Brie Larson vs The World

Written by The Irked Jerk 22/01/2025

Brie Larson been taking the blame for things she hasn't even done

My dad is 70 years old and has been a loyal fan of DC comics characters like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman since longer than he can recall. In his retirement, he has more time to spend surfing YouTube and discovering new things about the world.

The only problem is that he's discovered the dark, shameful corner of inflammatory anti-woke, misogynist media. He asked me if a particular claim about Brie Larson was true and, with a cursory Google Search, I found it to hold no water, but he didn't believe me.

I told him that some YouTube channels are designed to stoke the fires of outrage in people so they can farm your views and he said that this wasn't the case.

So I've decided to do a deeper dive into this and find out if Brie Larson is just an unfortunate casualty in the fight between woke and anti-wokeism.

CLAIM: BRIE LARSON IS STRONG-ARMING JAMES GUNN INTO GENDER SWAPPNG DC HEROES

Of course, just by glancing at this, you can dismiss this as an absurd statement. Why would Brie Larson have any say in what James Gunn does? James Gunn has no relationship with her besides the six degrees of separation between Captain Marvel and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Even though it makes no sense whatsoever, these channels view her as the head of the woke agenda and ultimately use her as a scapegoat.

Look at how these channels take advantage of the undue vitriol towards her.

HER INITIAL CRIME

Now, the hate for Brie Larson stems from the utter falsehood that she hates CIS white males. Here is a link to the full speech from 2018 that put Brie Larson in the target of these rage-farmers. Brie Larson Receives 2018 Women In Film Crystal Award

"Am I saying I hate white dudes? No, I'm not. What I'm saying is '[if] you make a movie that is a love letter
to women of colour, there is an insanely low chance that a woman of colour will get a chance to see your
movie and review your movie.'"
- Brie Larson, 2018

She exclaims several times in her speech to NOT TO TAKE HER WORDS THE WRONG WAY! She doesn't hate "white dudes", she simply wants us to be more conscious of our biases. It's not about taking white men down, it's about lifting minorities up. Here's the supposed contentious part:

"We are expanding to make films that better reflect the people that buy movie tickets, but they are not
allowed enough chances to read public discourse on these films by the people these films were made for.

I do not need a forty-year-old white dude to tell me what didn't work for him about A Wrinkle In Time -
it wasn't made for him. I wanna know what that film meant to women of colour, to bi-racial women, to
teen women of colour, to teens that are bi-racial. And, for the third time, I don't hate white dudes."
  - Brie Larson, 2018


I honestly don't see what is so abominable about her words! She's not being sexist or racist towards white men. Every piece of media has a target demographic and she wants to hear from that demographic.

For those concerned that she wants jobs taken away from white men, relax. Her proposed solution to this disparity is to add more under-represented people to the critic pools - not to cut out the people who are already there. She asks they be given a seat at the table as people of colour still have a tendency to be denied access to press events.

So what's the big deal?

NOW, TO DISMANTLE THE CLAIM

I am going to go through a lot of these videos and dissect them. If there is anything that I find useful, I will post it here. I will not be biased. If there is any truth to these claims, I will post it here.

The first video I will go through is The British Brothers' YouTube video: Brie Larson Lashes Out at James Gunn for New Green Lantern Casting

Stats as of 22/01/2025 according to Social Blade

EARNINGS:
$156 - $2.5K monthly

SUBS IN LAST 30 DAYS
1K

VIEWS IN LAST 30 DAYS
624,398

VIEWS TODAY
8909

SUBSCRIBERS
11K

VIDEOS
114

CHANNEL AGE
~7 months

BRIE LARSON CONTENT
2 videos dedicated to Brie. 5 fewer than videos dedicated to Tatiana Maslany.

I want to note the use of their language. "Reportedly", "Supposedly", "Apparently", "Allegedly". Nothing concrete. Does he cite any sources? We'll see.

ALL THAT FOR A 5 MINUTE VIDEO?

That took a surprisingly long time to go through, I don't know if I have the energy to do another video today. Each sentence was basically an unfounded claim. There were some things that were technically true, and some tenuous rumours that could possibly be true but can't be confirmed. But most of it was unfounded inflammatory drivel. There is too much incentive to leech off of Larson's disproportionate notoriety, it's just good capitalism. But these rage-bait YouTubers are treating humans like animals - Larson and their own audiences - and you're allowing yourself to be farmed.

I believe I have presented enough for now to vindicate Larson who, from every interview I've seen has been nothing but delightful and congenial. If he ever comes by it, hopefully this article will be convincing enough to get my dad out of the echo chamber of anti-wokeism. I'm not saying he needs to go for woke, I'd just like for him to make informed decisions. Because if it's happening to my dad, I'm sure it's happening to many elderly people out there!

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