This situation is such a classic example of people claiming they want to see others win / want new voices in spaces, until it actually happens. Then suddenly the achievement gets downplayed or dismissed.
A lot of hater energy, projection, and envy toward someone else’s come up.
#Backrooms star Mark Duplass defends Kane Parsons from rumors that the 20-year-old filmmaker didn’t actually direct the upcoming horror film:
Responding to an X user who claimed Parsons “absolutely didn’t direct” A24’s “Backrooms,” Duplass wrote, “Hmmm, with all due respect I don’t remember seeing you on set. When I was there, Kane was 100% in control. More so than many directors 3x his age.”
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Sam Levinson’s pen has rarely been the show’s strong point (minus the addiction arcs) but it’s really not landing this season. The overreliance on sex / fetishization feels less intentional from a story perspective and more like an attempt to mask a lack of compelling storylines.
BREAKING: Eight children were killed in an "extensive" mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, police say. The suspected shooter is also dead. https://t.co/1xabSsCIaW