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Some never-satisfied wokesters are reportedly trying to cancel, at least rhetorically, some retroactively “problematic” (to use one of the left’s favorite words) holiday movies that families across America traditionally gather around during Christmas to watch together.
The much-beloved and inspirational 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life with James Stewart and Donna Reed apparently has not avoided condemnation. Referring to Stewart’s lead character, “George Bailey was an emotionally-abusive and a manipulative misogynist,” one Twitter user claimed.
Another lamented the lack of diversity in Bedford Falls, the fictional location of what is considered one of the greatest movies of all time.
According to the New York Post, other films subject to progressive panning from “woke wannabe film critics” through the application of year-zero standards include The Holiday, a somewhat edgy romcom from 2006 that starred Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black (too much toxic masculinity and other forms of male misbehavior).
“While many Americans find comfort in reruns of these films, some Scrooge-like viewers claim the Christmas classics should be thrown out like an unwanted gift,” the Post quipped.
Others that are supposedly not measuring up to woke criteria are The Santa Clause starring Tim Allen (1994), now deemed too fat-phobic, and Jingle All the Way (a 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle), described in an apparently now-deleted tweet as “a deeply problematic s–t fest about late capitalism.”
The multi-storyline cult film Love Actually (2003), which is cringe-worthy for several other reasons, has also “made politically correct critics furious,” the Post asserted, in the context of one plot thread in which smitten now-Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln (much earlier in his acting career, obviously) essentially stalks his best friend’s wife.
As a side note, It’s a Wonderful Life is unique in that it celebrates individualism and personal responsibility, as well as cohesive communities working together (without government bailouts), and condemns predatory capitalism.
The woke contingent may not be fully aware that the family-friendly Hallmark cable channels have been running a 24/7, feel-good, Christmas movie marathon for at least a month with content that might be considered problematic to some degree.
At the risk of oversimplification, the plots of the Hallmark movies generally consist of some variation of the following that may run counter to traditional tenets of feminism, but which seem to be resonating with an audience:
An ambitious career woman returns to her close-knit hometown for Christmas (or to address a family issue). There she reunites with her brawny and earthy high school sweetheart in the course of some community charitable endeavor. She ultimately decides to part ways with the corporate life and her boring ladder-climbing boyfriend in favor of the more authentic and nurturing small-town ambiance.
Twitter users reacting to the Post article implied, among other things, that woke critics of a harmless Christmas-themed film, as probably small in number as they might be, have forgotten that it’s just a movie (*warning for language).
Just enjoy whatever movies you want to enjoy. Nobody cares.
— TheAmishNerd (@TheAmishNerd) December 8, 2021
“Woke wannabe film critics”… that means a bunch of unemployed, unhappy, mentally unstable, undesirable individuals try to ruin whatever people enjoys cuz they have no joy in their lives
— Idiot Sandwich (@acreepybunny) December 9, 2021
Hey woke f*cks…if you don’t want to watch it, change the damn channel! So if you woke cupcakes don’t like guns in movies, I can’t watch “Goodfellas”?! Foh!
Change the damn channel!— IrishHDRider (@hickey_irish) December 9, 2021
Nobody I know in real life says things like that. It’s just a bunch of people with no life seeking the attention that the media likes to give them.
— Unwoke (@USA_Alpha76) December 9, 2021
Listen I am a black man and I always loved the movie “it’s a Wonderful Life” it is a beautiful film!! Try just enjoying the message instead of making a big deal of this non inclusion crap. This film fits everyone!!!
— iamtherealme (@iamtherealme2) December 8, 2021
Jude Law hardly demonstrates “toxic masculinity” in The Holiday. Have these “critics” even seen the movie? He plays a metro, single father who sobs over a girl.
— brad (@lyman_bradford) December 9, 2021
More like groggy.
— Carla C. Clemons (@CarlaCClemons1) December 9, 2021
tell em’ girl
— Enrique Botello (@bote_lloon) December 8, 2021
Lefties exist to suck all the joy out of life
— GrimV (@GrimV2112) December 9, 2021
The reason these people have a voice, is cause news outlets give them a platform. Is this really newsworthy?
— GGEZ (@DIOisOP) December 8, 2021
Waiting for somebody to cancel Little Lord Fauntleroy because Ricky Schroder contributed to the bail of Kyle Rittenhouse 😂
— Tilman Hausherr (@Passwort12345) December 9, 2021
Times have changed, our mothers have chosen strong and respectable men. The modern woman chooses soft and reserved men. This is how the spirit of the times is constantly changing.
— Real SEPPO (@real_seppo) December 8, 2021
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