Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:20 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: THE ACOLYTE - The Death of STAR WARS? User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:57:02 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Q3pYxHBea5n4g6QnKQjZAj2uxl/0tSSpCWGalUhaj2rIf7IXi7GyUWFpEbKTRzSqOP2p3/aUkZaDnUV!EjaxmgDMhnLAj24+CJWqr1Uw++qKZdNzxzA71aTRH8LWHO9/RYi1P18bgE7kE37hrgsfLjgjtKNJ!RtQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 1876 The first episodes of what the showrunner Leslye Headland calls 'the gayest STAR WARS ever' have dropped and it's really as dreadful as you imagine. THE ACOLYTE is a queer Marxist vandalization of the STAR WARS mythos. The Force is now a metaphor for cultural hegemonic power and the Jedi are a metaphor for 'cisgender' white oppressors who hoard that power for themselves. Yes, it really is that obnoxious and stupid. I watched it so you don't have to. Here's a summary: 1. The main character has two mothers. 2. All of the main Jedi characters are black or Asian. Zero white people. 3. In the first episode, the only speaking role for a white person was a convicted criminal. In the third episode, they plan to jettison STAR WARS canon entirely while writing concerns about pronouns and being 'misgendered' into the storyline. By that point they will have destroyed all remaining affection the fan base has for the STAR WARS Universe.