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Topic subjectFor the record....AFI, like Variety, is full of shit.
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13061159, For the record....AFI, like Variety, is full of shit.
Posted by rorschach, Wed Aug-24-16 07:45 PM
They don't do all of this when it's Roman Polanski or Woody Allen. Bryan Singer had allegations of pedophilia levied against him--no outrage. This is sabotage, plain and simple.

Nate Parker, at the very least, did something very stupid. He involved himself in a situation that could turn into a predicament...which is what this scandal is. I'm willing to bet that if his film wasn't opening with Oscar buzz attached most of this heat wouldn't exist. It's not like he hasn't been getting work in Hollywood this entire time. The Great Debaters was released in 2007. The victim's suicide happened in 2012. Why didn't this come up when he was doing press for Beyond the Lights?

And like someone else already posted....this film is too important to not support. I can support this film and think that Nate Parker is terrible at the same time.