Oh sweet mother of Herodotus, nothing seems to escape the razor claws hanging from the artisans of agitprop that grip into the flesh of culture, ripping and shredding like a grotesque painting steeped in the blood integrity. That’s about the best way to describe what’s about to happen to the classic horror franchise, Carrie.
Horror Geek Life picked up the news from Collider, who reported that the reboot of Stephen King’s classic horror tale will be a limited series made by FX and MGM.
The real kicker? They’re looking for a lead that’s anything but “cis white”.
What does that mean? Any one who isn’t born a white, biological female.
But let’s not get it twisted here. This isn’t confirmed news.
To quote directly from Collider…
“Though it’s still very early in the development process and there’s no script yet, sources say that this time around, telekinetic teen Carrie White will likely be played by either a trans performer or an actress of color rather than a cis white woman, as in past adaptations. FX declined to comment, while a representative for MGM TV did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
That’s automatically asking for the series to die a cold, forgotten, worthless death.
As pointed out in the article itself, Carrie is a horror franchise that has been used, reused, and redone more times than a Vietnamese hooker working the Bangkok corners in Thailand.
Following the initial 1976 version of Carrie, there was the 1999 sequel most people don’t remember called Carrie 2: The Rage, and the two-part television movie simply titled Carrie, which came out back in 2002 and was directed by David Carson. The TV movie was quintessentially unremarkable affair despite Angela Bettis working her butt off in a futile attempt to make it noteworthy. And then there was the theatrical remake by Kimberly Pierce in 2013 starring walnut-faced Chloë Grace Moretz, which came and went without a peep like Bobby Kotick visiting Epstein’s Island.
For some reason Collider thinks that reorienting the story around the sort of fringe casting that would only appeal to Twitter spergs could still spell success, simply because the reboot has been greenlit, writing…
“[…] Keep in mind that FX has one of the best track records in all of entertainment, so if they see the appeal of tackling this story again through a modern, more inclusive, still terrifying lens, then I trust them completely. I have no idea who wrote the script or who is producing this version of Carrie, but if John Landgraf says ‘yes,’ he typically has a very good reason.”
I imagine some woke producers at FX think that switching up the lead by race-swapping her (or worse yet, sex-swapping her) will somehow lead to a success story, but if it turns out to be true that there’s going to be a trans lead in a story that has always been about a straight, white female, then they may as well get ready to do a write-down on the production because there’s no way in Hera’s threadbare hole will millions of people tune in to watch that travesty.
(Thanks for the news tip Digitaltragedy)