Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog · Sep 16, 2024

1/ Many have asked how it's possible that our new film "Am I Racist?" hasn't been reviewed by a single mainstream…

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The filmmaker behind "Am I Racist?" claims mainstream media outlets refused to review or screened his film despite its box office success and high audience scores, suggesting critics are afraid of the film's content rather than genuinely disliking it.

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1/ Many have asked how it's possible that our new film "Am I Racist?" hasn't been reviewed by a single mainstream critic, even with a 99% audience score, a “Verified Hot” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a top 5 box office debut. Here's what's happening behind the scenes. 🧵
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2/ Beginning in mid-August, we reached out to dozens of mainstream outlets, offering an early screener of the film. Those outlets included @TIME, @AP, @IndieWire, @Variety, @THR, @nytimes, @NewYorker, and many others. We followed up to virtual silence.
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3/ We did, however, receive a flurry of unprofessional emails from independent critics who were enraged we'd even ask them to review the film. One of them wrote that he won't waste any "professional time" on a movie opening in over 1,500 theaters because I was involved.
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4/ Another critic stated that "You'd have to strap me to a chair like Malcolm McDowell to get me to watch this thing."
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5/ Another wrote: "Ew. Take me off of this list."
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6/ After it was clear “Am I Racist?” was a hit, @Variety attempted to cover for this oversight with a claim that Daily Wire “did not screen [the movie] for critics.” We’ve asked them to correct this, they have not. They still haven’t posted a review, but I hope they do.
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7/ A few other mainstream outlets have since requested screeners but have yet to publish a review. One major mainstream outlet even acknowledged we had attempted to get them an advance screener but said the film had "slipped through the cracks."
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8/ This isn’t a mistake. You’d be hard-pressed to find another film that opened in >1,500 theaters that was completely snubbed by mainstream critics. If "Am I Racist?" were terrible, these outlets could have reviewed it & trashed it. But the reality is they're afraid of it.
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9/ "Am I Racist?" has been so successful precisely because we didn't churn out another safe, predictable Hollywood-style film. If you haven't watched the movie that mainstream critics desperately don't want you to see, you can get your tickets now: AmIRacist.com.
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10/ One last thing: @RollingStone was one of the first outlets to request a screener for review after the movie was announced back in July. They’ve yet to post a review, which is a bummer because I was looking forward to theirs most of all
Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog · Jun 11, 2022
Today @RollingStone ran a hit piece about What Is A Woman, calling it transphobic propaganda. The funny thing is that we sent screeners to the writer of the piece, @MoisesFenty, and we can see that he watched zero percent of the film before arriving at this conclusion.