to the people telling me “boycotting ‘the forest’ won’t do anything”

you’re excused

Stonewall and Pan both whitewashed their films and now they’re two of the year’s biggest box office and critical bombs and nothing gives me more satisfaction.

this is the single most impressive paragraph i have ever laid eyes on

I’m insulted

I live to see these whitewashed films fail

Pan: *white washes Tiger Lily to hell and back by casting Rooney Mara*

Pan: *receives overwhelmingly negative reviews*

Pan: *becomes the biggest box office flop of 2015*

me:

Boycott the Pan movie

Great Ormond Street Hospital has confirmed they will receive no money from Warner’s new “Pan” movie, despite being the copyright holders thanks to the author J M Barrie’s generous gift.

On their site they say the copyright is “enormously valuable – not only in financial terms but also as a symbol and icon – and has brought a fair amount of income to the hospital”.

Disney’s Peter Pan and Return to Neverland, Spielberg’s Hook, columbia Picture’s 2003 Peter Pan, and even Finding Neverland all paid proper dues for the use of the Peter Pan characters. Warner did not for the Pan movie.

They are using allusions to the characters to benefit from their popularity, but changed the story entirely. Edit: yes, this is technically LEGAL to do, but morally dubious./edit

So not only are they white-washing the Native Americans, they are also stealing from a children’s hospital.

BOYCOTT.

What? I was going to at least give it a watchh assuming the Hospital was still going to get their proper dues. Not cool…not that it could beat Hook anyways..

Wow news to me

Here’s the source: http://www.gosh.org/about-us/peter-pan/faqs#Will%20GOSH%20benefit%20from%20the%20new%20Warner%20Pan%20movie?

I was about to get on this post for spreading rumours and not bothering to look up the facts, but someone provided a source that proves this isn’t true! Did anyone bother to actually READ the source?! This is what the Great Ormond Street Hospital FAQ has to say:

Like, ok look! It says they weren’t obliged to pay a royalty because it’s a prequel and doesn’t need to be licensed. What does that mean? If you read the rest of the FAQ page, it mentions how the copyright (that gave GOSH the royalties and that the OP cites as what the Pan movie ignored) actually EXPIRED. So there’s no copyright! At all! What they DO still have is the licence to use the Peter Pan story. What they are NOT licensed for are the use of individual characters, prequels, or sequels (basically anything that deviates from the original story). Idk if they could have gotten the copyright renewed or how that would have effected the Pan movie, but there you go. 

So you know what they did instead? THEY STILL MADE A SIGNIFICANT DONATION TO THE HOSPITAL’S CHARITY BEFORE THEY STARTED FILMING. WOW. HOW GREAT IS THAT. 

I never thought I would be defending this movie because of the aforementioned whitewashing. But like, you gotta actually READ the sources people! And stop spreading rumours!

this is disgusting

don’t let this be swept under the rug. this is another instance where a girl will not feel beautiful for the color of her skin, another time where a girl will not have representation. this is another instance where young girls will be wondering why they don’t have perfect skin and curves. don’t let this be forgotten about.

*vomits furiously*

Actresses were turned down because they said they weren’t looking for a Native American actor. DO NOT SUPPORT PAN!!! This is a Warner Bros. production, directed by Joe Wright (who has taken credit for deciding the tribe would be multicultural but gave it a white poster child ((and a white leading cast all around))).

this is disgusting

don’t let this be swept under the rug. this is another instance where a girl will not feel beautiful for the color of her skin, another time where a girl will not have representation. this is another instance where young girls will be wondering why they don’t have perfect skin and curves. don’t let this be forgotten about.

*vomits furiously*

Actresses were turned down because they said they weren’t looking for a Native American actor. DO NOT SUPPORT PAN!!! This is a Warner Bros. production, directed by Joe Wright (who has taken credit for deciding the tribe would be multicultural but gave it a white poster child ((and a white leading cast all around))).

this is disgusting

don’t let this be swept under the rug. this is another instance where a girl will not feel beautiful for the color of her skin, another time where a girl will not have representation. this is another instance where young girls will be wondering why they don’t have perfect skin and curves. don’t let this be forgotten about.

fun fact: the word “panic” is actually from the greek word “panikos” which is referring to the greek god pan who apparently shout at people who were alone in the woods and freak them out. 

Career goals

Panikos! at the woods

I’m just dying to hear what kind of explanation they dream up for this one.

The wool clothes and magenta eye shadow and crayola dyed feathers make me think this Tiger Lily is just going to be a terrible hipster who wears headdresses to Coachella and refers to everything as her spirit animal

and here I was so excited about Hugh Jackman what even is this train wreck

Grossssssssssssasssssss

This is disheartening

really confused about Rooney Mara being casted as tiger lily for the new Peter Pan movie???????????

Never forget that a Native woman tried to audition and was turned away.

why does Tiger Lily look like she’s a white girl going to a Rave??

OH MY GOD