The criticism around “Joy Ride” has swerved in an unexpected direction.
The Aapi-led R-rated comedy, which stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu as pals who set out on a wild and raucous trip through China, is executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “Joy Ride” debuted at SXSW earlier this year, but first-time director Adele Lim is only now having to field racist criticisms of the film, as it hits wide release this week.
On Wednesday, Lim retweeted a tweet from film critic Jackson Murphy (aka Lights Camera Jackson) in which Murphy wrote that the film is “embarrassing and incredibly unpleasant” while also alleging that the comedy “objectifies men, targets white people.”
In her retweet response, Lim wrote, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a t-shirt” followed by a series of prayer hands and crying-laughing face emojis.
Per the film’s official synopsis,...
The Aapi-led R-rated comedy, which stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu as pals who set out on a wild and raucous trip through China, is executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “Joy Ride” debuted at SXSW earlier this year, but first-time director Adele Lim is only now having to field racist criticisms of the film, as it hits wide release this week.
On Wednesday, Lim retweeted a tweet from film critic Jackson Murphy (aka Lights Camera Jackson) in which Murphy wrote that the film is “embarrassing and incredibly unpleasant” while also alleging that the comedy “objectifies men, targets white people.”
In her retweet response, Lim wrote, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a t-shirt” followed by a series of prayer hands and crying-laughing face emojis.
Per the film’s official synopsis,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Adele Lim isn’t stopping to the haters’ level.
This week, the “Joy Ride” director shared her reaction to a tweet about the movie by former kid film critic Jackson Murphy, better known as Lights Camera Jackson.
Read More: ‘Joy Ride’ Director Adele Lim Reveals Some Scenes Were ‘Too Raunchy & Too Crazy’ To Make It Into The Movie
Calling the movie “embarrassing” and “incredibly unpleasant,” the 24-year-old critic courted backlash, writing that the film “objectifies men” and “targets white people.”
The tweet went viral, with many calling Jackson out for his commentary on the film, about a group of friends travelling to China on a journey to find one of the characters’ birth mother.
Seeing the tweet, Lim responded with her own quote tweet, joking, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a tshirt ”
Imma need “Objectifies men, targets white people” on a tshirt https://t.co/5oEggiF2Og...
This week, the “Joy Ride” director shared her reaction to a tweet about the movie by former kid film critic Jackson Murphy, better known as Lights Camera Jackson.
Read More: ‘Joy Ride’ Director Adele Lim Reveals Some Scenes Were ‘Too Raunchy & Too Crazy’ To Make It Into The Movie
Calling the movie “embarrassing” and “incredibly unpleasant,” the 24-year-old critic courted backlash, writing that the film “objectifies men” and “targets white people.”
The tweet went viral, with many calling Jackson out for his commentary on the film, about a group of friends travelling to China on a journey to find one of the characters’ birth mother.
Seeing the tweet, Lim responded with her own quote tweet, joking, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a tshirt ”
Imma need “Objectifies men, targets white people” on a tshirt https://t.co/5oEggiF2Og...
- 7/6/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Joy Ride director Adele Lim is addressing a social media reaction to her Lionsgate film ahead of its theatrical release later this month.
Lim took to Twitter on Tuesday to weigh in about an unfavorable assessment from Jackson Murphy, whose Twitter bio describes himself as a film critic for 99.5 The River, an iHeartRadio station based in Albany, New York. Murphy’s tweet criticized the feature as “embarrassing” and “incredibly unpleasant,” along with adding about the movie: “Objectifies men, targets white people.”
In her response, Lim, who is making her directorial debut following writing credits on such films as Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon, posted, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a tshirt.”
Joy Ride, which hits theaters July 7, centers on a woman traveling across China to find her birth mother and was written by Lim, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. The R-rated comedy premiered...
Lim took to Twitter on Tuesday to weigh in about an unfavorable assessment from Jackson Murphy, whose Twitter bio describes himself as a film critic for 99.5 The River, an iHeartRadio station based in Albany, New York. Murphy’s tweet criticized the feature as “embarrassing” and “incredibly unpleasant,” along with adding about the movie: “Objectifies men, targets white people.”
In her response, Lim, who is making her directorial debut following writing credits on such films as Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon, posted, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a tshirt.”
Joy Ride, which hits theaters July 7, centers on a woman traveling across China to find her birth mother and was written by Lim, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. The R-rated comedy premiered...
- 7/5/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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