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Did Netflix top dogs have a meeting and decide they weren’t woke enough?
It sure looks as if they did, because the company that sparked a cascade of cancellations of its services with material that seemed to glorify pedophilia, and which has been roundly ridiculed for persistently casting black actors to play historical figures who couldn’t conceivably have been black, has now come up with what is vying hard for the mantle of its most ridiculous premise yet.
Netflix describes its new movie, Queen of Coal, this way: “A trans woman dreams of working the coal mines — but in a town steeped in superstition and patriarchy, Carlita must fight to earn her place underground.” Yes, this is real. It stars Lux Pascal, who used to be known as Lucas Pascal until he decided that he was really the woman of his dreams. That is a quick path to stardom in Hollywood these days, and so whatever else Lucas/Lux is, he has a good head for business.
Queen of Coal invites ridicule and has received plenty. Cartoonist George Alexopoulos gave us the scenario on X Monday morning, with the trans miner saying: “I’ve always wanted to mine coal… as much as I’ve wanted to be a woman.” The hateful, bigoted coal miners, however, respond: “Jesus says you aren’t allowed! Git outta here! We hate you! Grr!” But when the mine collapses, “Fat Capitalist CEO” says: “Dammit! All our miners are trapped down there, and there are no men left to save them!” That’s when the trans miner appears, saying, “How about a woman?,” and quickly saving the day. As “she” walks off into the sunset, a “white bigot” calls after her: “Wait! Thank you, trans miner. You’re different than us, but dammit if you can’t dig better than the best of us.”
Another wrote: “I’m sorry I can’t stop laughing at how retarded this premise is lmao. A dude troons out and his DREAM is to get black lung, but is held back by this horrifyingly oppressive, patriarchal society which apparently can’t bring itself to NOT call him a woman and let him get lung cancer and cough up blood until he dies. No, he has to suffer and not dig for coal in the pitch blackness of the underground, and work in the kitchens with the womenfolk. Queen of Coal, indeed lmfaooo.”
But wait! Queen of Coal is not quite as absurd as it appears at first glance, because it is based on a true story! Yes, it seems that the new Netflix blockbuster tells the story of Carla Antonella Rodríguez, whom the Spanish-language Anfibia describes as “the first transgender woman miner in Río Turbio” in Argentina. Carla Antonella Rodríguez, who is, don’t forget, a man, “managed to break the myth that prohibited women from working inside the mine.”
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Think they are trying to top Emilia Perez. In that movie, a Mexican druglord decides that he wants to become a woman. Here, a man wants to become a woman and mine coal, which is already a predominantly male profession. In both these cases, they belong to the sex/gender that dominates both professions – drug running and coal mining, yet decide that they are better off as women
When I was at school, had I dared come up w/ such plot lines in my English class, I’d have been dinged badly and got single figure marks out of 100. Somehow, there is no reality check on these weirdos
Crown says
Regarding Netflix, I believe the most accurate statement might be a paraphrase of that great Bard, Ozzy:
“ They’re goin’ off the rails on a crazy train!”
ConcernedReader says
Actually i would suggest checking out Troll 2. Also netflix movie.
It is basicly a monster vs monster flick with a lot of christianity bashing.
nicholas william tesdorf says
“Queen of Coal” is the sequel to “Old King Coal”.
James Lincoln says
Netflix was good when you could order DVDs of existing movies through the mail. I ordered many excellent film noir classics from the 1940s and 50s.
When they started to move to streaming – and made their own really crappy stuff – I canceled.
Winston 101 says
Lincoln
Ditto! My experience to a T.
I keep a dvd player and have certain movies on dvd because there are ones I enjoy that are not always available on streaming.
tgusa says
I had a Netflix account since its streaming launch in 2007. I cant remember exactly but I think it was 8 dollars a month with dvd delivery. I cancelled a few years go not because of the much higher price but because of the crappy content. I noticed that Netflix began to delete the most watched content which was older shows and replaced them with unwatchable stuff.
Today I use Amazon Prime. You can add subscriptions such as Britbox, Acorn TV, Starz, Paramount, Showtime, etc,.for a minimal price per month.
I also use the Roku Channel (free account with ads) even if you dont have a Roku device. https://therokuchannel.roku.com/
Today you can also buy dvds that come with a hard copy and a code to upload them to a Fandango account (also a free account).
https://athome.fandango.com/
You can also buy stuff directly from Fandango that automatically is added to your account as well. Netflix was once on top of it all but now it is just not worth it.
Netflix price today up to 25 dollars a month (dvds have been discontinued).
Daniel Triplett says
I like Fandango too, having discovered it a few months ago. I’ve spent ridiculous amounts of money buying movies there, but it’s so hard to resist. Their algorithm knows how to offer me stuff they know I’ll buy. So many great movies on there to own for just $5. Many more for under $10. And those bundles are a great deal too. I’ll have to figure out how to convert my DVDs too on there.
tgusa says
Fandango used to be named Vudu. They do have a lot of good content. As of now there isn’t a way to convert your DVDs for upload to the site. Maybe that will eventually change. However, you can buy “certain DVDs” that come with a code in the box but most dont. For instance, I bought the James Bond collection of all 24 movies. There was no need to put in a DVD I just followed the instructions in the box and went to the site that was named and put in the code that came with the DVD set. Within a minute or two all the movies appeared in my Fandango account, My Library. I did the same with the Jaws movies and a bunch of others too. The package will tell you the movie or TV show comes with the “Digital Code”.
skeptiker says
Brot und Spiele. Um so verrückter, um so besser. Die Menschen werden mit allerlei Krimskram beschäftigt, um sie vom Denken und Hinterfragen abzuhalten. Wie er sinnentleert, oberflächlich banal und infantil sein Dasein fristet, reduziert auf Konsum und Unterhaltung, bemerkt er seine eigene Versklavung und Ausbeutung nicht.
Wie viel Milliarden besitzen die 10 reichsten Menschen der Welt und wieviel Dollar besitzen 99% der Weltbevölkerung?
truth says
You have to be insane to even follow this logic. Thank goodness 90% of people finally see the truth about this trans nonsense. It’s just a political ideology for crazy people.
KufarDawg says
At this point I hope the whole woke entertainment industry dies on the vine.