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* Claimed by many to be the reason behind the failure of [[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|the 2016 ''Ghostbusters'' movie]]. The combination of [[Base Breaker]] premise <ref>a [[Gender Flip]]ped franchise reboot</ref> and the [[Tainted by the Preview|terrible trailer]] actually hurt the film less than the marketing campaign that tried to make the negative initial reception to be [[He-Man Woman Hater|all about mysogyny]] and the ensuing social media controversy that make people [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|opt out of seeing the film entirely]].
* Despite being a seminal feature film on its own merit, ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' gained notoriety for reviving the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in 1915. African-American rights groups such as the NACCP protested the film and called it to be banned for its denigrating portrayal of blacks, though regardless of any hot-button debates the film generated and the monster it indirectly created, the film is still highly regarded by film critics and scholars alike.
** [[D.W. Griffith]] later produced ''[[Intolerance]]'' in response to said criticisms, though Griffith felt he had nothing to apologize for with the racist portrayals in his earlier epic. [[Shirley Temple]] later recalled in her memoirs about Griffith's controversial views on black people, specifically on how uncomfortable he was seeing a
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