Liam Neeson Joined ‘Atlanta’ to Poke Fun at His 2019 Racism Controversy and Say He’s Sorry

[queenursula]

Liam Neeson Joined ‘Atlanta’ to Poke Fun at His 2019 Racism Controversy and Say He’s Sorry https://t.co/NmSo60TMl4
- Variety (@Variety) May 6, 2022
Liam Neeson showed up on ‘Atlanta’ as himself and, in a script written by Donald Glover, had his character address his racist comments from 2019

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[gloeden2]

Fuck Donald Glover.
For everything.

[peachypearl]

Aside from this being Liam Neeson and all, In general I don't know if a television show is the correct platform to somehow air a real life apology like this. It feels like it's too whimsical as a platform to genuinely address something like this even if the show is serious or deals with similar problems (I haven't seen it so I don't know).

[wirepatch]

also, lbr, 'i'm sorry if i hurt people' ain't an apology

[aaronnyc89]

[sandstorm]

🫥

[futrefilmdirctr]

I hate that we live in a society that expects a community to accept a non-apology simply because someone else has.

[howlin_wolf_66]

I hate that we live in a society that expects people to make an apology even when they don't mean it, or haven't decided by themselves to do it...

(Not having a go at you, but apologies shouldn't be prompted... They should be genuine and heartfelt, and not expected, just because)

That said, this is neither genuine nor heartfelt, whether in the context of a TV show, or otherwise.

[futrefilmdirctr]

I completely agree. We live in a world of “I’m sorry if you’re offended…” apologies because people are feeling compelled to say they are sorry without actual feelings of remorse or regret, and often not knowing what they are even apologizing for.

[howlin_wolf_66]

Yep; they're compelled to say they're sorry just so they don't lose any money, which is my biggest problem with 'cancel culture'...

It's right and good that people should be held accountable, but it's so insincere... People know exactly what they should say, and it feels like they're reading from a script. Seems like what this scene is poking fun at.