Even those with immeasurable talent

How is this still a story? Also, not everything is shaming.

They could have...and presumably lose out on future specials he might do for them.

Maybe the coolest theme song ever. Never would’ve guessed that tone would work with the description of this show, but it really does.

The guy above already said this.

At least you went original.

And there are plenty of accomplished people speaking out against what I described above who have never been quoted as saying anything bigoted at all.

The anti-cancel culture side. People keep talking about it like it’s a few old white people who want to keep saying offensive things without getting flamed on Twitter. Clearly, it isn’t.

I think he mostly likes poking the bear. And it’s the easiest bear in the world to poke.

The woke internet: preaching kindness while telling everyone who doesn’t stick to the script that they seem dumb.

At this point, so many different people have come down on this side that to reduce it to just a few people who want to keep making offensive jokes is dishonest.

Cold of him to edit his daughter out completely, but I guess that was what was required.

Eventually, it gets hard not to notice that pretty much everyone who has actually accomplished something is on one side of these kinds of arguments (anti cancel culture, hysterical wokeness is embarrassing and counterproductive) while the other side is, well, the kind of people who write for the AV Club, Jezebel, etc.

So “John Cleese hopes trans people are happy and that people could treat them kindly” could have also been the headline. And yet.

Appreciate you commenting on here. I’m curious - while you obviously don’t represent an entire community, is there anything you’d consider a satisfactory “reaching out” to the autistic community short of casting an autistic actor for this part?

Then she would be lambasted for not “listening” to the criticism, and she would be asked about it in every interview. I’m not saying this approach is necessarily better, but ultimately it seemed like it was going to result in mostly the same thing.

Exactly. If everyone put in this situation handles it badly, then what is handling it well beyond groveling for an apology and doing what the mob is asking for?

Isn’t it time for a White Panther?

None of these characters are real people.

Appreciate the thoughtful response. It just seems like a lot more would have to go wrong, and take a lot longer, for any of the directors you referenced to get to the level that Columbus is at now. I guess it’s a sign that my framework is outdated, but I feel like pre-Netflix he’d be allowed to direct at least…