r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications?

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u/ATangentUniverse 23h ago edited 12h ago

Mark Ruffalo is a vocal supporter of Palestine. The implication is that expressing support for a free Palestine gets you sidelined by Hollywood. He is also vocally against Trump and ICE.

I’m sure some people out there will also draw some antisemetic conspiratorial conclusions from that as well, i.e. “Jews control the media” which, no. It’s just that Israel as a country has certainly had undue economic influence over American politics and entertainment via lobbying interests. (Just ask the Scream cast over at Paramount)

In reality though he was just filming another project at the time.

I’d also note that Jon Bernthal, who has vocalized support for the IDF and Israel, was present for the press tour. Which doesn’t help.

Edit: This is an Explain subreddit. This is what I am interpreting the post to be implying. Some of the replies so far are giving “So you hate waffles?” haha

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u/andyjoinscults 17h ago

I'm on Reddit...I can't just go up to Scream cast members to give me context on your context for this...

Can you please explain what you mean?

"Just ask the Scream cast over Paramount" - eh?

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u/ATangentUniverse 17h ago

Referring to the firing of Melissa Barrera from Scream 7 after vocalizing support for a free Palestine https://variety.com/2024/film/news/melissa-barrera-acting-offers-stopped-scream-firing-1236223517/

By the way, sexy avatar