Journalist Who Excluded Ayo Edebiri from Question About BLM Posts a Rough Response

"Over the weekend, Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, and Ayo Edebiri sat down with ArtsLife TV as part of a press junket for their upcoming film, After the Hunt. The interview has since gone viral thanks to one journalist's line of inquiry that was awkward at best and indisputably ignorant at worst. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, After the Hunt tells the story of a college student (Edebiri) who levels a hefty allegation against her professor (Garfield) while a colleague (Roberts) finds herself caught in the middle."

"Since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the film has received a pretty split reception, as evidenced by the 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, with multiple critics taking particular issue with its approach to society's treatment of sexual assault survivors, so-called cancel culture, and the like. The Guardian, for instance, called it a "bafflingly overlong, overwrought #MeToo campus accusation drama," and The Film Stage deemed it "regressive and unimaginative.""

""In your opinion, what we lost during the politically correct era," Polidoro began. "And what we can expect in Hollywood after the #MeToo movement and the Black Lives matter [movement] are done." She said the question was specifically for "Andrew and Julia," but Roberts asked her to repeat herself. "Now that the #MeToo era and the Black Lives Matter [movement] are done, what do we have to expect in Hollywood?" Polidoro said, reiterating the line about whether they think Hollywood "lost" something because it's (seemingly) become too PC."

Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, and Ayo Edebiri appeared on ArtsLife TV for a press junket for After the Hunt. The interview went viral after a journalist asked whether Hollywood "lost" anything during the politically correct era and what will follow after the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements. After the Hunt, directed by Luca Guadagnino, follows a college student accusing a professor while a colleague finds herself caught in the middle. The film premiered at Venice and has a split reception, holding a 51% Rotten Tomatoes score and drawing criticism over its treatment of sexual-assault survivors and cancel-culture themes.

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