know it today, could become so controversial? And, in this era of hyper-awareness to cultural appropriation, one might think that race swapping the young lady whose “skin is white as snow” would surely be foolhardy. What is going on over at that magic kingdom? Who is advising this kingdom “nowadays?” You’d think they’d have a knowledgeable magic mirror of their own. Even a Magic Eight Ball would likely do better! Bob Iger actually returned to “right the ship!” ‘seems kind of silly since he steered it towards the rocks several years back. Mr. Iger, who is clear a genius at acquisitions, hasn’t fared so well in keeping those “catches” alive and well. With Kathleen Kennedy opening a can of “woke a$$” on Star Wars, and Rachel Zegler running the beloved story of Snow White into the ground, poor Bob Iger just can’t seem to catch a break!  #snowwhite #rachelzegler #antiwoke

In Memoriam: Han Solo.

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A legendary, storied, beloved character...skewered. Thanks, Kathleen Kennedy & J.J. Abrams. You really know how to put on a show! Director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm infamously turned Han Solo into a deadbeat dad and then had him killed off in The Force Awakens without ever having him reunite with Luke Skywalker. For years now, we've watched Disney Star Wars kill of the franchise in a similar way. Disrespect for the beloved Star Wars Characters to an insulting level. Satire and parody of the Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy run/ruin of Star Wars has become an understatement. Reality if more ridiculous than any punch-line or parody. R.I.P. Han Solo and Star Wars.

It's the END OF THE WORLD, Charlie Brown!

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What if legendary disaster(ous) director Michael Bay teamed up with PIXAR studios? Behold...It's the End of the World, Charlie Brown. Michael Bay (of Transformers fame) is known for his beautiful looking, action-packed, disaster-scenario movies. PIXAR is known for its amazing CGI and (previously) stories. Of course, the Peanuts are beloved, classic characters. What happens if you mix all three together into a major blockbuster motion picture?! At minimum, the peanuts will get roasted! (Hopefully, so will Michael Bay and Pixar.)