 Thanks for checking out this video. So I don't really like to do videos like this But I had a kind of interesting perspective to throw out there on it So I figured it might be actually a little bit helpful for some people to see this just to kind of get people thinking about things But I know there are plenty people will probably watch it and be like nope. I'm setting the way I think about it I'm on this side or I'm on that side. I'm actually not on a side of this whole situation I kind of like to look at things a lot of times on both sides and and kind of see Where things went wrong so and kind of analyze it That's just kind of my brain a lot of the time So I just figured if I throw my opinions out there on it I throw my analysis in a sense out there on it that maybe it can help some people process it because I think that people on both sides kind of Reacted instead of like stopping thinking processing things through and acting in any more calm and Responsible manner so and I'm saying that about both sides for this. So anyway, what are we talking about? so this is the whole Joe Bob Briggs thing that blew up on Twitter a few days ago and Sorry, I'm a little late to actually talking about it, but you know, I was processing it for a little bit but so Joe Bob's Briggs had sent out a tweet with a link to a bloody disgusting article about the new black Christmas remake that's coming out that I think Blumhouse and Universal are doing and The whole crux of the article was basically that it's going to be told from a totally different perspective That it's going to be told from the female perspective because black Christmas was initially from the perspective of a man Kind of stalking a sorority house and killing great movie. I loved it the original black Christmas I think is really good and that was kind of the precursor for then Halloween coming along and really kicking off the slasher genre Which was great. So it's a very important film too So they're doing a remake which first of all, I I'm not a big fan of remakes Unless they do something very different with it and I do think that the black Christmas remake Could be doing something really different and that's kind of what the article was about it was about They're doing it from the perspective of the women at the sorority house and they're like men creeping So it's basically kind of the opposite POV of what you were getting in the original black Christmas, which to me that sounds interesting if it's pulled off, right? I mean It's always hard to know with remakes. Is it going to be just as good? Is it going to be worse which is actually usually more of the the case unfortunately, or could it potentially be better? I don't think that happens a whole lot, but you never know so He tweeted that out and this is this is the actual tweet that he put out with it What I love about directors from the 70s and 80s is that they had no political axe to grind no message No social justification for horror. It was just get a load of this great story I don't want to be told how to watch a movie So that touched off a whole lot of people getting mad about that basically saying hey Lots of things actually that people were saying a lot of stuff people were taking exception to what he said about that They felt like it was very judgmental about the film when he hadn't even seen it yet Make a list of things that people responded to with that And then there were people coming to his kind of defense because people were attacking him about it instead of having a Just discussion about it. So then it just turned into this back-and-forth like fight fight fight fight fight for both sides So then Joe Bob we you know put out another tweet afterwards and he said I knew most of them and if they had a political POV it was subconsciously embedded they were interested in story Not one of them ever said I'm making this movie to bring new perspectives. They never made extravagant claims for horror so you can kind of see where Based off the first tweet then the second tweet it sounds very different and that's kind of in my opinion that That's on Joe Bob for that Being a very seen horror figure on social media like you have a lot of followers people really read what you put out there You have to be very very careful about what you put out that said it's his opinion and so when people react to it it should be a reaction of This is this guy's opinion and you you're not going to change those things like you're usually not going to change someone's opinion unless you bring to the discussion Discussion instead of argument Some information that they're like, oh, I hadn't really thought about that. That's enlightening What does not help these situations is when people start jumping on it and being like, oh, you're just an old white man You know get with the times and stuff like that You're not going to change anyone's perspective or opinion based off saying stuff like that and some people did that some people didn't and like I said, you know, there was a mix but As we are as a society what gets focused on the most is what's negative And so then people started fighting back on the other side and being like, oh you you know It just became name-calling both ways and this is not helpful And it's a sad thing to see in my opinion because the horror community. I think overall is very awesome One of the best communities out there horror community is amazing in my opinion and people come together all the time at horror conventions for joe bob shows for podcasts like whatever and Usually people don't talk politics now politics end up getting rolled into movies from time to time and I disagree with joe bob's original tweet that You know the whole the basically getting at the fact that they you know They didn't put politics in the film politics has kind of always been in horror And especially even like as he clarified in the second one in subtext Most usually in subtext, but sometimes very very overt Throughout the decades, you know, it's it's well known within the horror community that Whatever goes into actual horror is usually reflecting the kind of anxiety and strife of society at that time So it is political. It's like always political in a sense for that reason in a way like societal politics basically And like I said like sometimes it's very overt But sometimes it's more sub you know subtext and a lot of time I like it more subtext a lot of time just because I like to work like I like to be able to be like Oh, well, what did this really mean and what did this really mean in the film? And I like to pull it out myself and try and figure it out. It's like a puzzle, but But I like it sometimes when it when it's very overt to Obviously, especially when it when it aligns with the my personal politics, which I will tell everyone right now I am not a registered anything except independent I've been registered independent forever because I don't feel like I fit into Democrat or Republican and I don't think I ever will because I don't think there's a party that can fully speak for me as a person I'm an independent person. I've always been that way and no one's gonna speak for me So when I see these things go on I kind of look from both sides and I'm just like what really is going on and so It just becomes this issue of like can't we Communicate better then that's the big thing communicate better. So Joe Bob puts out this tweet He tried to backpedal on it a little bit or clarify it a little bit, but I do think it is his fault for not Stating clearly what he was trying to get through I personally believe based off how things played out that he meant what he originally said and People took exception to that so he kind of backpedaled and said well, no, here's the real context to it But that doesn't mean that people could should get mad about it if I had seen that and he He backed it up and said no, that's actually what I meant my response to it is I you know, I disagree and You know, maybe I could say if I was talking to him I could just say you know and these are the reasons why I actually disagree But I'm not gonna jump out there and be like you're an idiot you stupid old white man You know things like that. It's just not First of all, it's it's it's not a good look for the horror community to be honest because we do get along for the most part The other thing is it's just movies like I know people get passionate about things But it's just movies in the end of the day and one of the best things about movies in general is it's usually an Escape from reality and everything's very very political nowadays So it's nice to just get away and just go there and for that reason I understand Joe Bob's perspective of I don't really want politics in my movies because I just want the story of it Just give me the story, you know Maybe he just wants to get away from all the politics and I understand that I feel like that sometimes like based on my mood I will reach for a very non-political Film at times versus other times where I'm feeling in a different mood And I'll reach for a film that I know is political and sometimes it's because it's it's against my political views And I want to just see what's what's all about or it's with my political views And I kind of want to have that feeling of like yeah, let's go so It's personal opinion and so when somebody Somebody puts something like that out. We need to be more responsible on how we respond to it be respectful say You know, I see what you're saying I get it but just to let you know this is kind of what I think about it. Don't be vitriolic about it I know social media has a tendency to just go that way Because people get angry because you can't actually interact with another human being an inflection also gets lost in the actual Text of what you're putting out there so people can read what is put there and think that someone's saying it in like a mean way and People usually assume it's more of a mean way than a nice way to be honest and that's unfortunate But then they react to that and then they put it out in either a mean way or a neutral way And then it's then this the same situation where that gets interpreted as being like a terrible mean thing, but you know anyway, so in the end My opinions on this are I think Joe Bob probably should have been a lot more clear in what he put out just Either if that's actually what he meant just back it up and say, you know, I'm sorry but this is what I mean, but it's my personal opinion or Be more specific initially if that's not exactly what he meant because you know, you have a lot of people looking at this stuff But in the end we need to let things like this go, you know And this gets to another big issue that I see which is People's inability to allow others to make mistakes because we all make mistakes We all put an opinion out there that maybe we're like, ooh, I I probably shouldn't have said that that was kind of an internal thing I know it's a little bit touchy for some people and We need to be able to look at that and and you know, you can have a constructive Discussion with the people and say hey, you know, maybe maybe keep that to yourself because this or that or you know From my perspective. I see this. I understand that you're saying it's a different perspective coming from you Let's talk about it calmly But in the end you just need to You know, be be cool, man You know, so I actually kind of lost my train of thought there but because it's just like it's it's so much going on but when you when you talk from your perspective Something that's actually is kind of helpful I learned this kind of recently is you talk from the eye perspective and say like I feel instead of talking about another person and putting it on them because you immediately put them on the defensive if you Kind of say well, here's an example like if I was talking to Joe Bob say, you know, I feel that the tweet that you put out was Not fully accurate because I feel like over the years There's been a lot of political stuff and then you know blah blah blah and then Instead of saying you're wrong There's been a lot of political stuff throughout the years because you see what happens there because in one in the first Example you're saying this is how I feel which no one can dispute that because that is fact for you That's how you're feeling at that time as opposed to saying You got this wrong and this is why that's talking about them initially and it's putting them on the defensive When you talk like that when anyone talks like that whoever they're talking to will immediately get defensive It's just a natural reaction. So, you know, so as a horror community as an awesome community We we need to learn to let these things go if you don't agree with people. That's okay Don't get mad about it. Don't get vitriolic about it. It's not worth it Be nice be better because we're all in the horror community together now If it's something like people saying racial slurs or hate speech or terrible stuff like that, that's different You you can still address those in a calm manner, but that's a very different thing What I'm talking about here is what Joe Bob Briggs put out, which is just basically This is how I feel. This is my opinion. This is how I like to consume films You should be able to look at that and say, okay, that's not how I consume them, but okay, that's the way you do it Let's move on Because there are plenty of things I'm sure you do have in common with him that you think the same way About with as he does and even if that's not the case You can still be humans at the same time and not mean to each other so I Just think things got out of hand and that's what social media does it just has a tendency to just make things go Right out the window So it's unfortunate, but you know, let's all learn from this. Let's be cool to each other and and let's just keep on Loving horror is my opinion. So anyway, sorry if there was a little bit of rambling in this I know there was because there were a few times where I started to like work on some ideas as I was going but hopefully people got a little something out of this and I love that people check out my videos I don't know how much how much love or hate this one will get you put some comments down there and let me know You know, are you differing in opinion on stuff? And that's that's fine But anyway, thanks for checking this out. Hit that subscribe if you like any of the videos I do not necessarily this one, but I'm doing tons of movie reviews. So yeah Anyway, thanks everyone for checking this out until next time. Keep it brutal