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25 Mar

Nobody is an Action Movie That Questions ‘Toxic Masculinity’

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Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is (as his film title suggests) a Nobody. He’s a schlub who gets up for the same soul-deadening routine each day: he drinking his coffee, forgets to take the garbage out, and sits at his boring desk job. He then comes home to kids who barely tolerate him and a wife who literally makes a barrier of pillows between them in their bed. When he fails to protect their house against a home invasion–even though he clearly could have–the sense of disappointment from his family is palpable. But the incident awakens something long dormant in Hutch:…
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20 Oct

How Call of Duty’s SBMM Controversy Divided a Toxic Multiplayer Community

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Ahead of Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War‘s release on Nov. 13, the CoD community remains divided on the subject of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM). Maybe this is the first time you’ve heard about SBMM, but you can rest assured that if you’ve played a Call of Duty game in the last 15 years, you’ve probably been affected by it. In fact, you’ve probably unknowingly participated in the SBMM debate if you’ve played just about any major multiplayer game. So how has this prevalent and seemingly simple bit of game design become such a venomously contested subject? Here’s an overview…
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14 Oct

The Boys Season 2 Unveils the Daddy Issues Behind the Toxic Masculinity

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This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 2. Most male monsters in fiction are made by women. Or, at least, it’s women who tend to get the disproportionate share of the blame when their creations turn out to be significantly less than civilized (perhaps because, historically, most of them were written by men). The most famous examples of murderer-moulding mothers are probably Norma Bates, Cersei Lannister, Olivia Soprano and, of course, Mrs. McAllister (momma raised a real little trap-setting psycho there). In real life, too, serial killers like Ed Kemper, Ed Gein, Ted Bundy and Dennis Nilsen were all…
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21 Aug

Justice League: Ray Fisher Says Studio is Investigating Claims of Toxic Culture on Set

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The behind-the-scenes troubles that occurred during the Justice League reshoots continues to play out in the most public of ways. A week after actor Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in the film, said on social media that producer Geoff Johns threatened his career during the production, the actor has taken to Twitter again to reveal WarnerMedia has apparently launched an independent, third-party investigation into claims of a toxic work culture on set. “After 5 weeks of interviews with various cast/crew, @WarnerMedia has officially launched an independent third-party investigation to get to the heart of the toxic and abusive work environment…
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