{"id":1785753,"date":"2022-12-24T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785753"},"modified":"2022-12-24T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T14:04:33","slug":"james-cameron-learns-hard-lesson-youre-never-woke-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-cameron-learns-hard-lesson-youre-never-woke-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron Learns Hard Lesson \u2013 You\u2019re Never Woke Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-cameron-learns-hard-lesson-youre-never-woke-enough%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/James-Cameron-avatar-way-of-water-never-woke-enough-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The King of the World is having a hard week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/t2-judgment-day-review\/\">James Cameron<\/a>, who playfully dubbed himself that after his \u201cTitanic\u201d won 11 Academy Awards in 1998, just released his first major film in 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/avatar-the-way-of-water-offers-subversive-defense-of-nuclear-family\/\">Avatar: The Way of Water<\/a>\u201d continues the saga he started in 2009, a parable for man\u2019s mistreatment of Mother Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron is one of Hollywood\u2019s most eco-aware celebrities, and he\u2019s putting millions into that sentiment. He made his \u201cWay of Water\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/01\/james-cameron-the-game-changers-avatar-sequels-sundance-interview-1202271289\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast go vegan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livekindly.com\/filmmaker-james-cameron-vegan-pea-protein-investment-ingredion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invested in plant-based food initiatives<\/a> and is spending his Hollywood capital on message projects like \u201cThe Game Changers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respect the environment \u2026 or else.\u00a0Except he hasn\u2019t stopped there.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Cameron extolled the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/james-cameron-avatar-2-pregnant-warrior-goes-beyond-female-empowerment-wonder-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pregnant female warriors<\/a> in \u201cThe Way of Water,\u201d saying they trump the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it comes to female empowerment. Next, he blasted male testosterone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brucelee\/2022\/12\/04\/james-cameronavatar-director-calls-testosterone-a-toxin-heres-the-response\/?sh=2e154f6c1e28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling it a \u201ctoxin\u201d<\/a> that needs to be purged from the body.<\/p>\n<p>None of that woke messaging protected him from even more woke critics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/buzzfeed-booksmart-just-isnt-woke-enough\/\"><strong>RELATED: WOKE \u2018BOOKSMART\u2019 NOT WOKE ENOUGH, CRITICS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, some chastised Cameron for an \u201cAvatar\u201d-themed spectacle including dolphins. The Japanese event found Cameron, along with the film\u2019s stars including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/sigourney-weaver-republicans-actors\/\">Sigourney Weaver<\/a> and Zoe Saldana, joined by a dolphin presentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reaction was <a href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/james-cameron-breaks-silence-on-avatar-2-dolphin-stunt-i-was-seething-taiji-japan-052804948.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swift and furious<\/a>, with animal activists enraged at Cameron\u2019s so-called betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron later said he wasn\u2019t aware of the dolphin part of the presentation and was angry about it but decided not to object mid-show. The director apologized to several of his critics via email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if people really want to save the dolphins, they should put down the damn tuna melt \u2026 in fact, stop eating fish altogether and stick to plant-based proteins, as I have for the last 10 years. I wanted you to know this was a faux pas outside my ability to foresee or prevent, and that I\u2019m sorry about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next, a single film critic suggested \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d amounts to little more than a White Savior film riddled with cultural appropriation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At some point we gotta talk about the cultural appropriation of Avatar and white actors are cos playing as poc. It\u2019s just a mess and so not necessary &#038; no amount of visual effects\/CGI is gonna erase that. Bad Lace fronts\/Dry synthetic braids. Jesus fix it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcNkSlvRTp\">pic.twitter.com\/VcNkSlvRTp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathia Woods (@kathia_woods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathia_woods\/status\/1604619833823436803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods wasn\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<p>Others weighed in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/avatar-faces-calls-boycott-over-accusations-racism-1768217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasting Cameron\u2019s film on similar grounds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026the new Avatar film is being accused of using an amalgamation of the histories of various Indigenous cultures for a film that features a largely white cast. (Notable exceptions in the casting include Zoe Salda\u00f1a, a Black Latina actress, and Cliff Curtis, who is of Maori descent.)<\/p>\n<p>Autumn Asher BlackDeer, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, shared her critiques on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy watch a ridiculous movie about blue aliens when you could just support actual Indigenous people and our struggle for clean water here on Earth? Yes, we do exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron is Hollywood royalty, an Oscar winner with a celebrated film resume including \u201cAliens\u201d and \u201cThe Terminator.\u201d He\u2019s a King in the industry, and deservedly so given his box office success.<\/p>\n<p>He still didn\u2019t realize an artist can never be woke enough in today\u2019s society.\u00a0He\u2019s learning that lesson the hard way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King of the World is having a hard week. James Cameron, who playfully dubbed himself that after his \u201cTitanic\u201d won 11 Academy Awards in 1998, just released his first major film in 13 years. \u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d continues the saga he started in 2009, a parable for man\u2019s mistreatment of Mother Earth. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1785756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,5458,7646,4910,5414,5334,11598,5510,4220,3819,3618,5558,6778],"class_list":["post-1785753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-bongino","tag-cameron","tag-enough","tag-hard","tag-james","tag-learns","tag-lesson","tag-never","tag-report","tag-riot","tag-woke","tag-youre"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1785756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}