You may want to sit down for this… https://t.co/ksvgEYjLIS
— Ben (@BenHowe) May 3, 2017
Want to know what it looks like to be über-woke? Look no further than Entertainment Weekly and New York Times contributor Rebecca Theodore, who dropped a hell of a bomb this morning regarding the upcoming film adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express”:
Movie called "Orient Express" – and I don't see any Asian people on here 👀👀👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/DhM8W0GXZk
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
Wow. So much to digest there … where to start?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! pic.twitter.com/XdYPCsWHnf
— Ali Arikan (@aliarikan) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC @MatthewACherry pic.twitter.com/JUylzDNJWi
— The Rogue Juan (@juanmadpelicula) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC hahahahahaha so glad I got directed to this tweet. I had to see it to believe it.
— Adam Rivard (@A27RIV) May 3, 2017
This is so many flavors of wonderful https://t.co/OLrtysmw71
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2017
@aliarikan Oh, my.
— Christopher Dole (@chrisdole86) May 3, 2017
@aliarikan @ckilpatrick omfg
— worker & parasite (@ughitsaaron) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC Here's today's winner of "I Want To Show The World I'm The Biggest Idiot In History"https://t.co/8Mqo1o5Pi0
— Chelsea's Resumé (@EF517_V2) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC pic.twitter.com/iFPHkWG5A7
— Waldo (@AndyWIII) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC Have you read the book?
Let me rephrase that… have you read a book?— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 3, 2017
@aliarikan I think people probably need to read more… SMH
— Yancy Evans (@gallandro1) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC Oh brother. Google is your friend. Use it to avoid future embarrassment.
— Larry Farlow (@LarryFarlow) May 3, 2017
It's almost as if the Orient Express was a train service in Europe and not an ancient trade route through China. https://t.co/SK3cVlkdhz
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 3, 2017
It’s based on a murder mystery book written by Agatha Christie and published in 1934. The Orient Express was real. https://t.co/UR9F80AOAy
— Heather (@hboulware) May 3, 2017
So the "Orient Express" traveled from Istanbul to Paris. The action takes place in Croatia. And…oh, never mind. https://t.co/A17fswiGBh
— Robert Tracinski (@Tracinski) May 3, 2017
I think this movie should be made more #Woke by giving Hercule Poirot an asian butler/bodyguard named Kato
— Baby Goat Alliance (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 3, 2017
@aliarikan This is…remarkable
— SRO Speedwagon (@mkowzun) May 3, 2017
@aliarikan that is extraordinary
— Larry Wright (@refocusedmedia) May 3, 2017
Not to mention entertaining. We’ll give Rebecca that much!
This is either the dumbest tweet you will see today or weapons grade trolling: https://t.co/KAuboHNw0E
— (((Physics Geek))) (@physicsgeek) May 3, 2017
Oh man … it looks like it’s the former:
She's doubling down. Amazing. https://t.co/IAlDc1E8Xd
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 3, 2017
She really is:
No reason for this almost all-White cast. British Desi actors and actresses do exist. https://t.co/vYN5wk4O1R
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
And if it’s all right with you, she’ll triple, quadruple, and quintuple down while she’s at it:
I'm just going to ignore you crunchy ass canonbros excusing the casting of Orient Express. Still on the British = White beat. Sure Jan.
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
An Orient Express movie directed by Mira Nair w/ Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel, Riz Ahmed, Freida Pinto, Zulheika Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
Asian cast members would be great, but reaching for that based on a train that has a metonym for Asia is problematic https://t.co/hJKdp3BPaU
— Gaius Normanyo (@relevant_roman) May 3, 2017
@relevant_roman What's problematic is equating British as White.
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
This person is a movie reviewer. Appears to not research the movies she's reviewing (MOTOE is a British book). I rarely can't even, but… https://t.co/9Gqc206nnw
— Rev. Meghan Gurley (@Beyond_I_Do) May 3, 2017
Roles can be racebent. This is not a historical movie. Good day. https://t.co/pmmLHhinB9
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
Sure, roles CAN be "racebent." What you're saying is that they HAVE to be. That moral posturing on race is the most important thing in art. https://t.co/7nm1j4reKu
— Robert Tracinski (@Tracinski) May 3, 2017
Interesting when the "moral posturing" benefits White actors. Let's revisit this when the first weekend box office comes out. https://t.co/PGmCY2V7Dr
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
@Jhoratio I think she saw “orient”, made an assumption, tweeted the assumption, and now is trying to pretend she knew what she was talking about.
— Ben (@BenHowe) May 3, 2017
@BenHowe @Jhoratio British people are not just White sir. Plenty of South Asian Brit actors they could have cast.
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
@relevant_roman @Herostratus356 A lot of us have read the novel. Movies can can change characters' races and genders. This is not a biopic.
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
The caping for Whiteness for this movie is astounding. Cannot wait for these box office #'s https://t.co/bQdZYfNY4i
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 3, 2017
Oh, Rebecca … bless your heart. Lie down before you really hurt yourself.
The original "Orient Express” tweet was stupefying, and the double-down thread is indescribable. https://t.co/GZbS5dVPd5
— JPGriffith (@JPGriffith) May 3, 2017
Your daily dose of ignorant outrage from our exquisitely-uneducated only-read-the-internet barbarians https://t.co/U9qsXhhoct
— Baby Goat Alliance (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 3, 2017
If you think blue checkmarks are a mark of intelligence, you'll be thoroughly disappointed. https://t.co/CjENXoJFIA
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) May 3, 2017
That awkward moment when you're trying to call other people racist, but reveal that you're both a racist and illiterate. pic.twitter.com/sxJMgW23ae
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC Do you enlightened folks know anything?
— Bones Mckinney (@bones_mckinney) May 3, 2017
@FilmFatale_NYC You really need to delete this post. Everyone knows how dumb you are, and some of us feel bad for you and your ignorance. I'll pray for you.
— King of Gains (@KingOfFit) May 3, 2017
still laughing about that orient express tweet because the laughter is the only thing that stops me form throwing my laptop across the room
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) May 3, 2017
