| Maybe the better word is "complicated" | |
| Last Edit: Singapore/Fling 05:10 pm EDT 07/01/21 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:56 pm EDT 07/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Seems hypocritical to be anti-cancel while committing to not spending money to support someone you don't like - chrismpls 04:40 pm EDT 07/01/21 | |
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| "This person should never be allowed to work again" is one extreme of cancel culture, and one that doesn't really pan out too often: even Kevin Spacey is working again. I agree with you that there is a lot of daylight between that extreme and not going to a person's show, but when we look at people who lose jobs because of their behavior, they are losing those jobs because there is the fear that their involvement with that product - film, TV show, play - will negatively affect ticket sales. When someone loses a lot of those jobs, they are talked about as being cancelled. That's where I don't see much daylight in the poster's attempt to separate their approach to MJ from their demand that Ms. Rashad keep her job (presuming that it's in danger). But, if it does turn out that the backlash against Ms. Rashad would eat into ticket sales, is the expectation that MTC should risk losing money in order to defend Ms. Rashad's right to keep working? Or, conversely, should they keep Ms. Rashad because of the fear that people who are against cancel culture might respond to the appearance of canceling Rashas by canceling their subscriptions or plans to buy a ticket to this production? Seems like a minefield in both directions. |
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