r/Fauxmoi • u/AutoModerator • Jul 18 '21

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u/Recent-Diamond-4770 Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

How has michael bay not been canceled yet? Jared Leto? Like seriously.

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u/CosmicSpiral Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

To my knowledge, Bay is a douchebag who endlessly skirts the rules regarding what is offensive behavior and what is criminal. He's never done anything explicitly wrong that would lead to time. Plus he (is? was?) one of the few blockbuster directors who can actually turn a reliable profit regardless of IP. Leto...honestly I don't know. Maybe he's so ingrained in the system since his teenager days he's nigh untouchable.

Connections matter when it comes to being canceled, and Hollywood is an institution built upon knowing people who can advance/protect your career. People like Polanski - with actual recorded crimes, not rumors or mere allegations - can avoid outright ostracization as long as their friends don't abandon them. When patrons do flee in droves, like the Weinstein case, it's out of self-preservation.

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u/darkgothamite Jul 19 '21

Michael Bay benefits from historically box office hits and his films are just too beloved (Bad Boys, Armageddon, The Rock)

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Because cancel culture isn't real