Because Fox News is gonna Fox News, on Wednesday morning the network tweeted an article that attempts to shame Jamie Lee Curtis for wielding firearms in the latest Halloween franchise reboot, despite the fact that she herself is personally an outspoken advocate for gun control legislation. Scathing!
The article notes that at one point in the film, which opens nationwide next week, Curtis’s character Laurie Strode is seen firing a gun at the ubiquitous villain Michael Myers as he’s standing in front of a window. The outlet argues that this is a glaring testament to her blatant hypocrisy.
Curtis’s on-screen actions stand in contrast to her real-life persona as an advocate for gun control — one of several Hollywood actors who use firearms in their films while preaching against them away from the set.
In light of several high-profile mass shootings, Curtis has voiced her support for gun reform legislation. But she’s also appeared in films such as “True Lies,” “Virus,” “Halloween II” and “Blue Steel” where she uses firearms multiple times.
Amazing, isn’t it, that actors can play characters that don’t represent their real-world ideals and opinions? Although if Jamie Lee Curtis is ever being stalked by a vicious serial killer in real life, she too, may opt to reach for a gun. Thankfully, that sort of thing doesn’t happen very often outside of the fictional realm of movies.
Not surprisingly, The Ratio quickly went into effect by those dragging Fox News for the hit piece and soon after, it became a full-blown meme.
"Fox & Friends" has never once introduced us to the magical talking Fox of its title, let alone any of its so-called friends https://t.co/Alb2ynKCU6
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/RonFunches/status/1050035642678145029
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1050021621623349249
Sigourney Weaver attacks aliens in new film despite pro-immigration stance. https://t.co/RWChIuEEVg
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/blainecapatch/status/1050028739797508097
damn schwarzenegger killed so many people in the terminator but hasn't murdered in real life. hypocrite much? https://t.co/ZpDMoD39s7
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) October 10, 2018
Tim Allen murders Santa Claus in 1994 movie despite advocating for celebration of Christmas https://t.co/I7NV0egJsf
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) October 10, 2018
One time I saw a movie where Mark Hamill, Careie Fisher and Harrison Ford regularly violated Newtonian physics even though they CLAIM to believe in science. https://t.co/GtARZTi3nO
— Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) October 10, 2018
Every Hollywood actor who has ever played a Nazi character should be grilled over whether they are actually fascists. https://t.co/gMNwa9GIiw
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/JamieOGrady/status/1050027209401032704
Will the Hollywood hypocrisy never end? I hear Meryl Streep won an Oscar for playing a British woman — and she doesn't even LIVE in England. https://t.co/Fhqh1zJ31a
— MeredithB-S (@MBennettSmith) October 10, 2018
Josh Brolin to appear as Thanos in "Avengers 4" despite generally opposing the death of 50% of the population of the universe in order to ease suffering and the depletion of resources. https://t.co/DYCaOVzMgs
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) October 10, 2018
hayden christensen claims to be against child murder, but how does he explain his actions in 'revenge of the sith'? a fox news investigation, tonight at 11. https://t.co/xeQ7qwRDpV
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 10, 2018
James Woods has played a nice guy once or twice despite being a complete asshole irl. https://t.co/saLOhDRIYT
— Andrew Kirell 🤙🏻 (@AndrewKirell) October 10, 2018
Fox News knows exactly what its doing though, and the whole tedious exercise can probably be best summed up by this tweet from Michael McKean:
You know this is stupid and that your amen corner is just stupid enough to swallow it.
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) October 10, 2018
Another day, another manufactured outrage.