why chris hemsworth, david harbour, sam hargrave, the russo brothers, and their new film “extraction” is problematic: a thread

Extraction is a white savior film in which Chris Hemsworth, most well known for his portrayal of Thor, stars as a mercenary hired to save the son of an international crime lord.

Hemsworth is the executive producer pf this film. Starring in this type of film is one thing (like Brie), but preucing it means he had funded and had creative control over a film with promoting problematic themes

The official poster shows Hemsworth solo, sympathizing with the white savior and his struggle leaving no room for the brown actors to be showcased (even tho this isnt the type of representation brown actors deserve)

The film was originally called Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and the film’s setting. The brown actors in the film are mainly from India and one from Iran. Having brown actors portray Bangladeshis enforces the racist notion that all brown people are the same, which they arent

Many of the brown actors portray the villains of the film. Bangladesh holds one of the largest and most devout Muslim populations, so villifying them is subject to promoting islamophobic themes.

Hemsworth has done promtotion for this film and seemed careless about disrupting the civilians’ daily lives while filming. He was also going to do a global promo tour but it was canceled due to COVID-19

here’s the vid feom the IG post

to be honest, we should have seen this one coming since he previosuly starred in 12 Strong, a movie that glorifies US military intervention in Afghanistan and vilifies Muslims once again

Also, cultural appropriation ain’t cute either, especially from a repeat offender.

David Harbour’s rule isn’t clear yet, but still starring in a white savior film is something that shouldn’t be done.

so, don’t watch “extraction” when it comes out. this is coming from an indian muslim myself and this affects me deeply https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a31983854/netflix-chris-hemsworth-extraction-pictures/

also please ignore the typos i am not a native english speaker

i want to make it clear that a part of my frustration comes from the fact that most people can be mum about the fact he is the producer of such a film out of convenience

I DID NOT JUST GET A DEFENSE OF THIS MOVIE AND THIS IS A PART OF THEIR EXPLANATION WTF

I want to also make it clear that there’s a difference between starring in this type of film and producing (i.e. funding and having control). Producing to me is WAY worse but some of y'all blind hate on a certain actor–even when they never promoted–it to see that

Also dont make this an opportunity to relate this to anyone who doesn’t have an affiliation with this film or topic, hypocrisy isnt cute

For the people calling this thread extra https://twitter.com/armasfilm/status/1245810294787584012?s=21 https://twitter.com/armasfilm/status/1245810294787584012

To add, my thread was to strictly call Hemsworth out, not “cancel,” because cancel culture doesn’t exist. His career will be fine at the end of the day, but hollywood needs to not make this type of films anymore.

Also, I think constantly hating on a particular actor/actress is pointless because if they want to speak out on an issue or apologize, it will fall on deaf ears. So call him out, but making hate tweets and death threats does nothing. Just focus on who you like after that.

seb stans stop quoting this thread with “anyways stan seb” when the last full measure is US military worship and glorifies its intervention in vietnam, sit this one out