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Posted by BigWorm, Thu Aug-09-18 10:25 AM
Have we seen the actual effects of audiences standing up against celebrities revealed to be shitty people or sexual predators?

Where based on the news, the current movie or TV show tanks noticeably?

I mean Michael Richards' career was ruined, but post-Seinfeld he hadn't exactly been blowing up.

Johnny Depp is still doing okay.

I can't really think of any example. In just about every case, the studio or network pulls the plug on the actor's project pre-emptively.

The cynic in me thinks that if Disney hadn't fired Gunn over the tweets, the news would have caused a stir for a minute, Gunn would have pointed to his earlier apology, stressed how he's a different dude now, and then by the time Guardians 3 hit theaters nobody would even have remembered the scandal.