David Bridges
The MCU’s had a tough go within the years since Avengers: Endgame introduced the Infinity Saga to an in depth. Everybody’s made their emotions on the films’ inconsistency fairly identified, particularly recently, however apparently there’s a restrict to who can dish some smack speak.
In case you hadn’t heard but, Jamie Lee Curtis dished her personal ideas on the MCU’s present high quality. Whereas doing promo for subsequent week’s Borderlands, she was requested about Marvel’s present part, to which she responded: “Dangerous.” Naturally, it went viral, and issues escalated from there. She later apologized, calling her remark “silly, and I’ll do higher. I’ve reached out to Kevin Feige, and can now not play in that mud slinging sandbox of competitors we name the web.”
Accepting each proper & unsuitable solutions on any Marvel trivia questions @JoshuaHorowitz or I ask 🤭
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— MTV (@MTV) July 30, 2024
This can be a very bizarre scenario Curtis is in, as a result of she’s not saying something significantly vicious. Once more, folks have been fairly express about considering the latest phases haven’t been as robust as earlier ones, and infrequently significantly harsher than Curtis. This isn’t even the primary time she’s taken swipes on the franchise; again when Physician Unusual 2 got here out, she referred to as its most important poster a ripoff of 1 from Every little thing In all places All at As soon as. It additionally doesn’t seem to be anybody at Marvel’s overtly felt a approach about her feedback like they did when Martin Scorcese or different filmmakers have made comparable statements. After her apology, Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds threw her a lifeline by declaring the double commonplace at play.
A few of that is twisted up in Curtis being in Disney’s Haunted Mansion reboot and at the moment filming Freaky Friday 2. By that lens, certain, she most likely shouldn’t be speaking shit, however Deadpool additionally takes an much more pointed jab on the MCU within the movie correct. If Disney is the one who acquired her to subject an apology, they’ll’t actually have it each methods. And if it was simply because of public outcry…too unhealthy? Jamie Lee Curtis is 65 years outdated, and she or he ought to get to crack jokes or not like films different folks do. Followers have been progressively transformed into ballistic missiles for companies to make use of when wanted, and it’s a not nice signal that this occurred within the first place.
Marvel’s going to get better from its tough patch ultimately, and Deadpool & Wolverine’s on the trail to creating $1 billion and taking the highest spot for a lot of’s “better of 2024” lists. Let Curtis and anybody else reside their reality–if you wish to let folks get pleasure from issues, you must also allow them to freely be the largest haters.
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