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New 'Captain America' film flies into Trumpian headwinds

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By Andrew MARSZAL and Adam PLOWRIGHT

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It's not the fault of President Trump and the 77 million people who voted for him that Hollywood has been churning out garbage the past couple of decades.

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"Captain America represents a lot of different things, and I don't think the term 'America' should be one of those representations,"

quite stupid thing to say when you are a Black guy filling the role of a well established white character,

he did it to himself.

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quite stupid thing to say when you are a Black guy filling the role of a well established white character,

Do you people only see color? Captain America meaning the only requirement is being American

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Looks like a decent enough movie if the actors would shut up and just act.

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I mean if you know nothing about the character, comics, and I guess movies at this point sure, seeing a black captain America is maybe jarring to your fragile brain. It’s like when you see a cop or white suprimist with a Punisher shirt not realizing those are the people punisher kills lol

your offended like, 35 years late haha

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Well, yeah, it features a president that doesn't disgrace himself openly.

-2 ( +6 / -8 )

These movies have become tiresome. I wish this super hero trend would hurry up an end.

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When a film has had three different release dates, five screenwriters and six months of reshoots – plus a mid-production title change, political whining is the least of its problems.

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I stopped watching "American Hero" movies decades ago.

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It was actually the director, “Nigerian-born Julius Onah” who insisted the lines be added.

so you MUST care. Your rules,

-6 ( +4 / -10 )

Previously, he had been Captain Canada.

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I am really tired of the super hero movies.

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Hollywood has only itself to blame, they made great movies for a long time and Marvel was no exception, but their wokeness and conservative anti-American hate costed them millions, you can have any opinion you want, but when you go off the rails the way many of these celebs have gone, the backlash will be hard and heavy.

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Looks like a decent enough movie if the actors would shut up and just act.

Make movies silent again! Chaplin is the next maga hero!

I kept hearing that Hollywood liberalism was dead but the usuals are still here upset about a form of entertainment they don’t like.

they made great movies for a long time and Marvel was no exception, but their wokeness and conservative anti-American hate costed them millions

Sure they lost millions on some projects but made billions on others. Disney are making record profits. Nothing to get upset about, you like capitalism right.

the backlash will be hard and heavy.

Against Harrison Ford? Sure, dream on.

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It was actually the director, “Nigerian-born Julius Onah” who insisted the lines be added. 

so you MUST care. Your rules,

"if we can't see the good in each other, we've already lost the fight."

What upsets you about this?

Would you prefer a South African to say it?

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To claim that "America" shouldn't have anything to do with "Captain America" is beyond a stupid assertion, LOL. But we're supposed to applaud this DEI clown like he's just said something world-shaking and profound. LOL.

Meanwhile, let the (lack of audience) do its thing. Don't ask me, ask the decrepit 82 year old Indiana Jones about the train-wreck, money obliterating abomination his last "sequel" also turned out to be...Hollywood sure does love incinerating money these days in support of "tHe MESsAgE", don't they?

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