DC Comics slammed for going ‘woke’ with new pregnant Joker

Heather Hamilton

January 06, 03:55 PM January 06, 03:55 PM

DC Comics critics are reacting to a newly released backup storyline featuring Batman villain the Joker as pregnant, calling it “massive toxicity and woke behavior.”

In The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #4, a backup story titled "Knocked Upside Down" shows Joker getting pregnant after nemesis magician Zatanna casts a spell on him, resulting in him giving birth throughout a glorified dream sequence.

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Backlash stirred across social media as a panel from the new comic storyline began to circulate.

“Massive toxicity & woke behavior by DC Comics,” a tweet stated. “Seriously, something needs to be done to weed out this idiotic behavior. Why the hell did they make Joker Pregnant!”

Comic review writer Theresa Campagna called it “probably the worst story” and noted: “I don’t know how much longer I can do this.”

“This is one of those comics you can’t really review, because there’s no real story or artistic vision to pick apart,” Campagna also said. “Writing aside, however, there have been a lot of these little moments or stories at DC lately that make me go, ‘How the heck did DC editorial give that a green light?’”

Orange Hat Reviews pointed out that the comic was not intending to make Joker transgender.

Others shrugged aside the context and called the storyline “a totally dumb thing to do” regardless.

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #4’s writer Matthew Rosenberg reportedly mocked his story’s critics.

"The reason people are mad at me today is the funniest reason people have ever been mad at me," Rosenberg wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted.

The latest storyline follows DC Comics' previous announcement about a comic featuring a bisexual Superman.

WATCH: Ben Carson blasts the Left for 'woke' changes to Christmas classics

Steff Thomas

December 24, 04:52 PM December 24, 05:16 PM

Dr. Ben Carson, who served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Trump administration, says political correctness has only made things “worse” while blasting recent changes to Christmas classics.

“The first time I spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1997 about the fact that political correctness, if we continued along that pathway, was going to destroy our nation," Carson said on a special edition of WHD News's Hannity. “It has continued to get worse.”

“Now it's morphed into wokeness,” he told guest host Tammy Bruce.

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Bruce was referencing a church in the United Kingdom that shared a more modern take on the classic Christmas hymn, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.”

“God rest you queer and questioning, your anxious hearts be still. God rest you also, women, who by men have been erased. Through history ignored and scorned, defiled and displaced,” the new lyrics from All Saints Church in Loughborough, England, read, which Bruce called left-wing “woke madness.”

When asked for his take, Carson talked about the United States, where he said it has gotten so bad that students on college campuses are now “afraid to express themselves,” especially conservatives.

“College is supposed to be a place where you explore and you have an opportunity to discuss certain things so that you can determine which way you're going. And basically, what's happening is people are being shut down,” the heart surgeon told the host.

"And it doesn't have to be the government that shuts down your freedom of speech, you know. Big Tech, social media, college professors can shut down your speech. And if the government is compliant with that, it's the same as if they're doing it. And we, the American people, should be outraged about that," Carson said.

From changes in the Marines being required to stop calling commanding officers "sir" and "ma’am" to avoid the risk of “misgendering” them to even Carson’s name being removed from a school in Detroit for his views, the former Trump official said America's freedoms are being diminished.

Quoting from the Declaration of Independence that “our freedoms come from God,” Carson said that with each “woke” change, society is “allowing them to be taken away from us.”

“We also have a government that is insinuating itself into every aspect of our lives. You know, liberty and community was about what the people could do, not what the government could do,” he said, adding that America is dynamic and innovative because of the country's diversity.

“If everybody is thinking the same way and saying the same things, where's that out-of-the-box thinking that's going to allow us to continue to be that beacon?”

Writers at Saturday Night Live boycott show over Dave Chappelle hosting: Report

Luke Gentile

November 10, 12:02 PM November 10, 12:04 PM

A number of staff writers at Saturday Night Live are reportedly set to boycott the show following the announcement that comedian Dave Chappelle will return to host the post-election episode.

Chappelle has been unabashedly staunch in his defense of comedy, and the comedy legend has cracked jokes in the past few years that many on the Left have deemed "transphobic" and "homophobic."

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This criticism against Chappelle appears to be shared by staff writers of the long-running show.

"I'm trans and non-binary. I use they/them pronouns," Celeste Yim, a writer at the show, posted on Instagram following the announcement of Chappelle hosting.

"Transphobia is murder and it should be condemned."

It is unclear if Yim is one of the writers set to boycott the show.

"They’re not going to do the show," a source close to the upset staff said, according to a report. "But none of the actors are boycotting."

There was no evidence of a boycott when the comedian attended a Tuesday meeting with the SNL crew, a representative for Chappelle said.

"The room was full of writers. They all pitched ideas and they seemed very excited about it. ... Dave is looking to have some fun," the representative said.

Chappelle hosted SNL immediately following the 2016 and 2020 elections.

Wizard of woke: Director to revamp The Wizard of Oz with LGBT illustration

Julia Johnson

September 22, 02:27 PM September 22, 02:27 PM

Writer and director Kenya Barris is switching out The Wizard of Oz's Dust Bowl neighborhood and opting for an LGBT theme in his adaptation of the vintage film.

“Now we’re likely to convert a mirror on wherever we’re at ideal now and just take disparate figures from the LGBTQ group, from distinctive cultural communities and socioeconomic communities, and notify a tale that reflects the globe. I feel this is the ideal time to do that,” he told Variety.

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Previous thirty day period, Warner Bros. announced Barris as the adaptation's author and director. Barris's Khalabo Ink Society is also creating the reimagined typical.

“The unique was an allegory and a reflection of the way the earth was at the time with things like the Good Melancholy and the Dust Bowl,” he discussed. Because the country's placement and issues have shifted, so has this tale, according to the writer and director.

Of the ambitious remake, Barris claimed, “I’m nervous.”

“Hopefully, my film can past as very long as the authentic does," he reported. “Hopefully my film comes out.”

Saudi Arabia and Gulf states demand from customers choose articles be pulled from Netflix

Jack Birle

September 06, 10:32 PM September 06, 10:32 PM

The Gulf Cooperation Council's digital media committee has known as on Netflix to remove content from its platform that it deems inappropriate.

The committee's demands are because of to content material that "violates Islamic and societal values and principles," according to a statement attained by Arab News.

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"In light of the current observation that the platform was broadcasting visual substance and content material which violates content material controls in GCC countries,” the assertion states. “[The content] violates Islamic and societal values and rules. As such, the platform was contacted to eliminate this information, which includes material directed at small children, and to be certain adherence to the regulations.”

The statement also suggests that "required authorized measures will be taken" if Netflix does not tackle the articles the committee finds objectionable.

The Gulf Cooperation Council is composed of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.

Movie and tv censorship in the region has come to be a dilemma for a number of streaming expert services. Disney+ announced very last thirty day period it would not stream the film Lightyear, which features a exact-intercourse kiss, and the series Baymax, which also capabilities an LGBT character, in numerous Center Eastern nations.