Captain America 4

[Disney Irish]

All you have here is a actor that forgot his responses to softball questions that were already given to him in advance. He made a blooper. Most actors are not very good at thinking on their feet. That is why they need screen writers.

Yeah that is not at all what is happening.

 

[LittleBuford]

Actors shouldn't be allowed to do anything but read the script and not deviate from it.

Why? They’re not robots. Surely they’re entitled to speak as themselves when they’re not on set.

 

[easyrowrdw]

Sorry i did not mean that to come off as a personal attack I apologize but my stance has not changed

Thank you.

 

[Disney Irish]

Why? They’re not robots. Surely they’re entitled to speak as themselves when they’re not on set.

I guess to some they are meant to only be seen and not heard unless parroting lines from a script. Makes you wonder then why is anyone "allowed" to speak if not given specific things to say.

Not sure if I want to live in that world.

 

[The Mom]

Do you think there might be another reasonable interpretation of this statement?

If a statement is unclear, how do you decide what it means? What’s the first thing you ask someone if they say something that can be interpreted in 2 different ways?

It depends upon how you view the person making it. If you like them, you give them the benefit of the doubt. If you dislike them, you view it as negatively as possible.

Or at least that's human nature, which is not always rational.

 

[Willmark]

It depends upon how you view the person making it. If you like them, you give them the benefit of the doubt. If you dislike them, you view it as negatively as possible.

Or at least that's human nature, which is not always rational.

“Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples - while judging ourselves by our best intentions.”

 

[Chi84]

It depends upon how you view the person making it. If you like them, you give them the benefit of the doubt. If you dislike them, you view it as negatively as possible.

Or at least that's human nature, which is not always rational.

All of that is true. But if someone you don’t care about either way says something unclear, the first thing you ask is “what do you mean?” If that’s not possible, you look to context or other evidence of intent.

My point was that those things matter and are often overlooked when getting worked up over sound bites.

 

[Phroobar]

Why? They’re not robots. Surely they’re entitled to speak as themselves when they’re not on set.

He was on a press junket promoting the film. He is not entitled to speak for himself in that situation. He is being paid to be there by Disney.

 

[LittleBuford]

He was on a press junket promoting the film. He is not entitled to speak for himself in that situation. He is being paid to be there by Disney.

And since Disney didn't demand that he follow a script, he is entitled to speak for himself (within reasonable bounds, of course).

There's a really stange, almost virulent, dislike of actors in these threads. I'm not sure what's motivating it, but some of you seem to want them to face all manner of restrictions that would be considered highly draconion (dare I say un-American) if proposed for other individuals simply going about their lives.

 

[Phroobar]

And since Disney didn't demand that he follow a script, he is entitled to speak for himself (within reasonable bounds, of course).

There's a really stange, almost virulent, dislike of actors in these threads. I'm not sure what's motivating it, but some of you seem to want them to face all manner of restrictions that would be considered highly draconion (dare I say un-American) if proposed for other individuals simply going about their lives.

Then that is Disney handler's fault for not prepping him well enough. He should have been professional enough to keep to his talking points. He just forgot the pre-scripted answer Disney gave him.

 

[LittleBuford]

Then that is Disney handler's fault for not prepping him well enough. He should have been professional enough to keep to his talking points. He just forgot the pre-scripted answer Disney gave him.

He behaved perfectly professionally in my eyes. He was polite and thoughtful in his answers. The audience seemed to appreciate what he was saying. If Disney has a problem with him, that's between them. I'm certainly not going to demand that my fellow human beings be muzzled when they've said absolutely nothing wrong.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm certainly not going to demand that my fellow human beings be muzzled when they've said absolutely nothing wrong.

Mackie doesn't work for you.
When you are paid by an employer to talk to the press, YOU ARE MUZZLED to only say what they want you to say.

 

[LittleBuford]

Mackie doesn't work for you.
When you are paid by an employer to talk to the press, YOU ARE MUZZLED to only say what they want you to say.

He doesn't work for you either. If Disney cared half as much as you do about policing the speech of its actors, it would presumably have developed mechanisms for doing so long before now.

 

[Chi84]

Then that is Disney handler's fault for not prepping him well enough. He should have been professional enough to keep to his talking points. He just forgot the pre-scripted answer Disney gave him.

How do you know he forgot a scripted answer?

 

[Phroobar]

How do you know he forgot a scripted answer?

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Chi84]

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

He doesn’t need it.

 

[donaldtoo]

I think reasonable people can interpret Mackie's comments to mean that he doesn't want Captain America (the character that he plays) to be associated with America (the actual country) because he thinks America (the country) is not something that should be aspired to (ie, that it's bad).

Yes, America s u c k s.
Can we please rename him Captain UN or Captain NATO, because they’re perfect…?!

 

[Chi84]

Yes, America s u c k s.
Can we please rename him Captain UN or Captain NATO, because they’re perfect…?!

No one said anything about renaming anyone anything. And no insulted America.

 

[LittleBuford]

No one said anything about renaming anyone anything.

Actually, Chris Evans did! ("I've said before in interviews, it feels more like he should just be called Captain Good.") But no-one seems to have minded such a statement coming from him.

 

[Chi84]

Actually, Chris Evans did! ("I've said before in interviews, it feels more like he should just be called Captain Good.") But no-one seems to have minded such a statement coming from him.

He also said “we can’t change the fact that he was created in America.”