Black Panther is universally recognized as an excellent superhero film. Catwoman is not. (Unless you’re super high or have some sort of kitty kink. No judgment.) When Federalist contributor DC McAllister tried to hold up Catwoman as a symbol of Michelle Obama’s supposed hypocrisy in celebrating Black Panther as a film that puts minorities in the spotlight as superheroes in their own stories, McAllister was promptly told by one of Catwoman‘s screenwriters that her take is as awful as the Halle Berry film itself.
Reading McAllister’s critique led co-writer John Rogers to poke an enormous hole in McAllister’s already questionable argument. (Sh*t, why not go with Meteor Man at that point?) Rogers gave a candid response concerning his feelings about the comparison and with Catwoman as a motion picture in general.
“As one of the credited writers of CATWOMAN, I believe I have the authority to say: because it was a sh*t movie dumped by the studio at the end of a style cycle, and had zero cultural relevance either in front of or behind the camera.” offered Rogers. “This is a bad take. Feel shame.”
As one of the credited writers of CATWOMAN, I believe I have the authority to say: because it was a shit movie dumped by the studio at the end of a style cycle, and had zero cultural relevance either in front of or behind the camera.
This is a bad take. Feel shame. https://t.co/6sth7w38Xx
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
Rogers not only thinks Catwoman is “sh*t,” but he couldn’t give enough of one to watch the movie the entire way through.
“Also full disclosure: I’ve never watched the movie all the way through in one sitting,” admitted Rogers. “I skipped premiere night to shoot @jenni_baird audition footage for GLOBAL FREQUENCY. And they’d fired me anyway for, y’know, snark.”
Also full disclosure: I’ve never watched the movie all the way through in one sitting. I skipped premiere night to shoot @jenni_baird audition footage for GLOBAL FREQUENCY. And they’d fired me anyway for, y’know, snark.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
PS I am at Emerald City Comic Con next week. Will tell horrible industry stories for drinks. Save up.
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
In addition to stomping out the flimsy Catwoman negates the importance of Black Panther narrative, Rogers also provided additional insight into why the 2004 DC Comics adaptation didn’t work.
Was the idea to not make Catwoman Selina Kyle yours or the studios?
— Todd Matthy (@ToddCMatthy) February 24, 2018
Couldn’t be Selina Kyle because of an insane rights issue.
Full disclosure: I was fired off the movie after writing the green light draft because I kept arguing with notes that’d make the movie “very, very bad.” Which I said out loud. At meetings.
I got fired a lot in my 30’s https://t.co/0AX0wEtDWi
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
Wait, a rights issue? Wasn’t it originally supposed to be a Batman Returns spin-off, featuring that iteration of Kyle? I thought the project got dragged backwards through development hell and that the eventual decision to go with a different character was a (shitty) creative one.
— Jack The Bodiless (@Desincarne) February 24, 2018
It is a complicated story I’m pretty sure I legally can’t tell. On Twitter, anyway. But no, it was Patience Price by the time I showed up, like six writers in. Six or more before, then maybe six or so after me? https://t.co/aDwyAoG3pu
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
But in the end they showed you, right John? When the movie turned out brilliant and…
— Ruairi Robinson (@RuairiRobinson) February 24, 2018
Yep. It ended my career. https://t.co/C3UuiBuPAm
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) February 24, 2018
If nothing else, it seems like Rogers has a sense of humor about the box office disaster. Don’t forget, Halle Berry does too.