‘Joker” director Todd Phillips is getting pretty fed up with all the wokescolds crapping on him and his movie not because of a lack of artistic merits, but because they’ve decided that it promotes toxic white male masculinity. In a recent Vanity Fair interview, Phillips explained why he decided to give “Joker” a try:
Phillips, who directed the comedies Old School and the Hangover series, pitched the idea of a Joker movie to Warner Bros. as a kind of anti-superhero film, with practically no CGI effects or cartoonish plots, but instead a dark realism drained of heroics. Phillips had found it increasingly difficult, he says, to make comedies in the new “woke” Hollywood, and his brand of irreverent bro humor has lost favor.
“Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture,” he says. “There were articles written about why comedies don’t work anymore—I’ll tell you why, because all the f*cking funny guys are like, ‘F*ck this sh*t, because I don’t want to offend you.’ It’s hard to argue with 30 million people on Twitter. You just can’t do it, right? So you just go, ‘I’m out.’ I’m out, and you know what? With all my comedies—I think that what comedies in general all have in common—is they’re irreverent. So I go, ‘How do I do something irreverent, but f*ck comedy? Oh I know, let’s take the comic book movie universe and turn it on its head with this.’ And so that’s really where that came from.”
Well, let the record show that multiple magazine writer Rob Tannenbaum has problems with Phillips’ explanation:
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Sad to learn that Todd Phillips is a jackass who thinks SJWs are trying to ruin comedy. Also note use of the word “guys.” pic.twitter.com/yM11wnoNqm
— Rob Tannenbaum (@tannenbaumr) October 1, 2019
Guys? GUYS???
OMG HE SAID THE WORD "GUYS"!!!!!
— S R (@srob2247) October 1, 2019
He said GUYS!!!!!! How horrifying!!!
— Blue Oyster Cult member (@RoonKolos) October 1, 2019
If only Phillips’ use of “guys” were the worst of his many offenses. How dare he suggest that SJWs are trying to ruin comedy?! Where the hell does he get off?
what the hell do comedy writers and directors know about comedy https://t.co/DqsfQAzbQw
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 1, 2019
This may come as a complete shock to a woke genius like Rob, but Phillips makes a pretty good point.
How is he wrong?
— Jim (@Ifitsthisname) October 1, 2019
How is he wrong? https://t.co/gFORhfMmcT
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) October 1, 2019
Todd Phillips is correct https://t.co/7GuGbjeFgZ
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) October 1, 2019
SJWs are trying to ruin comedy tho. https://t.co/OlmqtB9IAE
— neontaster (@neontaster) October 1, 2019
NARRATOR: SJWs are trying to ruin comedy. https://t.co/7OBubiEIpB
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 1, 2019
SJWs are trying to ruin comedy (and all art really) because they think it should come with some sort of moral responsibility. Thankfully they're as useless at that as they are at everything else so they'll lose eventually.
— Jeremy Fichaud (@FilmJunkie82) October 1, 2019
Got ourselves a regular PC Principal here don’t we? pic.twitter.com/atzXbU9M9T
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 1, 2019
You kinda prove his point with your commentary.
— Dane Deasy (@danedeasy) October 1, 2019
I think you just proved his point dude.
— Mickey Blowtorch (@MickeyBlowtorch) October 1, 2019
You proved it beautifully, Rob.
If you can’t be funny without punching down at vulnerable communities, your comedy is shitty.
— Rob Tannenbaum (@tannenbaumr) October 1, 2019
First of all, dude:
That's not how comedy works. https://t.co/1zXjVbvYtx
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 1, 2019
And second of all, you’ve just let the mask slip:
Thanks for protecting vulnerable communities Rob. You’re a real hero.
— Abisko (@BrassButtonFox) October 1, 2019
You talk about us the way lords of the land used to talk when pretending they look out for the peasants beneath them. I don't need you to protect me from jokes.
— Spooky Scary K ?️??? (@_Vs_The_World) October 1, 2019
"You cant make fun and joke around with minorities, they are weak and cant handle it like us whites can" https://t.co/QZMISgbIER
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) October 1, 2019
It's telling how much power white SJWs give themselves
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) October 1, 2019
It really is.
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