Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very sad announcement to make. I regret to inform you all, my dear, dear readers, of the passing of one of our most beloved film and television franchises: Star Wars. Please, feel free to pull out that old Luke Skywalker lightsaber dueling comforter you had as a child and weep into it as you mourn the loss of what might have been.
I know what you’re thinking. That’s a bit heavy-handed. Really, it’s a bit over the top. Some could go so far as to say I’m being “emotionally manipulative.” Guilty on all counts, your honor.
The other thing you’re thinking is that this franchises has been dead and buried ever since “The Last Jedi” came out. I’d say you’re correct on that, though it did have a couple of minor resurrections thanks to “Rogue One” and “The Mandalorian.”
Alas, the creative powers at the now woke Disney studios have put the final nail in the coffin. This sucker is truly D-E-A-D.
The newest entry in the franchise, “The Acolyte” has a majority female cast which labeled the program the “gayest” installment of “Star Wars” ever. And, as it turns out, nobody with a brain likes it. In fact, the series, which is streaming on Disney Plus, has brought in some of the lowest review scores for any piece of content within the brand since the days of the infamous holiday special. Yes, it’s actually that bad.
Critics, of course, love the thing to death, but then again, they have to if they want to keep their jobs. We’re talking about a show that promotes “girl boss” vibes and is called super duper gay. To say it has poorly written characters, bad acting, and a terrible plot, all of which is the result of setting aside every single element of good storytelling in favor of agenda pushing, is tantamount to announcing to the world you’re a Nazi.
We are happy to report that #TheAcolyte is “arguably the gayest #StarWars” yet. 🌈 Happy Pride Month! 😉 pic.twitter.com/3oJSykc4Kq
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) June 4, 2024
via The Daily Caller:
The latest installment, “The Acolyte,” went viral after show runner Leslye Headland bragged about her propaganda prowess in an interview. “I’m into it,” she quipped about people telling her how gay they found the show.
The new series has the worst Rotten Tomatoes score of all time. The critics, really just a who’s who of radical leftists, of course loved it. They gave it a comically high score of 90%. But the audience hated it, and I mean hated it. The 26% audience score is worse than even the abysmal 2008 “Clone Wars” which still enjoys a barely respectable 40% audience score.
“The industry” will probably try to spin this all away like they normally do. It’s just a bunch of vicious trolls skewing the reviews, they’ll tell us; Americans LOVE the gay agenda. Meanwhile, it’s no coincidence that Disney’s stock has dropped precipitously over the past few years.
To quote the immortal Marlon Brando in his career defining role as Don Corleone in “The Godfather:”
“Look at how they massacred my boy.”
Yes, Disney, you sick puppies. You massacred a critical piece of American, no global culture by pumping it full of gayness like Botox in a suburban 40-year-old wine mom’s lips. It’s not that people care there might be gay characters in a show. It’s when you sacrifice everything else that makes stories special and engaging for a political agenda that the vast majority of regular people don’t care about.
Please. Stop the madness.