Molly Ringwald defends people "unfairly canceled": "We are essentially Puritans"

The actor gave his opinion on the state to "cancel culture" in a new interview.


After decades in the industry, Molly Ringwald was frank in recent years of the #MeToo movement and to re -examine the media of the past with a more enlightened lens. It is therefore not surprising that she also has reflections on the cancellation of culture. In a new interview with The Guardian , THE Sixteen candles Star explained why she thinks that the conversation must be more nuanced when it comes to calling bad behavior and making a necessary change in society.

In the past, Ringwald has also been reflected to reassess the John Hughes Comedies for adolescents from the 80s, which brought its fame but also include offensive jokes, scenarios and characters. While recognizing their problems, the actor and the writer pleaded against the fact of completely rejecting these films, and she has a similar vision of cancellation in general. Continue reading to learn more.

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She says everyone "does not belong to the same category" as Harvey Weinstein.

Molly Ringwald at New York Comic Con in 2019
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For The Guardian, Differentiated ringwald people canceled "Unjustly" of people canceled for major crimes.

"It's like intimidation in schools. They say:" We have a zero tolerance policy. "After that, it still exists, but it goes a little underground. It's a little more difficult to get caught. It becomes more difficult to say:" Is it an intimidation or not? "C 'is a bit like that with #MeToo, "said Ringwald.

She continued: "I don't think a Harvey Weinstein The situation could exist now. But, once again, many people have been swept away in "cancellation", and I worry for that; It is not durable, in a way. Some people have been unfairly canceled and do not belong to the same category as someone like Harvey Weinstein. ""

The disgrace producer is now prison after being sentenced sexual assault and multiple rape leaders.

She says that Americans behave like "Puritans" in these situations.

Molly Ringwald at the premiere of
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Ringwald continued by explaining that she sees a lack of nuances in the way people in the United States. Try to create a change and why she is worried, it will have a negative effect in the future. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"What it ends up doing is rolling people," she continued. "This is my concern. I want things to change, for real. Everything or nothing. We are essentially a bunch of Puritans."

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She applied a reflection similar to her past films.

Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling in Sixteen Candles
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In the 80s, Ringwald was one of the biggest stars of the day, thanks to his roles in Hughes films Sixteen candles ,, The breakfast club , And Pretty in pink . These films are loved and considered as classics but also contain sexism, racism and homophobia. The 55 -year -old actor reflected on their complicated heritage in a 2018 play for The New Yorker , recognizing both the positive and negative impact they have had.

"John's films transmit the anger and fear of the isolation that adolescents feel, and seeing that others can feel the same is a balm for the trauma that adolescents live," she wrote. "It is difficult to say that this is enough to compensate for the impertience of the films - even criticizing them gives me the impression of departing a generation of some of its most beautiful memories, or of being ungrateful because they helped establish my career. And yet, kissing them entirely is hypocritical. And yet, and yet…. "

She sees the change in the next generation.

Molly Ringwald and daughter Adele Gianopoulos at the American Ballet Theatre's Fall Gala in 2021
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Ringwald has three children: a 19 -year -old girl and 13 -year -old twins. She spoke of her critical children towards her comedies for adolescents. THE Guardian Interview notes that she can't watch The breakfast club With her younger daughter. "She is very liberal. I mean, I am very liberal, but it is another level. What it should be, and I'm happy, "said the actor.

Likewise, in an interview with Andy Cohen In 2021, she says , "My 12 year old daughter, Adele , is the most awakened individual you have ever met, and I don't know how I'm going to go through that, you know, looking at him with her and [she] saying: "How could you do that?" How could you be part of something that ... "She continued", on the other hand, [the films are] also people who felt like foreigners. They talk to a lot of people. They are complicated, and I have the impression that this is what makes the films really wonderful. ""


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