Warner Bros., the studio that produced Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, has now launched a public apology in lieu of the latest social media outrage that occured as a result of Barbenheimer meme, for offensive content material that was reported by Japan. In a brand new report by Variety, it was said that Warner Bros Japan had known as out the ‘thoughtless’ tweet about Barbenheimmer made not too long ago by the Twitter, (now known as X) deal with of the movie. (Also learn: Barbenheimer field workplace opening week assortment: Oppenheimer and Barbie collectively make ₹100 crore in India)
Statement of apology
In a brand new assertion, Warner Brothers has launched an apology, which learn: “Warner Brothers regrets its recent insensitive social media engagement. The studio offers a sincere apology.” This came after a massive online petition by the Japanese public against the studio and a further step taken by the Japanese distribution arm of Warner. The statement was reported by Variety.
What caused the outrage
It so happened that the U.S. account had responded and interacted with some fan posts about Barbenheimer, which alludes to the dual summer releases of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Both the films released in July 21, and have been dominating the box office worldwide. In a tweet that made a fan made poster of Barbenheimer with Margot Robbie being seated on Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer’s shoulder, the Barbie Twitter handle responded with: “It’s going to be a summer to remember.” X then added a community note on the post that read, “At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945 (Showa 20), an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima for the first time in human history. The particular nature of the damage caused by the atomic bombs is that mass destruction and mass murder occurred instantaneously and indiscriminately.”
In one other tweet, when a fan photoshopped a mushroom cloud from the bomb blast as Barbie’s hair for a Barbenheimer poster, the official Twitter deal with replied, “This Ken is a stylist.”
Warner Bros. Japan points assertion
Calling out these social media responses, Warner Bros. Japan wrote in an announcement revealed on the Barbie Japan Twitter profile. It learn, “We consider it extremely regrettable that the official account of the American headquarters for the movie ‘Barbie’ reacted to the social media postings of ‘Barbenheimer’ fans. We take this situation very seriously. We are asking the U.S. headquarters to take appropriate action. We apologize to those who were offended by this series of inconsiderate reactions. Warner Bros Japan.”
Oppenheimer is a biopic primarily based on the lifetime of nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, who’s often known as the daddy of atomic bomb, and revolves round his struggles along with his personal conscience as he prepares the bomb that was used within the second world battle. Meanwhile, Barbie is in regards to the plastic dolls created by Mattel, the place Barbie and Ken make a journey to actual world to repair some issues.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
