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I don't see any online outrage.

Controversy Over John Boyega Dance Video Is Manufactured Outrage


There has been a lot of talk about so-called “fake news” over the last year, with much of it being either outright false reports and stories being tossed into social media feeds (allegedly by Russian hackers attempting to sway the presidential election) or the new nickname for any reporting or story that a given reader or target doesn’t like or agree with. But here’s a fun example of genuinely fake news: If you Google “John Boyega” this afternoon, you’ll get a bunch of stories (from a number of major publications) concerning an alleged controversy over the actor’s behavior during the annual Notting Hill Carnival. But here’s the twist: If you go by the reporting in question, all of this outrage stems from a single Twitter user who expressed displeasure with the actor’s antics. Can there be a controversy when no one is actually offended?


Boyega, who stars as Finn in Walt Disney’s Star Wars movies, the recent Detroit and Universal/Comcast Corp.’s upcoming Pacific Rim: Uprising, is seen in a brief video grinding against a young female dancer in a bikini and headdress. He posted the video of it himself to his own social media accounts. At which point a single Twitter user, named “BaymaxSix” decried the activity, exclaiming “It´s not funny. Can you imagine strong females like Padme, Leia or Rey in a similar situation? I can´t.” This single tweet, not an outpouring of outrage or online condemnation, was all the media at large needed to create a narrative concerning an actor’s offscreen actions, alleged offense over said actions and a third act where fans of the actor decried the initial criticism and leaped to his defense. And, from this one person, a back-and-forth narrative was born.


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