Out of sheer morbid curiosity, as an autist and a writer, things like this fascinate me. I like to know what not to do and how to avoid it where possible. That doesn't mean it's never happened to me, though, there's been a few times.
Now, I'm not talking about like gay characters in a show and you're not into that thing. I'm mean the media equivalent of receiving a great blowjob and then suddenly you get a finger in your ass that wasn't part of the original offer.
Mine is the show, The Magicians. I knew it would be lefty-leaning because that's just how the books were and the cast was diverse in hollywood's favorite way. That said, I was in for some trash and the fastforward button was for the parts I didn't like. 3 seasons in, I like the dumb plots and the sudden twists, then, the show decided to pull some stupid fucking meta and lecture the audience: Rasheed starts to lecture us that you're a racist, sexist, bigot if you don't watch/read something because the main character isn't white and male. After that, I completely skip a couple episodes, because fuck that bullshit. I calmed down and the first episode I watch, they killed the main fucking character, a white male. Series goes on, I do not. The whole fucking scene was the producers trying to guilt the audience into not rage-quitting the show by calling us bigots. After that, I decided I was never watching another syfyllis network show again, or one with a racially diverse cast, especially no Rasheeds.
I can't watch modern day shows about historical figures.
It was so refreshing to see the new version of 'All Quiet On The Western Front' because they tried to maintain actual integrity in their casting.
If you cast like retards I don't even give it a chance. Saves me a lot of time.
Actually just re-watched Lawrence of Arabia and Guinness in blackface was a much better actor than Omar Sharif (who did a good job) which I found pretty amusing.
I heard that was good. I’ve been meaning to get the book as well
See it on a big screen or in 4K, it is a film that is truly once in a lifetime. It isn't a good film but it does things that could not be repeated no matter how much technology advances.
I'm not a huge fan of O'Toole in it simply because the complexity of the character is too much for him but my god the set locations are stunning. Unbelievable choreography and cinematography. A true gem.
Not too often you get to see a 4 hour film with no female lines either. It is a complex oddity.