Despite the sameness and stagnation of winter in a pandemic new days keep happening, and Friday brought news of a new collection of words tossed together in a kaleidoscope of weirdness and cancel culture backlash. That’s right: fired The Mandalorian star Gina Carano is apparently making a movie with far-right gadfly Ben Shapiro in an effort to battle “cancel culture,” presumably because Carano’s anti-Semitic, transphobic and coronavirus skepticism online wasn’t a proper justification for Disney not wanting her around.
News of this new entertainment venture hit social media on Friday, and though some conservatives celebrated the news there was a lot of jokes to be made at Carano’s expense. The fall from Disney mainstay to conservative martyr was abrupt, even for someone who had a long history of problematic posts on social media. But Friday was a swift change from topic of fan discussion to a full career pivot for Carano.
The idea that Shapiro could just start a movie company, and that be Carano’s next best move after getting fired by Disney for one of its most popular shows, was depressing for a lot of people.
Ben Shapiro grew up in Hollywood as the child of a television exec and film/tv composer. He had every advantage to thrive in that industry and still flopped. Gina Carano pushing in her chips on his expertise here is just… really, really sad.
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) February 12, 2021
"They can't cancel us if we don't let them."
Welp, if making a movie with (stifling laughter) Ben Shapiro counts as NOT being canceled to you, then I guess together, we've created a system where no one will ever be canceled again. Issue resolved! https://t.co/yaU0yGEFOO
— Bust A Mecond April Second (@tonygoldmark) February 12, 2021
THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT
— Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan (@morninggloria) February 12, 2021
Gina Carano going from Star Wars to Ben Shapiro has gotta be the biggest downgrade of the century. pic.twitter.com/ZfoDV0IRtb
— KnowNothing (@KnowNothingTV) February 12, 2021
https://twitter.com/JaclynPMoore/status/1360301233370664961
One of the worst parts of the modern world is having to learn who Ben Shapiro is once every 14 weeks
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) February 12, 2021
Some used it as an opportunity to pitch their own ideas.
a Gina Carano/Ben Shapiro buddy cop comedy where Shapiro has to sit in a booster seat facing backwards in the backseat https://t.co/Tx7ws50sNr
— Stu (@RandBallsStu) February 12, 2021
A lot of people referenced the reported difficulties Carano had in making Haywire, in which she had her lines apparently dubbed in after the fact by another actress.
https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1360288118423887872
https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/1360280585873330183
There were a lot of Baby Yoda jokes. You know, kind of.
"Gina Carano to continue working with tiny gross muppet after all" https://t.co/oPC5nlrMP6
— RebeccaWatson@bsky.social why not (@rebeccawatson) February 12, 2021
i think it’s great that ben shapiro will play baby yoda in the new conservative star wars
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) February 12, 2021
But mostly, it doesn’t seem like anyone is actually excited about a movie from these two. Unless it’s just to dunk on once again.
I cannot wait to watch this horrible movie exclusively through selected clips posted on Twitter https://t.co/51CnfN5a1C
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) February 12, 2021
https://twitter.com/TheCoomunist/status/1360283899008405505
https://twitter.com/Cesar59555059/status/1360292960181641224
Some weren’t so sure there were not other “canceled” moviemakers interested in teaming up, though.
https://twitter.com/ScottWamplerBMD/status/1360294442238963713
