Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright is in trouble because of comments she made on Twitter, Gina Carano’s future is in doubt on The Mandalorian and, of course, Johnny Depp is now persona non grata in Hollywood. In terms of celebrities being canceled because of comments or actions recently, the list is almost too long to go through. That being said, there are others rallying to his defense with the opinion that his comments were nothing more than an opinion and didn’t constitute anything close to controversial. Bean” is trending on Twitter right now with early comments deriding the actor for even mentioning the topic. These comments by Rowan Atkinson, in what can only be described as complete irony, had the internet mob come out quickly wanting the actor canceled for his opinions. He also goes on in the interview to lament how the quick trigger around canceling someone has negative societal outcomes and that the internet mob mentality can spiral out of control. He appears to be simply calling for maybe more discernment and context around comments or actions before there’s a sprint towards canceling someone. But if anything, this appears to be merely a summation of the topic with a slightly negative view of what’s happening writ large in terms of public discourse. Is Rowan Atkinson’s medieval mob comparison a little over-the-top? Probably, considering those folks were out for actual blood. “…but what we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn…” And if you’re against us, you deserve to be ‘canceled.’ It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us. “The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society. From one portion of the interview he says: He had some interesting, rather uncontroversial takes on the subject. ![]() Bean, and eventually, the ideas and negativity around cancel culture for celebrities. Rowan Atkinson sat down for an interview with the UK’s Radio Times to talk about a wide variety of topics including some upcoming projects, the difficulty in playing a character like Mr.
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