Extravagant heat on social media can be very expensive. As much as it costs the job. Tell that to Gina Carano, a 41-year-old Texas actress who lost one of the biggest professional opportunities of her life because of an ill-advised tweet three years ago. His comparison between the hatred of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust and what he said American Republicans suffered “because of their political ideas” cost him his role in the Disney series “The Mandalorian.” Now, exactly three years after that episode, Carano has decided to sue the audiovisual company and demand that it reinstate her and pay her at least $75,000 in damages. After Elon Musk announced a few months ago that
Therefore, it is not surprising that the interpreter used this network to publicize this lawsuit, filed in federal court in the State of California. “After 20 years of building my career from the ground up, and during the reign of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm released this statement on Twitter saying goodbye to The Mandalorian: 'Gina Carano is not currently working for Lucasfilm and there are no plans to do so in the future. However, his social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” she explained, assuring that she was completely innocent of everything she posted and “Liked” was “followed”: “Because it didn't match the accepted narrative at the time.” My words were constantly twisted to demonize and dehumanize me, as if I were a right-wing extremist. “It was an intimidating smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying and making an example of me.”
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The Mandalorian actress' message – she appeared in eight episodes of the first two seasons as Field Marshal Cara Dune – was deleted shortly after it was written, but many followers of the series saved it and spread it on networks. It said: “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neighbors…even by children.” Because the story has been edited, most people are unaware that the government was forced to do so Getting to the point where Nazi soldiers could round up thousands of Jews first made their own neighbors hate them simply because they were Jews. How is that different from hating someone because of their political beliefs?” In recent months, during the toughest moments of the Covid pandemic, he ridiculed those who wore masks. He also criticized the Black Lives Matter movement. In addition, he went so far as to claim, echoing Donald Trump, that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, a theory often repeated by the far right and one of the catalysts for the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
She claims that she never used aggressive language, but rather images, memes, phrases and sometimes her words, “not aggressive, but with respect and occasionally a comedic tone to keep a light tone in dark times.” She denies , that in her 2021 words she compared Republicans to the Jews who suffered the Holocaust, that she was never racist or transphobic, and her frequent comments on networks questioning “masks, curfews and forced vaccinations.” , just wanted to “go further” and bring the facts to light.” She also accuses the entertainment industry of being wrong in its supposed promotion of women: “Why were my co-stars allowed to speak without harassment or re-education courses or firing, but I was “I have not been granted the same right to exercise my freedom.” He says he has spoken to many of his colleagues and received words of support from them.
Now Carano is just looking for continuity for her career in the world of entertainment – which began about 15 years ago; He has worked on a dozen titles, most of them action, such as the Fast & Furious saga, and films such as Steven Soderbergh's Unstoppable and Tim Miller's Deadpool – something that doesn't come easily to him. “It’s difficult to move forward with all these lies and labels supported and promoted by the most powerful entertainment company in the world,” he says. “I am grateful that someone came to my defense in such a powerful way to clear my name.”
And the one who stood by her was Elon Musk and the platform that the tycoon bought in October 2022, which became her ally and helped her get legal representation. Musk himself has declared himself a staunch supporter of free speech, although he does not allow criticism of him and has fired some of the platform's employees for speaking badly about him. The self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” wrote in X a few months ago how Carano now remembers someone being fired for drug abuse
That was in August, and Carano responded, “A noble offer, but I never imagined anyone would take my case against Disney and Lucasfilm.” Still, I responded that I thought I could fit in, and thousands of people agreed, but I didn't expect anything. To my surprise, a few months later, I received an email from a lawyer hired by X to review my case and many others. It turns out that after I sent them all the information I was able to collect over the last few months, my current lawyers and retweeted Carano's message to her more than 171 million followers: “If you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney, please let us know.” In another message He said he was “proud” to support Carano financially and “to support her in asserting her right to freedom of expression in X and the opportunity to work without intimidation, harassment or discrimination.”
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