Once again, the behavior of Joss Whedon is back in the spotlight… and there’s a lot to unpack. This week, an article from Giant Freakin Robot began to be shared across Twitter, titled “Joss Whedon’s Cancellation Still Makes No Sense, Unless It’s An Attack On You.”
In the piece, Joshua Tyler compares a literal bullet point list of Whedon’s misconduct allegations against the actions of “other Hollywood notables who aren’t cancelled and can do whatever they want,” like Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, and Mel Gibson. (I know, I’ll touch on that in a minute.) The piece goes on to argue that Whedon’s cancellation is an example of pop culture’s enduring “anti-nerd bigotry”… as is the fallout surrounding both Pixar’s John Lasseter and Ain’t It Cool News founder Harry Knowles.
