Disney fires 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director James Gunn over 'indefensible' old tweets

[SummerMadness]

Disney fires 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director James Gunn over 'indefensible' old tweets

Disney has severed ties with "Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn after a series of old tweets referencing pedophilia and rape resurfaced online this week.

"The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James' Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio's values, and we have severed our business relationship with him," Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said in a statement to The Times on Friday.

 

[Kenny'sID]

I actually read the tweets, so editing out my misunderstandings.

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

I signed the petition to have him rehired. Disney made a terrible mistake. They only did this because of the on going merger deal with Fox. What makes this all worse is the group that brought up the tweets is a far alt-right group who wanted him fired because Rosanne got fired from her own show. That group doesn't actually care about anything, they do it for the "lols". Years ago he apologized for these tweets and said he was trying to be "edgy" comedy wise. Hes since grown out of that phase and changed. Its been almost 10 years since those tweets.

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

I signed the petition to have him rehired. Disney made a terrible mistake. They only did this because of the on going merger deal with Fox. What makes this all worse is the group that brought up the tweets is a far alt-right group who wanted him fired because Rosanne got fired from her own show. That group doesn't actually care about anything, they do it for the "lols". Years ago he apologized for these tweets and said he was trying to be "edgy" comedy wise. Hes since grown out of that phase and changed. Its been almost 10 years since those tweets.

If a person can be held responsible for innuendo's and actions done years ago re: #MeToo, then what a person submits to the web should be equally weighed.

Just for the record, there is no way in any facet of comedy that those tweets could be construed as such.... imo, he is just trying to do damage control for himself. Kind of like if I killed someone and then told the judge it was only meant as comedy....

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

I signed the petition to have him rehired. Disney made a terrible mistake. They only did this because of the on going merger deal with Fox. What makes this all worse is the group that brought up the tweets is a far alt-right group who wanted him fired because Rosanne got fired from her own show. That group doesn't actually care about anything, they do it for the "lols". Years ago he apologized for these tweets and said he was trying to be "edgy" comedy wise. Hes since grown out of that phase and changed. Its been almost 10 years since those tweets.

Just curious, do you support Roman Polanski?

 

[συνείδησις]

It's fitting when the left gets caught in its own web of intolerance.

 

[mala]

Just curious, do you support Roman Polanski?

not that i'm defending james gunn but unlike polanski he didn't actually have sex with an underage girl.

 

[SkyWriting]

Disney fires 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director James Gunn over 'indefensible' old tweets

There goes my dream of working for Disney someday.

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

not that i'm defending james gunn but unlike polanski he didn't actually have sex with an underage girl.

No, he just fantasized about it on a public platform like twitter... hence, why he lost his job.

 

[Desk trauma]

not that i'm defending james gunn but unlike polanski he didn't actually have sex with an underage girl.

Polanski didn’t “have sex with an underage girl” he drugged and raped a 13 year old girl, orally, vaginally and rectally.

 

[Goonie]

No, he just fantasized about it on a public platform like twitter... hence, why he lost his job.

There is a big difference, between edgy comedian and child rapist that is Roman Polanski.

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

There is a big difference, between edgy comedian and child rapist that is Roman Polanski.

What he tweeted is not "edgy comedy" anymore than Kathy Griffin holding the beheaded Trump prop. If anyone finds these two things funny, then I am thankfully not of the world.

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

Polanski didn’t “have sex with an underage girl” he drugged and raped a 13 year old girl, orally, vaginally and rectally.

Sad that so many Hollywood elites support the guy.... says a lot about our culture despite what we think of ourselves, imo.

 

[SummerMadness]

Sad that so many Hollywood elites support the guy.... says a lot about our culture despite what we think of ourselves, imo.

I don't understand this response. The man made crass jokes a decade ago. When he was hired by Disney, these jokes were brought to the forefront, to which he acknowledged them, apologized for it, and took full responsibility for what he wrote. A decade later, a rapist spammed these tweets at Disney to get them to fire him, much like he did with Sam Seder in 2017. As a corporate structure, Disney took the safest route and fired Gunn, but you're saying you have a problem with "Hollywood elites" supporting him?

As it stands, this more likely about people unhappy with Roseanne being fired, but those are very different scenarios. Roseanne's comments were current, she apologized then retracted her apology, the online response to her tweets came about because people followed her as opposed to a right-wing rapist targeting the person.

I understand the firing, but faux outrage is just that, faux outrage.

 

[συνείδησις]

Sad that so many Hollywood elites support the guy.... says a lot about our culture despite what we think of ourselves, imo.

Pedophilia is apparently rampant there. They stick up for their own. The sooner America turns their backs on Hollywood the better.

 

[συνείδησις]

I don't understand this response. The man made crass jokes a decade ago. When he was hired by Disney, these jokes were brought to the forefront, to which he acknowledged them, apologized for it, and took full responsibility for what he wrote. A decade later, a rapist spammed these tweets at Disney to get them to fire him, much like he did with Sam Seder in 2017. As a corporate structure, Disney took the safest route and fired Gunn, but you're saying you have a problem with "Hollywood elites" supporting him?

That tells you right there that pedophilia and Disney don't go together... Well... at least when it becomes public. IF what you say is true, why didn't that guy go back and delete what he considered to be wrong. Sorry. Doesn't add up.

 

[SummerMadness]

That tells you right there that pedophilia and Disney don't go together... Well... at least when it becomes public. IF what you say is true, why didn't that guy go back and delete what he considered to be wrong. Sorry. Doesn't add up.

Apparently, you are unaware of Gunn addressing these tweets back in 2012. It's not a matter of "if what you say is true," you are simply ignorant of the facts, which adds to faux outrage on display here. For you, this is about Gunn's anti-Trump tweets, so you are feigning concern about the humor.

 

[SummerMadness]

Pedophilia is apparently rampant there. They stick up for their own. The sooner America turns their backs on Hollywood the better.

Hollywood is America, both the good and the bad.

 

[συνείδησις]

Hollywood is America, both the good and the bad.

That's certainly the myth Hollywood wants America to believe. Job security, yano. America needs to drive it into bankruptcy.

 

[variant]

It's fitting when the left gets caught in its own web of intolerance.

What exactly are we being called to tolerate here?