I’m far from a hater. Steinberg is doing her best with the scripts she’s being given. I maintain that the sexual orientation of the showrunner is irrelevant. I just want original storytelling, and this series is about as unoriginal as it gets.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Amandia Sternberg plays the twin leads in Disney+'s latest Star Wars show > "The Acolyte," which besides the usual nitpicking of Star Wars geeks is > getting the usual whining whenever Blacks and/or women are the leads in the > franchise, plus whining over showrunner Leslye Headland being a lesbian and > a remark Sternberg made in 2018 in a Trevor Noah interview that the film > she was promoting back then, "The Hate U Give," was designed "to make white > people cry"--Sternberg has responded by putting out on Instagram a music > video of a rap aimed directly at the criticism, with the chorus "we so > bored don't f--k wit yo discourse" [sic]--the video is embedded in the > below link: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-acolyte-amandla-stenberg-song-fan-backlash-1235928616/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a425128e-5a45-419b-8301-69517b2bde35n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a425128e-5a45-419b-8301-69517b2bde35n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BHO9quRNo%3Dr2tj7VhUSKVW6z3RCY-Wf_48T6eCddJuoQ%40mail.gmail.com.
