They judge She-Hulk too muscular and Galadriel not feminine enough. Launched on Disney +, HBO and Amazon Prime respectively, She-Hulk, the dragon house And The rings of power they have to do every week to a minority of very passionate fans.
For them, racialized characters such as Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), Princess Disa (Sophia Nomvete) or the elf Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) would be responsible for the corruption of the original work. They also claim it these series would impose a forced diversity and a wake-up agenda (this anti-racist notion that invites us to stay “awake” to social injustices has been exploited by conservatives). Ties with the far right and conspiracy theorists are never far away.
Review the bombing of the haters
To punish those responsible, these fake and true fans haters practice “review bombing”: they flood database sites such as Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB or Allociné in France with negative ratings, in order to dissuade the public from watching these series.
On rotten tomatoes, The rings of power it has 84% positive reviews from the critical side and only 39% positive reviews from the public side. Same observation for she Hulk (88% and 40%).
On IMDB, the superhero gets a mediocre rating of 5/10. In fact, 37.7% of voters gave it a score of 1/10 … However, according to IMDB’s demographic analysis, it’s the men who give these bad grades the overwhelming majority, especially those aged between 30 and 44 years. The overall rating of the series for women is much higher, a 6.9 / 10.
If it’s easier to troll she Hulk because it has fewer ratings and reviews than the two fantasy blockbusters, the same trend is observed to work on The Power rings with 23.9% ratings at 1/10 on IMDB and still this obvious gap between male and female ratings.
House of the Dragon rather it remains intact since review the bombings, even if the votes of 1/10 still represent 4.7% of the votes. In general, scoring is a male practice.
How the productions respond
In an attempt to stop the car haters racist and misogynist, the productions opt for different strategies. On Amazon Prime, you now have to wait 72 hours to comment on the latest episode published online and Comments are checked before posting.
As for the writers she Hulk – directed and written by women – have seen sexist cyber harassment come from afar. It is within the series itself that they respond with humor. In episode 4, Jennifer (Tatiana Maslany) tells in front of the camera of the return of Wong, a character much loved by fans of the MCU: “It’s like giving the Twitter series armor for a week. ”
From the part of House of the Dragon, Steve Toussaint denounces the hypocrisy of this toxic fringe of the fandom game of Thrones. “They are happy to see a dragon fly. They are happy to see blonde hair and purple eyes, but a rich black man? He is beyond all reasonableness. “
The cast of Power rings spoken collectively:
“ We, the actors and actresses of the Rings of Power, we are united in absolute solidarity against incessant racism, the threats, harassment and abuse that some of our racialized colleagues suffer on a daily basis. We refuse to ignore or tolerate it. “
The release nails the argument that tradition doesn’t include racialized people:
“ JR Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multicultural. A world where free people of different races and cultures come together to defeat the forces of evil. Rings of Power reflects this. […] ”
Already under the pressure of the size of this production, the actors and actresses should not justify the existence of their characters. Luckily, the cast can count the support of many fans and his peers. On Twitter, Elijah Wood, the unforgettable Frodo of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson, posted a photo on which he wears a flocked t-shirt with ears of different colors and shapes. Let’s read this sentence in elven: “Everyone is welcome here. “
Source: Madmoizelle
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