{"id":2101823,"date":"2023-11-17T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:00:44","slug":"stephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King criticized for attributing &#8216;The Marvels&#8217; failure to &#8216;adolescent fanboy hate&#8217;: &#8216;Perhaps the film is simply bad?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fstephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks%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=2101823&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--><h2>Stephen King Blames &#8220;Woman-Hating\u2064 Fanboys&#8221; for Box Office \u200dFailure of &#8220;The Marvels&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Outspoken\u200c leftist author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/stephen-king\">Stephen King<\/a> blamed the box office failure \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">&#8220;The\u200d Marvels&#8221;<\/a> on woman-hating\u2063 fanboys. But his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks\/\" title=\"Stephen King criticized for attributing 'The Marvels' failure to 'adolescent fanboy hate': 'Perhaps the film is simply bad?'\">social media \u200cfollowers aren\u2019<\/a>t\u2063 letting him get away with it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some of the\u200c rejection of THE \u200dMARVELS may be adolescent fanboy hate. You\u2063 know, &#8220;Yuck! \u200bGIRLS!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bStephen King\u200b (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1723875366907834660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Marvels&#8221; was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history\">massive disappointment<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marvel\">MCU<\/a>, pulling in just $47 million during its opening weekend \u2014 the lowest in the franchise\u2019s history. The \u2063poor showing is\u200b partly blamed on multiple factors, including \u2062the actors\u2019 strike in\u2062 Hollywood and general superhero movie fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users objected to \u2064King\u2019s implication that the female-led film starring Brie Larson, which was\u200d also touted for having the franchise\u2019s first\u200b black female\u2063 director, crashed and burned\u2063 because would-be moviegoers hate women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200dam a\u2064 woman.\u2063 I saw the movie. It was bad,\u201d BlazeTV host \u200dLauren Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLaurenChen\/status\/1724063900448981237\">replied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr\u200b maybe the movie just sucks?\u201d another person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ocajjoni\/status\/1723875608524922904\">suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that most of the people who go see\u2063 these kinds of superhero movies are adolescent boys, absolutely\u200b yes, which should immediately tell you something about how \u2062fantastically Disney \u200cis failing their\u2064 core audience right now,\u201d a third person observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fine though. Adolescent boys \u2064will simply take their money somewhere else where\u200b their\u2062 audienceship is appreciated and welcomed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-friday-gift-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-friday-gift-guide&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700176143395000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2GQyn-tZVpJ8fQryWYIIri\">CHECK OUT \u200bTHE DAILY WIRE BLACK \u200dFRIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few of King\u2019s followers \u2062called him out for\u2062 not\u2063 patronizing the movie \u200chimself and then complaining about poor \u200bnumbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince you don\u2019t go to \u200cMCU\u2062 movies\u2062 and don\u2019t \u2064care for them,\u200d that means\u200c you rejected The Marvels, right? Does that\u2062 mean you hate women?\u201d one person wrote with a\u200b screenshot of the horror book \u2062writer\u2019s previous tweet.<\/p>\n<p>King had\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1723754733024780549\">tweeted<\/a> \u200b earlier the same \u200dday, \u2062writing, \u201cI\u200c don\u2019t\u2064 go to MCU movies, don\u2019t care for them, but\u200c I find this barely masked gloating over the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-blame-systemic-racism-for-space-jam-2s-low-box-office-numbers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Blame Systemic Racism For \u2018Space Jam 2\u2019s\u2019 Low Box Office Numbers?\">low box office<\/a> for THE \u2064MARVELS very unpleasant. Why gloat \u2062over\u2063 failure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marvel Studios recently \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/the-marvels-bombs-box-office-whats-next-marvel-cinematic-universe-1235788706\/\">postponed<\/a> three projects originally\u2064 slated for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain America: A\u200b Brave New World,\u201d \u201cThunderbolts,\u201d and \u201cBlade\u201d are being \u2064pushed to 2025 because of strike-related\u2063 production delays. That means the only Marvel release scheduled for 2024 is \u201cDeadpool 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though these actions aren\u2019t necessarily due to \u201cThe Marvels\u201d \u2064being a\u200d flop, it does give the studio time to regroup\u2062 and\u2062 come up with a\u2062 new strategy.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200csteps\u2063 can the film industry take to create more diverse and inclusive \u2064stories that appeal to a wide audience<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E \u2063who\u200c saw \u2062The Marvels \u200cwere women, I think\u2064 you need a new theory,\u201d one \u200cuser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riotwomennn\/status\/1723953754834014720\">pointed out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 is not the \u2063first time that King has\u2064 made\u2064 controversial statements \u2063regarding fans of superhero\u200b movies. In 2019, he dismissed the genre\u2064 as\u2063 &#8220;cheap amusement&#8221; and suggested that audiences should read books instead. His comments sparked backlash from fans who accused him of elitism and disregarding the enjoyment\u200d that \u200dmany people find\u2064 in superhero films.<\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s stance on &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; box office failure is reminiscent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brad-pitt-says-its-exhausting-to-have-to-constantly-chase-the-clint-eastwood-image-of-masculinity\/\" title=\"Brad Pitt Says \u201cIt\u2019s Exhausting\u201d to Have to Constantly Chase the \u201cClint Eastwood\u201d Image of Masculinity\">ongoing debate surrounding<\/a> the success and failure of female-led movies. While progress \u2064has been \u2063made in increasing\u200d representation of women in Hollywood, there is still a long way\u200b to\u200c go in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-katie-porter-says-republican-women-dont-count-as-women\/\" title=\"Katie Porter claims GOP women aren't considered women.\">achieving gender equality<\/a> in the industry.\u2064<\/p>\n<p>It is important to \u200canalyze the reasons \u200cwhy certain movies succeed or fail at the box \u200boffice without resorting to broad generalizations or blaming specific\u2064 groups \u200bof fans. The success or failure of a film depends on a multitude of \u200bfactors, including the quality of\u200c the storytelling, acting, marketing, and audience preferences.\u2063<\/p>\n<p>Blaming &#8220;woman-hating\u2063 fanboys&#8221; for the box office failure of &#8220;The\u200b Marvels&#8221; fails to consider these complex dynamics and oversimplifies the issue.\u200c It\u2063 undermines the\u200d achievements of\u200b female-led\u2064 films that have succeeded\u2064 at the box office and perpetuates \u2063the\u200d notion that audiences are not interested in seeing movies with women in lead roles.\u2064<\/p>\n<p>For \u2063instance, movies like &#8220;Wonder Woman&#8221; \u2064and &#8220;Black Panther&#8221; have both been massively successful, proving \u200dthat audiences are\u2064 eager to support well-made and engaging \u200bfilms with\u200c diverse casts. \u2062The \u200dsuccess of these\u200d movies rests on their ability to tell compelling stories and create relatable\u200d and likable \u200ccharacters, rather than solely on the \u2062gender or ethnicity of their protagonists.\u2063<\/p>\n<p>Instead \u2064of blaming fanboys or any specific group, it is more productive to focus on\u2064 creating diverse and\u2064 inclusive \u2063stories that appeal to \u2062a wide audience. Hollywood should continue to invest in more female-led\u200b projects\u200b and provide\u200b opportunities for\u200b underrepresented voices to be heard. This requires not only increasing \u200cthe number \u200bof female directors and writers, but also ensuring that\u200d diverse stories are given equal opportunities for production,\u200c marketing,\u200c and distribution.\u2064<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, \u2062the failure of &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; at the box office should be seen as a lesson for the industry to \u2062critically evaluate \u2063the factors that\u2064 contribute \u2062to a\u2064 film&#8217;s success or failure.\u200d It should not be used as\u200b an opportunity to \u200dfurther divide fans\u2064 or reinforce negative stereotypes.\u2063<\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s comments may have \u200csparked controversy, but they also highlight the need for more constructive and nuanced discussions about representation in the film\u2064 industry. It is important to support and celebrate female-led movies, while also \u2062acknowledging that not every film will resonate\u200c with audiences\u2064 regardless of the gender of its protagonists. Only by examining a film&#8217;s\u200c merits, rather than\u200c making sweeping assumptions, can we truly foster a\u2063 more inclusive and vibrant film culture.\u2064<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken author Stephen King blamed &#8220;The Marvels&#8221; box office flop on misogynistic fanboys. However, his social media followers refuse to let him off the hook. The 76-year-old writer suggested that some of the rejection could be attributed to adolescent fanboy hate towards female characters. This statement was shared on X November 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2101824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2101823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2101823","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\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2101823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2101824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2101823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2101823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}