We’ve seen plenty of hot takes on the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard. We’ve been assured that Heard losing the case sent a message to black women everywhere. NBC tech reporter Kat Tenbarge posted a thread on the misogyny on display on social media that helped shape the public’s opinion against Heard. Washington Post star journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that Depp’s “core claim” wasn’t that he’d been defamed in print, but that “women advance their careers by accusing powerful men of abuse.” (That piece has been corrected two or three times, now.)
Here’s a hot take we’d not heard, so we thought we’d give it an airing. Depp stars in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. But did you know that pirates were actually bad people? If you needed another reason to hate “Johnny Derp,” his “Pirates” movies are “DEEPY racially problematic.”
"Captain Jack" and Pirates of the Caribbean whitewashed and erased slaves and slavery from the 18th century Caribbean, where its practice was probably the most cruel in the world. Pirates were often far from the freedom-fighters the film portrayed but were slaveholders themselves pic.twitter.com/UlNYcMGZcL
— Michele Dauber (@mldauber) June 4, 2022
In case you need another reason to hate Johnny Derp, the Pirates franchise is DEEPLY racially problematic.
— Michele Dauber (@mldauber) June 4, 2022
In sum, even the fictional character Derp's fans love and think is a real depiction of Derp himself is almost certainly a racist sociopath.
— Michele Dauber (@mldauber) June 4, 2022
WTF?
— Aure🌺 (@imerua) June 4, 2022
Are you okay?
— Wendy Torrance (@WendyTorrance12) June 4, 2022
It’s a movie, chill out
— Nick Kelly (@Nickkelly60) June 4, 2022
No way you are professor
— musa (@musa_flipper) June 4, 2022
May I please see your credentials?
— CobraEagle42 (@CobraEagle42) June 4, 2022
Professor at Stanford? That explains it.
Fun fact: fantasy movies are not documentaries.
— Hazel 🏴☠️ (@thehazeldruid) June 4, 2022
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That was actually my biggest gripe about Muppets Treasure Island too, the lack of slavery.
— Dobert Bobbs (@Dobert_Bobbs) June 4, 2022
(concession stand employee): ma'am i just wanted to know if you wanted butter on the popcorn or not
— Belief respecter (@Bugs_Meany) June 4, 2022
They weren't skeletons either, didn't have to fight a squid man or enlist a goddess in human form to resurrect a pirate captain to rescue another pirate captain with a magic compass from an otherworldly place.
You are right it wasn't the documentary we thought it was.🤔
— SafetyTip (@_EpsilonAlpha) June 4, 2022
Remind me not to invite you to movie night
— DanInTheUSA (@DanToTheFuture_) June 4, 2022
Do you think… do you think he wrote the movies? Do you hate everyone else in them? I’m guessing not. Is this just wild flailing because he’s a man? Probably.
— Dixie Flatline (@UncleBobsReason) June 4, 2022
Pirates of the Caribbean would have qualified as a documentary if only the undead skeleton pirates and fish-human monster hybrids had owned some slaves.
— Many Bad Opinions (@OneBadOpinion) June 4, 2022
If you knew anything about Jack you would know that the reason he became a pirate was because he stood AGAINST slavery.
— Valkyrie🇬🇧 🏴 (@Valkyri98134550) June 4, 2022
Jack Sparrow: "People aren't cargo mate" *refuses to transport slaves and frees them instead* *gets branded a pirate for it*
Disney: "no, that's stupid, no one wants to know about that, we're gonna cut that scene"
Take it up with Disney pal.
— Eleanor (@Madam_S8tan) June 4, 2022
This person is a tenured professor at one of the most highly respected universities in the world, and she’s ranting about a Disney movie.
— Cassandra Tully (@CassandraMTully) June 4, 2022
Only to make it a rant against Depp.
“Oh, good. Michele’s here.” – You’ve never heard this and you never will.
— Professor Important (@ProfImportant) June 4, 2022
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‘Honey, just take the L!’ Amber Heard whining about her free speech WHILE shutting down replies goes VERY VERY VERY wronghttps://t.co/AIMHPYgyXR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 2, 2022
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