DHOPW42 wrote: ↑August 17th, 2018, 2:33 am
I have to be honest, I still have a weird problem with this whole situation, even after these leaked photos. I will try to make my point clear.
I've only seen two of these photos, where they simply pose in front of the camera in their respective "characters". I didn't find them shocking or disgusting in any way, the most I could say is that they were in bad taste. But wasn't that a
private party? And also, we still have to bear in mind that Gunn comes from the world of Troma, a - correct me if I'm wrong - independent, small film studio that was huge when it came to shock humor and Grindhouse-style exploitation B-films. That's where he comes from.
First of all, I'm not saying that just because you love shock comedy or any type of harsher comedy, you cannot be held accountable for anything you say. That, of course, is not true. But I am still missing the moment where Gunn turned out to be MORE than just a guy who's trying to prove something when it comes to the style of comedy he and his friends love and grew up with.
I mean I don't find it funny, none of his Tweets are funny in a comedic sense in my eyes, but I still fail to see where it turns out to be something other than a comedic attempt. I still fail to see the point where Gunn crossed any actual line.
People are saying things like "Okay NOW I'm sorry I defended Gunn", but... I honestly don't get why it's upsetting that a circle of friends, grown-up people, dress up as priests and underage girls. As a joke, at a private party.
We could say that it was a mistake that he uploaded those to a public blog, but we only say that it's a mistake in hindsight. Because now he's a guy who helmed two huge Disney films.
So the most I could say is that those photos are in bad taste, because even in our time, sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is a horrifying and true phenomenon, so in this way the photos are insensitive, but... to me this is really far from being disgusting or something that could make me say that I was wrong to defend Gunn (which I actually never did).
I understand to a degree why people find this inappropriate, but I think there are certain levels of "inappropriate behavior" and the most that can be said about Gunn, based on evidence, is that he always manages to offend a large number of people with his comedy. (I know he's not a comedian - when I say comedy in this context, I simply mean that Gunn, I'm sure, doesn't mean all this stuff) So I've yet to see some evidence of Gunn being a twisted, dangerous person other than tweets and images that were definitely meant as jokes - inappropriate jokes about sensitive topics, but still.
And you also need to see the hypocrisy in this: people who are leaking stuff about Gunn are most probably fans of the guy who was actually caught saying really horrible and real things about women, people of color, other countries and nations, a guy whose lies have been caught not several but almost an infinite number of times. I don't want to get into "whataboutism", so I'm not saying that, just because Trump is still President despite every real evidence that he's unfit for office, Gunn should stay as director at Disney. I'm just saying that this whole thing looks suspiciously like a political attack on Gunn - for reasons beyond me.
