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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
It’s been reported that Tara Strong has been removed from upcoming noir-themed adult animation Boxtown. Although she was due to play the leading role of Bill the Orphan in the series, opposite Gravity Falls creator and voice actor Alex Hirsch, Strong has now been let go from the show and will be replaced. No reason has been given as yet for the move, but the timing certainly suggests it’s in response to the current controversy.
She'd not be the first person targeted for Cancel Culture over this conflict, and in many ways it's more understandable for people to expect the best moral code apply to Twilight Sparkle than a porn star, at least assuming Strong was let go for her tweets rather than pissing in someone's cheerios. Of course, Mia Khalifa was celebrating spree shooters targeting civilians, along with advising those shooters to improve their cell phone video game. What, precisely, did Strong say?
This isn't the first time that I've seen a cancellation effort target overstated reactions in sympathy to the victims of a massacre. I don't know that Boxtownmatters, in any serious way, and it's quite likely that none of Strong's other gigs so much as complain. But I don't like that we're just a couple hits from making a pattern.
She's part of a league of voice actors with a lately very overinflated sense of importance that has thrown their weight behind various progressive cause celebres. I wouldn't be able to recall anything specifically to her name, but the few times she showed in my Twitter feed was the kind of right-on, fuck-the-other-team hot takes that conform with the rest of her field.
I'm a little surprised to see her 'canceled' over what seems to be a very mainstream take that isn't clothed in the usual pro-Palestinian sentiments often displayed by her 'team'. But I'm not sure what else it could be.
Regardless of how I feel about 'cancel culture' overall (which is irrelevant) or the reasons why she may have been booted, she doesn't engender my sympathy. But it's just one gig and she has a large fanbase cultivated over many years. I'd wager this is a blip and she'll survive fine with all her other work and with no long-term consequence.
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She'd not be the first person targeted for Cancel Culture over this conflict, and in many ways it's more understandable for people to expect the best moral code apply to Twilight Sparkle than a porn star, at least assuming Strong was let go for her tweets rather than pissing in someone's cheerios. Of course, Mia Khalifa was celebrating spree shooters targeting civilians, along with advising those shooters to improve their cell phone video game. What, precisely, did Strong say?
Oh.
This isn't the first time that I've seen a cancellation effort target overstated reactions in sympathy to the victims of a massacre. I don't know that Boxtown matters, in any serious way, and it's quite likely that none of Strong's other gigs so much as complain. But I don't like that we're just a couple hits from making a pattern.
Is there any indication other than insinuations that Strong was removed precisely due to her comments on this issue?
She's part of a league of voice actors with a lately very overinflated sense of importance that has thrown their weight behind various progressive cause celebres. I wouldn't be able to recall anything specifically to her name, but the few times she showed in my Twitter feed was the kind of right-on, fuck-the-other-team hot takes that conform with the rest of her field.
I'm a little surprised to see her 'canceled' over what seems to be a very mainstream take that isn't clothed in the usual pro-Palestinian sentiments often displayed by her 'team'. But I'm not sure what else it could be.
Regardless of how I feel about 'cancel culture' overall (which is irrelevant) or the reasons why she may have been booted, she doesn't engender my sympathy. But it's just one gig and she has a large fanbase cultivated over many years. I'd wager this is a blip and she'll survive fine with all her other work and with no long-term consequence.
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