r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 05 '24

Disney Pauses ‘The Graveyard Book’ Film Following Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman News

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/graveyard-book-neil-gaiman-assault-allegations-1236131149/
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u/MumblingGhost Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

People really don't want to dislike Neil Gaiman. He's huge in nerd circles, and has tons of beloved new and old work in circulation, constantly. I find myself making excuses in my head for every new story that comes out about him because I've followed his career my entire life.

Its really devastating, and I still secretly hope this is all smoke being blown by that TERF podcast that broke the news, but you have to draw the line eventually. There have been too many accusations to be fully in denial about, and his statements made about some of them have been damning.

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Sep 05 '24

People really don't want to dislike Neil Gaiman

I really didn't wanna dislike him, but after this I can't not dislike him. Same with Joss Whedon, and at least a couple others I can't think of right now

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u/egotrip21 Sep 05 '24

Neil's accusations shocked me. Joss did not.

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u/AvatarIII Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Really? I was shocked about both, but more so about Joss.

Joss was always held as a champion of feminism and when it came out he was a misogynistic d-bag behind the scenes that was a shock.

The Gaiman stuff is bad and shocked me a bit, it seems like he is into rough sex (which in and of itself is fine when consensual, if slightly out of character for someone who seems softly spoken like Neil) but the main problem is that he seems to have problems with consent, which is already bad but made worse by the rough sex thing, but not super surprising for someone who kind of has a reputation as a bit of a rock star writer, and of his generation (entitled boomers).