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Nia DaCosta was met with blame for The Marvels but Todd Phillips is met with sympathy for Joker 2…interesting

Nia DaCosta was met with blame for The Marvels but Todd Phillips is met with sympathy for Joker 2…interesting.

So if the hard data doesn't lie ... then why is one of the biggest Hollywood trades gleefully treating Director B, Todd Phillips of "Joker: Folie à Deux," like some poor underdog who will get 'em next time, while Director A, Nia DaCosta of "The Marvels," was met with headlines about her "bailing" on a cast and crew screening ( that she was not invited to) ahead of release, almost as if they were setting her up as the scapegoat ahead of the film's poor performance? Pop culture writer Guy at the Movies didn't stop at DaCosta, and noted how this recently also happened to Chloé Zhao for Marvel's "Eternals" and Leslye Headland for "The Acolyte." What I am saying is that audiences, the trades, and the industry at large can't keep lying to themselves about the blatant oppression and hypocrisy hurled at directors like Nia DaCosta, and the preferential treatment granted to folks like Todd Phillips.

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