4 posts tagged ‘Genocide’
Melissa Barrera takes the high road on Scream
AV Club,
Melissa Barrera isn’t screaming at Scream—well, at least publicly. “I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” the Keep Breathing actress told Deadline during the Sundance festival’s opening night on Thursday. Read more...
Jenna Ortega won't be in Scream VII either
The Scream franchise has lost its other Carpenter sister. One day after production studio Spyglass fired lead actress Melissa Barrera for what they deemed to be “hate speech,” news broke that Jenna Ortega will also be exiting the franchise ahead of the upcoming Scream VII. Ortega and Barrera played sisters Tara and… Read more...
Melissa Barrera fired from Scream VII, producers call Israel comments “hate speech”
Melissa Barrera, one of the new stars of the rebooted Scream franchise, has reportedly been dropped from the series over some posts she made on social media about what’s happening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she supposedly wrote that “Gaza is currently being treated like a… Read more...
How to Define Genocide
The New Yorker,
A historian of the Holocaust examines Israel’s rhetoric and actions in Gaza.