“Brave New World had a difficult press tour after Mackie described the eponymous protagonist as a man with “honour, dignity and integrity,” and that such qualities did not currently represent America.
The viral clip was quick to anger Republicans, who called for the movie to be boycotted, with some going so far as to describe it as “woke garbage.” Conservative political commentator Dan Bongino shared a clip on X of Mackie’s remarks and wrote: “Another s*** movie I won’t be seeing.””
(the following is aimed solely at the article writer, Greg Evans, and other individuals brought up in the article, NOT jason or anyone in this thread, in case someone besides him reads this but fails to read Jason’s prior post)
That’s NOT what he fucking said, Greg Evans at MSN, you fucking lying shit. “Currently”? When he did say that word? Honestly, even official press are now not only twisting his words, but adding words he didn’t say, fucking wow.
His actual quote: “To me, Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don’t think the term “America” should be one of those representations”, and anyone who isn’t a ragebait seeking grifter and whose brain functions normally and isn’t all, “AHMERICA is the greatest nation that ever existed, we have freedom like no other, and we should nuke anyone who disagrees!” could look at the quote and rationally go, “oh, because many people of many nations have those qualities Mackie mentioned like honor, dignity, and integrity.” Notice how Mackie used the phrase “term” before America and not “country”. You know, it would be awesome if these witch hunters would have basic reading comprehension, but let’s be real, most of them probably knew what he actually meant and were ready to crucify him anyway.
Also, because anyone who actually knows the character all knows Captain America never represented the country, he represents who each citizen should strive to be like. Honestly, it’s a BAD look for every single person who whined about Mackie’s comment because it makes each of those people look lazy and entitled and want to be considered awesome purely because of the country they were born in, no, fuck that, you each earn your integrity, you don’t get it handed to you because you were born in a nation.
Also, “woke garbage”? A) an actor who did not write the movie does not necessarily represent the film’s script, and B) some of the negative reviews have complained about the film lacking any real political angles. Once again, some of the anti-woke are becoming the very drama queen clowns they detest.
And hey, Dan Bongino, whoever the fuck you are, go fuck yourself. Lord knows your side likes to accuse the other side of being snowflakes, but look at you, letting actor’s comments which don’t have any impact on the movie affect your decision because the Big Bad Mean Mackie hurt your feelings and you have to cuddle up with your American Flag blanket as you proceed to join the witch hunt like all the other brainless parrots. But let’s be real, Dan, you were never seeing it to begin with, so if you’re going to be a little bitch, at least be a honest one.