i don’t entirely agree with people who say “you can’t enjoy this piece of media because it’s problematic for all of these reasons.” while there are of course exceptions for exceptionally unacceptable shit i generally think as long as you’re able to acknowledge and filter out the problematic shit without excusing it you should have free license to like what you like.
but the extent to which people will actively deny deadpool had its fair share of iffy jokes is a bit disturbing.
i understand the tendency to defend things you enjoy or like so i’ll chalk the excusals up to selective memory…
but like.
People’s shitty “OMG STOP SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION” reaction to people complaining about the rape/molestation/transmisogyny jokes in Deadpool has infuriated me to the point where I don’t even want to see the movie again. Which sucks, because I generally find Deadpool entertaining and I like Ryan Reynolds, but people have been so profoundly horrible about it that now I can’t help but associate the character in my mind with disgusting people who sent the author of that original ‘deadpool has rape jokes’ post death threats. It’s probably not gonna un-associate itself any time soon, either.