The new successful film Netflix slammed "propaganda" by indignant viewers
The director and star of The Love Story spoke for his defense.
A new Rom-ComOn Netflix is faced with a counterpoup to its themes and its content, while being one of the most popular selections of the streaming platform at the moment. The film,Purple hearts, talks about a woman who marries a navy to obtain health insurance, and various aspects of the film have turned upside down the viewers, which led a lot to say that he is racist, misogynist and even military propaganda. In response to indignation, the director ofPurple hearts,,Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, and one of his stars,Sofia Carson, spoke to defend romance.
Read the rest to see which specific parts of the film have upset subscribers and for the responses of Rosenbaum and Carson to their complaints.
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The film talks about a marriage of convenience.
Purple hearts -which was published on July 29 - concerns a liberal musician, Cassie (Carson), who agrees to marry a conservative sailor named Luke (NicolasGalitzine), for one year. She suffers from type 1 diabetes and desperately needs health insurance to pay her treatment. Meanwhile, Luke joined the army in order to repay a debt after suffering from addiction. Over time and that Cassie and Luke face more difficulties and time apart, they end up falling for others for real.
Some viewers have found the film's offensive.
The counterposter of the film includes the assertions that it is military propaganda and that it includes uncontrolled cases of racism and misogyny. For example, at some point, another sailor giving a toast said: "This one is in life, love and hunting for Arabs [explains], baby!" Cassie is upset by the comment, while Luke is not.
"I do not understand the whole film on the film" Purple Hearts ", I mean that it is just a regular boring film with a lot of racism and misogyny that romanticizes the military !!!!"wrote a Twitter user.
Another said, "Purple Hearts is an American military propaganda which uses the invasion and death of 1.2 million Iraqis like Romcom so as not to mention him defend his racist friend and tell him to sit and stop him when she called it after encouraging hunting hunting at the bottom of certain Arabs [explanive]. '"
Someone else wrote, "The way the purple hearts are not even sublte [sic] but manifestly anti-arabic racist misogynist and pro-PPR-military propaganda but PPL are foaming it is liberal Latina."
The director defended his controversial scenario.
Rosenbaum spoke toPurple hearts in an interview withVariety, saying that the film is intended to show how two very different people can meet despite their differences.
"I hope people understand that for the characters to grow up, they must be defective at first," she said. "So, we very intentionally created two characters who had been raised to hate each other ... So that the red heart and the blue heart become a little violent, you must make them be a little extreme. Some of the people they" The surrounds are even more imperfect than them. They were both neglected by the system; it is injured in a war which does not seem to end and it slides through the cracks of the health system. So they are both Negisdés by the system, then they live under one roof, and in these extreme circumstances, they learn to become more moderate and to listen and to love. "
Rosenbaum added: "I hope that anyone is insulted in any way whatsoever understands that our intentions are very pure, and it is because we have the impression that people have to grow and have to start becoming more moderate. ""
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Carson said the film represents "both sides".
Carson, who in addition to playing Cassie is an executive producer ofPurple hearts, also shared his point of view on the film.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"Why I fell in love with the film, it is that it is a love story but it is much more than that," she saidVariety. "It's two hearts, a red, one blue, two worlds apart, which are really high to hate each other. Thanks to the power of love, they learn to direct with empathy and compassion and love each other In this beautiful nuance of purple. We wanted to represent both sides as precisely as possible. "
In the same way,Carson said The Hollywood Reporter"We really wanted to highlight the dichotomy between these two characters and their incredibly different political opinions without taking a camp. And also showing that, in particular the character of Cassie, she never abandons who she is or in what she believes. What happens. With these two people, it is that, rather than approaching hatred and seeing their divisions, they begin to see themselves as human beings, not only political opinions. They Seeing themselves with compassion and empathy. Calling this optimistic, but that is the story that we wanted to tell, it is that if you direct with love, love can heal in a way that can be powerful. "
Purple hearts Make huge figures on Netflix.
Despite the counterou, many people have disseminatedPurple hearts on Netflix. The film has been viewed for more than 100 million hours andtook over 1 fromRyan GoslingandChris Evansaction movieThe gray man.
Carson and Rosenbaum also believe that the film has succeeded thanks to the positive reaction it has received to represent people with type 1 diabetes - Amid Le Contrepoupou. "We both had the impression that it was a massive part of history and a cool responsibility to be able to shed light on it," said RosenbaumVariety. "But each time we speak in advance to anyone who suffers from type 1 diabetes, they were so grateful because generally it is like a weakness for a character in the films, and often, they will die."
Carson added that the answer she experienced "was so beautifully overwhelming" and that "so many people have felt or comforted by this film". The actor continued: "That's all we could want from filmmakers and as an artists."