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* ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''{{'}} release was marred by tragedy when a crazed gunman identified as James Eagan Holmes opened fire at a midnight screening in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people ''including children'' and injuring 58 others. Initial reports stated that Holmes identified himself as "the Joker" at the time of his arrest though this has been debunked. While he did not receive the death penalty as a result of his atrocities, Holmes was sentenced to ''twelve life sentences'' without parole, and ''[[Longer-Than-Life Sentence|an additional 3,318 years]] in prison''. Judge Carlos Samour stated that the defendant should "[[You Can't Go Home Again|never set foot in free society again]]," adding that "the defendant deserves [[No Sympathy|no sympathy]]." To rub salt in Holmes's wound, a fellow inmate named Mark "Slim" Daniels assaulted him in what Daniels claimed to be [[Vigilante Man|in retribution]] to such a heartless and disgusting act.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-inside-prison-assault-aurora-theater-shooter-james/story?id=37339691 Exclusive: Inside the Prison Assault on Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes]</ref> Whether Slim was sincere about sending the Aurora shooter straight to hell or not is debatable as he could be just doing it for the notoriety, but regardless, [[Even Evil Has Standards]].
* It's hard not to think about Filipino comedian [[Vice Ganda]] without the leagues of critics who take umbrage at his style of comedy, deriding it as a denigrating form of defamation at the expense of those targeted by Vice's sarcasm. Fans of the [[GMA Network]] variety show ''[[Eat Bulaga]]'' would brag about how their hosts' style of comedy is more "[[Blatant Lies|wholesome]]" than Vice's crass comedy club gags, and it shows with comments on videos about ''[[It's Showtime! (Series)|It's Showtime!]]'' and ''Bulaga'' critiquing Vice's edgy sense of humour. In fairness there has been those far worse than him, but still...
* Despite being well-received by critics when it was shown at international film festivals, the 2020 French film ''Mignonnes'' (''Cuties'') became the subject of controversy and government scrutiny over its portrayal of pre-teen girls. The film's writer and director Maïmouna Doucouré described ''Cuties'' as a commentary on social media and girls being pushed to grow up too fast (e.g. the likes of [[Bratz]] and girl groups such as [[The Pussycat Dolls]] pushing for a borderline mature image towards youngsters), but regardless of its stated intentions and Doucouré contending that the film has been a victim of the so-called [[Convicted by Public Opinion|cancel culture]], it was savaged on social media for what was seen as [[Unfortunate Implications|sending the wrong message]], with netizens taking umbrage at the film's release using the hashtag #CancelNetflix, threatening to cancel their subscriptions over the film's content and/or review-bombing the film on sites such as IMDB in protest. Some groups, such as the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, claimed that it sexualised young girls, and politicians labelled it as "child porn" or something that would "whet the appetite of [[Paedo Hunt|pedophiles]] [and] help fuel the child sex trafficking trade." One particular point of contention was the promotional poster, which had
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