Movie Review: Ghost Busters Afterlife (2021) "Racist! Something Trump Would Do!"

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Leslie Jones Says 'Racist' Reaction to Female 'Ghostbusters' Made Her Cry

David Ng | Breitbart (USA) | 20 September 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/09/20/leslie-jones-says-racist-reaction-to-female-ghostbusters-made-her-cry

Excerpt: In an excerpt from her new memoirs, Leslie Fucking Jones, published in Rolling Stone magazine, the actress called out "racist" online trolls, saying their mean-spirited comments made her cry. She also attacked Ghostbusters: Afterlife director (((Jason Reitman))) for publicly dissing her movie when he said he wanted to hand the franchise "back to the fans."

A few years ago, Jones publicly attacked Afterlife, calling it "something Trump would do."

She even blamed a European journalist who had the nerve to dislike her movie, admitting to wanting to physically assault the reporter.

"Why would the world be so against a female Ghostbusters — it's iconic!" Jones wrote. "What does that say about everyone? I think if we'd made it now, things might — might — be different, who knows."

She added sarcastically: "Oh, no — I forgot about the reaction to the Black [sic] mermaid" — a reference to the poor public reception for Disney's live-action, multi-racial remake of The Little Mermaid.

"Sad keyboard warriors living in their mothers' basements hated the fact that this hallowed work of perfect art now featured—gasp! horror! — women in the lead roles," she wrote. "Worst of all, of course, was that one of the lead characters was a Black woman. For some men this was the final straw."

Jones said the nasty comments — which, she claimed, included death threats — eventually led her to leave Twitter.

"I remember crying and thinking, This is the first time I had ever seen it so bad. How do y'all all get together to bully a person? It wasn't as if I'd committed a crime or something — I was being bullied over a movie, over playing a part in a movie," she wrote.

In the excerpt, Jones didn't address a predominant criticism of her Ghostbusters character — that she was a gross caricature of a black woman that played on the worst racial and gender stereotypes.

Instead, the actress has nothing but kind words for director Paul Feig and her co-stars, and makes no mention of the movie's screenplay.

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Ghost Busters Afterlife

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