Subj : Re: Chelsea
To   : REBECCA MARIE
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Thu Sep 01 2022 16:33:00

Back when Star Wars - The Force Awakens was filmed and released, at the
request of the Chinese government, Disney removed co-star John Boyega from
all advertising in the Chinese market.  As I look at your list, I suspect
the ones that are truely cancelled (i.e. you cannot watch, find, or buy
them anywere -- and I only see one!) happened not because of "conservative
Americans" but because they are Disney properties and they could not get
them past the CCP.
 
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| - Lightyear, because there was an LGBT couple.
 
Still available to rent or buy or stream.  As for why it failed in the box
office, most review sites I found say it was because of Disney+ and the
ability to now wait only ~6 weeks to watch it at home.  There may be some
people who didn't see it because of the LGBT couple, but that doesn't seem
to explain the poor box office showing.  Also, Disney.
 
| - Thor: Love & Thunder because of Valkyrie's bi-sexuality
 
Still available.
 
| - The live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, because there was a three
|   second scene showing a display of same sex attraction
 
Disney.  I don't see where they have stopped this project.
 
| - Another life, because of one of the characters is non-binary
 
Never heard of it, so maybe you did get one right.
 
| - The not-even-finished Little Meraid live-action remake, because Ariel will
|   be played by an African-American actress
 
Disney.  If a black co-star had to be removed from all Chinese advertising,
a black star (who cannot so easily be removed) would never have flown for
the CCP.
 
| - Captain Marvel, because of Brie Larsen
 
Not only is this movie available to rent and buy on Amazon, so are several
collectable figures of Brie as Capt. Marvel, as well as several women's
Captian Marvel costumes.  Not very cancelled.  It seemed to me like most
negative noise made about Larsen as Marvel was from comic book lovers who
couldn't stand one of their favorite characters being changed so much.
 
As you seem to know your comic characters, I am having a difficult time
assuming that "comic book lovers = conservatives."
 
Circle back when female Captain Marvel, and any other finished projects
above, become as difficult to obtain as a copy of "And to Think that I Saw
it on Mulberry Street."
 
| - Numerous books in various school libraries across the bible belt because
|   the books mention LGBTQ characters or families
+-[RM=>MP]
 
When these get removed these days, it is usually no longer because of the
mention of the characters but because of the sexual content not being age
appropriate.
 
There was a school board meeting in NJ or NY (far outside the bible belt)
within the past 6 weeks where a parent attempted to read a passage out of one
such book available in their kid's school library.  He was prevented from
doing so because he was told he could not read "pornography" during the
meeting as there might be children watching the live-feed over the Internet.
 
So, it is ok for the "pornography" (the boardmember's words, not the
parent) to be on the school book shelf for the kids to pick up and read,
but not ok for a parent to read it to them over the live-feed.
 
Last I heard, the book was not withdrawn.  The political leanings of the
parent who spoke at the meeting were also not obvious.  You could assume
"conservative" but my very-not-conservative sister and her husband would
have problems with their kids obtaining "pornography" at their elementary
or junior high libraries.
 
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