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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
She really does play a trope in this movie, though.
And when the most public face of your movie pretty much calls anyone that doesn't like it a bunch of mysoginistic racists, aren't you kinda calling down the thunder anyway? Besides, let's not act like Jones just sat back like a wilting daisy here. I presume you saw the numerous screen caps of her emptying both barrels on several dozen people. Her response to the trolls only brought more of them, especially when she went roaring down the racist misogynist path herself (and pretty much went full on '**** whitey' there towards the end).
For me the casting was just tired. Wiig plays this same role in pretty much every movie now, doesn't she? Exasperated straight girl? I'm also firmly in the 'can't stand Melissa McCarthy' camp. She was funnyish in Spy but other than that, I've pretty much not found a single vehicle of hers that I liked. And as already noted, Leslie Jones played a stereotype. Maybe it's just my limited exposure to her on SNL, but it seems like she plays a stereotype in just about every skit on SNL as well. Kate McKinnon just looks like she's there to chew scenery and be some kind of bizarro 'manic pixie dream girl'. Perhaps I'm totally mis-reading it, but the over the top quirky character is just not in my wheelhouse.
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I stated early on in this thread that it was a horrible idea that was clearly a money grab because what worked about the original film was the chemistry between the actors. It could have been about race cars or football or golf (Oop!,
Caddyshack already did that with the same people), etc. and it still would have been funny. The story was irrelevant.
As for Jones, I don't know how I would have handled that situation. I'd like to think that I'd just shut down my Twitter account immediately but she's a person and was angry, too. People calling her a gorilla and "The source of AIDS" (which is a pretty good one, actually) and so on set her off.
But it's a bad look by everyone involved, especially over a dopey movie that most people on this planet will never see.