If Hollywood distances itself from Ta-Nehisi Coates, will the comics industry do the same?
As Israel's war against Hamas, following the jihadist organization's bloodbath in southern Israel on October 7, continues, most leftist comic creators seem to be avoiding divisive statements publicly. However, there is one author who's worked in comicdom who's also gotten jobs in Hollywood who's now facing calls for shunning, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and as reported by Screen Daily:
But if Hollywood's now willing to put some distance between themselves and Coates, will the comics industry be willing to follow suit? Lest we forget, there's Muslim writers like Saladin Ahmed and G. Willow Wilson who made offensive statements in the past, and hopefully, the medium's been moving away from employing them any longer. But there's still quite a ways to go, and the comics industry now has a lot of soul-searching to do over how they failed the legacies of Jewish creators and publishers who began the industry in the Golden Age.
For now, it's to be hoped that Coates will be dropped by the talent agency in Tinseltown. He's left quite a stain on any comics he's written, based on the far-left positions he's been embracing, and it'll take ages to mend their reputations.
Update: since we're on the subject, it's also important to note that a certain actress who recently co-starred in a very woke take on Blue Beetle, has been blacklisted. From the NY Post:
Over at UTA, some agents reportedly believe client and author Ta-Nehisi Coates should be dropped after he led an open letter last month calling for the international community to back an end to the “catastrophe unfolding in Gaza” and seek a just political solution to Palestine.By all means, Mr. Coates most definintely should be kept away from Hollywood, and he practically should've been blacklisted years ago, long before Marvel ever allowed him to write any of their comics, based on Coates' repellent view of 9-11. There's legitimate arguements one can make that, why only now is anybody willing to consider ostracizing and blacklisting the worst of politicized left-wing writers, when there was valid reason to be concerned years before? What Coates did is offensive to the Jewish creators of the comics he was given the privilege of writing, including - and not limited to - Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, creators of Black Panther. I most definitely do not want to read Coates' comics any more than his books if that's how he's going to behave.
But if Hollywood's now willing to put some distance between themselves and Coates, will the comics industry be willing to follow suit? Lest we forget, there's Muslim writers like Saladin Ahmed and G. Willow Wilson who made offensive statements in the past, and hopefully, the medium's been moving away from employing them any longer. But there's still quite a ways to go, and the comics industry now has a lot of soul-searching to do over how they failed the legacies of Jewish creators and publishers who began the industry in the Golden Age.
For now, it's to be hoped that Coates will be dropped by the talent agency in Tinseltown. He's left quite a stain on any comics he's written, based on the far-left positions he's been embracing, and it'll take ages to mend their reputations.
Update: since we're on the subject, it's also important to note that a certain actress who recently co-starred in a very woke take on Blue Beetle, has been blacklisted. From the NY Post:
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has been dropped by top Hollywood agency UTA after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America,” Page Six can reveal.Sarandon's presence alone could be a good enough reason for the Blue Beetle adaptation to crash, and hopefully, her next 3 productions will too. I sure don't feel like watching most of her past movies again after this.
The 77-year-old actress has spent the past few weeks raging against Israel and is now under fire for her latest outburst in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Sources say several staffers at UTA were extremely hurt by Sarandon’s comments.
A UTA spokesperson told Page Six Tuesday the agency is no longer representing Sarandon.
Sarandon, the star of hit movies including “Thelma & Louise,” won her Oscar for “Dead Man Walking,” and had been a client of UTA since 2014.
Sarandon has appeared in two movies this year, DC spin-off “Blue Beetle,” which was a box-office flop, and rom-com “Maybe I Do,” with fellow veterans Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and William H. Macy, and has three other films in post-production.
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