what's up everybody ? today I'm here to talk about the backlash the actor that
portrayed Jar Jar Binks came forth and talked about having suicide thoughts
due to the backlash to his character. Now when I read these kind of things it
makes me very sad you know it's very similar to the whole situation of
Kelly Marie Tran as well suffering backlash
because again like I said in this in that video I don't think there's any
excuse for people to go on these actors personal accounts and actually attack
them now as far as the backlash to the prequels I wasn't even aware of this
backlash because when I was introduced to it I was in Brazil okay and I didn't
see any it was nowhere near the backlash that was here in America now in fact
when I came here is where I actually found out about the hate towards the
prequels and all this kind of things because you know my dad is the who introduced
Star Wars to me and he loved Jar Jar Binks you know we had a lot of fun times
watching the character even though when I go back now and I watch it as an
adult I actually see that they went ... the characters just too much and I just
find a character annoying but I don't have a hate towards the character and I
don't think it destroyed the whole story of the prequels but it is kind of sad to
see that a character affected an actor's personal life like this okay
today I will be reading an article this one is from BBC and obviously this is
going to be a subject that the shill media is going to be using, it's
everywhere now again some of the titles are very inflammatory and again putting
the whole fans as toxic and and and you know saying how bad the fans can
get generalizing the fandom again but obviously the media had a lot to blame
okay and that's why I wanted to read from this specific article because it
talks about the media and the fans as well so the article is titled Star Wars
Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed BEst considered suicide, and it starts the
actor who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise has revealed how the
vicious backlash against the character left him close to suicide AHMED BEst
provided a voice and motion-capture for the gawking CGI
in Star Wars prequels beginning in 1999 Star Wars Episode one The Phantom Menace
at the time he was 25 and was his first major film role now how sad is that?
because people sometimes you know the fans they could get a little bit
overboard and they still have to remember that these are actors
and if you land a role on a Star Wars film no matter how
stupid the character is it's a big role it's a big job and it's it people should
understand that actors are actors and they do not have control over their
characters okay like if we're talking about really huge celebrities such as
like Harrison Ford he is an actor that right now he doesn't
even need to be acting anymore he does it because he loves it and he's the kind
of actor that when he's signing a contract he could put some
ideas and say I don't want this for the character I'd want that for the character
and then they might hear him if they really want him in the film but you know young
actors that are just starting even if they land a role like that I mean
seriously they have absolutely zero control over whatever is given them they
just have to work with the script that he's given, it's the same with Daisy
Ridley same with Kellie Marie, John Boyega and obviously AHMED
as well let's continue sadly for best the reception from the fans and the
media was terrible Jar Jar Binks quickly became the most hated character in the
Star Wars universe and critics critics branded BEst cartoonish portrayal as
dumbed down exercising child pleasing or worse a racist stereotype with misplace
Caribbean accent. I actually even went out today I'll go back and I watch that
I didn't see anything racist about the character no to me this is a that's a
character that is inside a suit as a CGI character you know and I don't know
again I wasn't even aware of this kind of backlash but I like this article
because it is saying the critics are the ones that actually were
very harsh as well along with the fans so both of them are to blame BEst did
not name the Star Wars film in his emotional post but shared the picture with his young
son writing and this is what the tweet says 20 years next year I faced a media
backlash that still affects my career today this was the place I almost ended
my life it's still hard to talk about I survived and now this little guy is my
gift for survival , would this be a good start for my solo show let me know! now
obviously this is a positive thing because again he's talking about
surviving this dark time on on his life and now he has his son there's a
motivation to move on and even though this is one of
the stories that actually had a happy ending obviously this is not what the
media is going to focus right now they are going to be again bringing the
attention back to the fandom and saying how Toxic they are and if you go around
and search this subject you're gonna see a lot of articles being very
inflammatory and again saying terrible things about the fans now obviously I
cannot dismiss that people can really be overboard you know and this is what is
really terrible and that's where the ugliness of humanity also shows
it's on the Internet okay because the internet is that safe place where people
just they hide themselves behind avatar and they could say whatever they
want now I've said this a couple of times I'm all up for criticism because
criticism is an important way of creating change okay if you don't
criticize something you're not gonna get something better but one thing is
criticism okay and another thing is actually going overboard and giving
actors death threat and talking about their families and just personally
attacking them and this is nothing to do even with the role that they played and
just that's not even the right way to go about it okay I criticize Ryan Johnson's
choices for the last to die all the time, but that doesn't give me the right to go
there and attack his family or things like that you know it's the same thing
with Kellie Marie Tran and obviously the same thing with Ahmed
I truly do not believe that the majority of the fan took time out of their busy
lives to go there and personally attack the actor let's see what else the article
is saying the message provoked an outpouring of support from the fans and
fellow Star Wars alumina including director Rian Johnson whose work
includes Star Wars lasted Jedi. He said lots of love to you Ahmed ,Johnson
tweeted I think there are many of us who'd quite get a lot from hearing a
your story and obviously because he is facing a lot of backlash rian Johnson
is also tweeting back at people calling people names as well so
he's really not innocent on any of this so actor Frank OZ a puppeteer who
voiced a Jedi Master Yoda the Empire Strikes Back and Return the Jedi
declared that he loved Jar Jar Binks adding I would just never
understand the harshness of people's dislike of him I do character work he's a
great character and you know I like the character , I don't hate him I
thought he was annoying but you know he had some funny parts... continue let's
continue best reply to gratitude telling us thanks Frank Oz you've always
been kind generous and supported love you my friend and then there's also
after that many Star Wars fans waiting to share appreciation for the bumbly
Orange Jar Jar who in the stories GUNGAN general from the planet Naboo and
then there's a lot a lot of nice tweets over here of people actually supporting
him and obviously again I also find that it's sad that sometimes people
people that really hate the character and they like again people need to
understand that one thing is you criticizing the work and there's
obviously there's a limit for everything but going on attacking people personal
life at to the level that is saying like death threat?Jake lloyd also suffered
bullying you know it's terrible for a boy or ten-year-old boy and he also
ended up having mental illness as well which is it all these kinds of
things is really sad you know Hayden had a backlash as well it makes me sad
because I really think people should know the difference the actors are
not the ones to blame how many times I should say that people should not go
waste time to yell at these actors you know this is just a job!
and the other thing that I also think that it's not really fair is that it's
very easy for people to be on the internet and be judgmental okay because
we don't know people's life or what's going on, we all look at
these celebrities everything they all have perfect lives, they have so
much money and they have Fame and things like that but if Fame and money
brings so much happiness and really cure depression we wouldn't have so many
celebrities committing suicide or died of drug overdose so it's really not fair
for people to just judge and just think that because they have so much money
they're still humans you know they still go through dark times and I think that
right now what the fans should do is go there and be supportive
it's great that he survived this backlash you know it's great that he
actually was able to overcome this dark time because I think depression and
all these things they're not a joke and no and they're not supposed to be taken
as a joke it's very very sad and I feel like if someone that is going to this
dark time they should ask for help but I really like that his post is actually a
positive one that now I know he has his sons to his son to look up to for a
better future you know and forget about this effect that the character had on
his career let's see what else the arc to say some observed at the level of
private suffering best endured even though he was not recognizable as the
face of the character shows it's important to remember that actors are
just ordinary people doing a job but this is exactly what I just said right
when people make things you don't like they're not trying to hurt you
screenwriter brian edward tweeted and that is so true you know when actors
take on the roles this is their goals is not to go there and hurt you this is a
job you know that's has touched on the Starling toll jar-jar took on him
previously telling wired he even got death threats I have people
come to me and say you destroyed my childhood
he said that's difficult for a 25 year old to hear the Star Wars creator George
Lucas has long defended opinion splitting character whom he said
was based on the Disney cartoon goofy speaking to BBC in 1999 he firmly
rejected suggestions of any racial stereotype and I am with George I
watched those films and I don't see that , obviously people, the media again
likes to make it even uglier just like right now this is going to be a topic
again to blame the entire fandom oh I don't believe that the entire fandom are
the one to blame a lot of people might, there are a lot of characters that I
dislike but I'm not wasting my time to go on these actors personal
account and attack them and say I hate you I you should die or something like
that, these are things that you know people are actually doing that,
they might have some sort of problem themselves because this is not something
that anyone should be doing. nobody deserves this kind of treatment so and
when I was doing the research to talk about this subject I found a very
interesting article that was published in 2017 on wired and I'll put the link
below I won't be reading that because it's a very long article but
it's a very extensive interview where he's talking about the process of when
he was cast and how much fun he had while doing the role you
know during production and it was very unfortunate to find out about the
backlash and I will put it below and he's also talking about the media the
media was also very harsh it's not only the fans it's the media and the fans
there were harsh but anyways guys I'm getting to the end of my video drop a
comment below I'd love to hear your opinion on this subject I believe that
we the fandom should be a force for good you know we should go on his Twitter and
give him a support message and I and that said you know we shouldn't take any
kind of depression or these kind of things as a joke because this is very
serious, I think it's very sad that people forget that these are real
actors you know and again that doesn't mean that we you don't have the right to
criticize movies and things that you don't like, because again the
criticism is the only thing that could create change but however everything
should have a limit okay I believe that people should not waste their time to go
attack the actors personal but that's it for today let's be all a
force for good and thanks for watching I'll see you next time bye