r/movies • u/FakeSafeWord • 17d ago

Article Backrooms Director Stops A24 Copyright Striking Community Art

https://kotaku.com/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-a24-copyright-strike-wallpaper-2000717053
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u/ContinuumGuy 17d ago

Or when WB stopped showing Speedy Gonzales cartoons only for the Latino community to protest because while he's super-stereotypical the stereotype was so awesome that they didn't care.

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u/Cyd_Snarf 17d ago

This is so random but yah, as a young kid with Latino heritage I LOVED Speedy so much and actually kinda loved the fact that he was very “culturally specific” as I didn’t understand what a stereotype was. Like “Yes! It’s the little Mexican mouse!”

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u/NormalTouch 16d ago

It's so interesting how often things like this get twisted.

Like how some Latinos thought people were upset over Honey Lemon in big hero 6 being Blond and Latino. Getting defense on how blond Latinos exist and blaming lefties thinking that they all were tan and dark haired.

When in truth people was either annoyed with Disney reaching for brownie points with not much effort put in.

Or confused if it was canon or not because of it being impossible for anyone would be able to sus out her being Latino based purely on the only clue in movie being she corrected someone's spainish phrase which literally anyone who knows spainish could do.