The way the Avengers are defending Chris Pratt right now illustrates such a painful double standard in Hollywood
Another day, another group of straight, white men in Hollywood defending a fellow straight, white man in Hollywood. Buckle up, internet, because this one is a little bit of a wild ride. It all seems to have started with a Twitter poll. Amy Berg posted photos of Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, and Chris Evans with the caption, “One has to go,” inviting followers to debate on the best and worst qualities of the Hollywood Chrises.
One has to go. pic.twitter.com/HUWnbQOA43
— Amy Berg (@bergopolis) October 17, 2020
In the comments, people pretty quickly came to a conclusion: Pratt was out, because he belongs to a problematic church, has expressed support for Donald Trump, and has been accused of racist behavior. These are all perfectly good reasons to stop stanning a rich, famous actor, by the way, in case anyone wasn’t clear.
Pratt. His views are terrible and he supports anti-lgbtq activist churches. Easy.
— Kev Hamm (@kevhamm) October 17, 2020
Chris Pratt is a white supremacist so........ Yeah he can go
— Aspiring Busy Boy | BLM (@biguyreviews) October 18, 2020
Just found out that Chris Pratt is a Trump supporter. He has to go, I'm afraid.
— Agent K (@gary_kline) October 19, 2020
Pratt x10000 pic.twitter.com/yU7vMk0BHL
— Mankrik’s Knife (@Marty_Shannon) October 18, 2020
You know what’s apparently even worse than racism and homophobia, though? Being mean to someone on the internet. At least, that’s what all the other straight, white men of the Avengers seem to believe, as evidenced by the way they leapt into action to defend Pratt from actual facts about why he’s not the #1 Chris.
Robert Downey Jr. called Pratt “a real Christian who lives by principle, has never demonstrated anything but positivity and gratitude.”
View this post on InstagramWhat a world… The “sinless” are casting stones at my #brother, Chris Pratt… A real #Christian who lives by #principle, has never demonstrated anything but #positivity and #gratitude… AND he just married into a family that makes space for civil discourse and (just plain fact) INSISTS on service as the highest value. If you take issue with Chris,,, I’ve got a novel idea. Delete your social media accounts, sit with your OWN defects of #character, work on THEM, then celebrate your humanness… @prattprattpratt I #gotyerbackbackback ( @jimmy_rich )
Mark Ruffalo jumped in to tell us that Pratt, who follows social media accounts like Ben Shapiro and Turning Point USA, is “not overtly political.”
You all, @prattprattpratt is as solid a man there is. I know him personally, and instead of casting aspersions, look at how he lives his life. He is just not overtly political as a rule. This is a distraction. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize, friends. We are so close now.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 20, 2020
According to James Gunn, Pratt is “the best dude in the world,” and while I never wanted to live in a world where Josh Gad needed to be canceled, even he jumped to Pratt’s defense.
Sorry. Just finding out about this nonsense. @prattprattpratt is the best dude in the world. I’ve spent hours & hours sharing my deepest truths with this man, as he has with me. Please stop assuming what he believes, politically or in any other way, because he’s a Christian. https://t.co/XSIgU9WemX
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 20, 2020
Seconded. They don’t get better than @prattprattpratt https://t.co/Fb7TuYuByf
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) October 20, 2020
Deep sigh.
Just, can straight, white men stop rushing to the immediate defense of straight, white men in every possible instance? Can they consider that perhaps they’re not aware of someone’s problematic tendencies because, I don’t know, they’re straight and white and men?
It's kind of awe inspiring to see every straight guy on the marvel cast say Chris Pratt wasn't homophobic to them with zero self-reflection
— Jenny Nicholskeleton (@JennyENicholson) October 21, 2020
But there’s even more that makes this entire story pretty hard to stomach. Marvel fans have been taking note that the Avengers immediately assembled to fight the internet’s mean words about Chris Pratt’s actual bad behavior, after they’ve spent years staying very, very silent about the way Brie Larson gets harassed online.
Where was this energy when Brie Larson was massively harassed for months just for advocating for diversity in the industry? And they all knew about it. Suddenly Chris Pratt gets some criticism and they all come to his defense? The bar is hell. pic.twitter.com/4mmlfxFkig
— 𝓪𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓈 (@itsjustanx) October 20, 2020
Larson has called for more diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying that world needs more people of color, and more LGBTQ+ representation. For that, and for, you know, being a woman in this world, she’s received a pretty consistent barrage of sexist trash and even actual death threats. And you know who rushed right to her defense? The Aveng—oh, wait, no, they all stayed completely silent.
Brie Larson: *gets literal death threats for being a woman*
The MCU cast:
Chris Pratt: *loses a random twitter poll and follows alt right Republicans*
The MCU cast: pic.twitter.com/QyZ2fV9ctj
— inigo montoya (@brintybitch) October 21, 2020
In fact, the internet has been pretty rough on a lot of women and people of color in the MCU, and have all these straight, white actors stood up for any of them? Nope. They have not.
Brie Larson: gets daily misogynist attacks and death threats.
MCU Cast:
Anthony Mackie: received racist remarks and death threats again for replacing Chris Evans as Cap.
MCU Cast:
Chris Pratt: gets called out for going to a homophobic church and being weird looking
MCU Cast: pic.twitter.com/IdV6EI26bD
— Shane Emery (@Shame_Memory_) October 21, 2020
Me looking at every white man showing up to support chris pratt for being called out (rightfully so) while they remained silent when brie, zendaya, don Cheadle, Anthony, tessa, and Elizabeth were receiving violent, racist, and sexist death threats. pic.twitter.com/J8TvwQbURO
— tee (@neelss_neelss) October 21, 2020
In conclusion, Chris Pratt is not worth your time or your breath, and the real ones know it.
yall know who hasn’t defended Chris Pratt yet?
the best Chris's pic.twitter.com/q2HQNqqrf0
— Mavi (@ltschrisevans) October 21, 2020
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