Melissa Barrera Dropped From ‘Scream VII’ After Social Media Posts Amid Israel-Hamas War

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨shadysus@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨moviesandtv@lemm.ee⁩

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melissa-barrera-fired-scream-vii-1235669458/

“Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp,” she wrote in one post on Instagram stories. “Cornering everyone together, with no where to go, no electricity no water … People have learnt nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently watching it all happen. THIS IS GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING.”

A spokesperson for Spyglass, the company behind the Scream franchise, issued a statement after the initial publication of this article: “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”

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shadysus@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The bit that stood out to me was

We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion

It sounds like they threw in “Holocaust distortion” as an extra thing to make their stance sound more legitimate. Why would anyone ever get in trouble for “false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing” even if we assume it wasn’t true

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- givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The irony is she acknowledged a genocide and got fired by people who actively deny it…
  
  At that point it doesn’t matter what else they’re claiming
  
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magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
She deserves better that Scream VII. I hope she goes on to have an awesome career.

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ElleChaise@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Cool moves, definitely the upright and just kind of action you'd expect coming from people supporting the good guys. When, if ever, will these people have their "are we the baddies?" moment?

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- Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What makes you think they haven’t and just consoled themselves with their piles of money?
  
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kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Holocaust distortion? Where?

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- Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, you see, Israel is Jewish. Palestine is not Jewish.
  
  Going against Israel means you deny the Holocaust. I hope that cleared things up for you.
  
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  - kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That appears to be how it works. Consequently that state of Israel is never wrong since any critic is an antisemite by definition
    
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- Oisteink@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s everywhere - just ask those that made the decision. If it’s connected to this at all isn’t likely, but they know it exists! (It makes them MAD)
  
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autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:

The actor was dropped from the project after a series of social media posts in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

A spokesperson for Spyglass, the company behind the Scream franchise, issued a statement after the initial publication of this article: “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”

THR has reached out to a rep for Barrera, who has made dozens of posts about the war since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7.

Barrera’s Sam Carpenter was the lead of that film, and the older sister of Jenna Ortega’s Tera.

Barrera also starred in Scream VI, which was released in March and topped $168.9 million at the global box office.

Earlier on Tuesday, news broke that actor Susan Sarandon had been dropped by talent agency UTA following comments at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City on Nov. 17.

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