Wait what is going on with Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins?
I must say, did not expect "the trans stuff being insanely bad" to be my main objection to NEXT GOAL WINS! Will success spoil Taika Waititi? Kinda seems like it: https://t.co/ruR2xeZTXa
- Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) September 11, 2023
endlessly delayed Next Goal Wins is finally starting to screen at festivals, reviews are pretty meh (metascore is 47), and some point out that the movie has a weird trans subplot around a Faʻafafine person (Jaiyah Saelua, who is played by Kaimana in the movie)
taika go directly to jail, do not pass go https://t.co/9We7t3UHrg pic.twitter.com/2qREhVuJsu
- the morally corrupt juan barquin (@woahitsjuanito) September 11, 2023
allegedly it was even worse in an earlier cut
lmfao it could have been even worse! pic.twitter.com/MRggepXSjg
- largest rodent (@capybaroness) September 12, 2023
note the date
Know a guy who's editing Next Goal Wins who described it as 'Green Book for trans people'
- Sparks / G Gordon Litty (@TheSparkKn1ght) December 15, 2022
the real Jaiyah Saelua seems happy with the movie tho
Jaiyah Saelua, who Next Goal Wins is based off of a documentary about her experience, called it “a beautiful dive into the fa’afafine identity.” That should be the end of the discussion. Not to mention these fa’afafine leaders attending. Not some cishet guy’s article, please. pic.twitter.com/Psejc7PAxV
- 🔆🏳️⚧️Maxx🏳️⚧️ 🔆 (@polarendurance) September 12, 2023
Waititi(?)/Our Flag Means Death stans are all over the quote tweets
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