by snarly | Apr 24, 2015 | Bropology, Celebrity Apologies, Corporate Apologies
Have any celebrities apologized for entitled narcissistic inappropro behavior recently? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (/wipes eyes) yes. 1. Musclebound Marvel meatballs! During a promo junket for their comic-book movie, Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner called Scarlett...
by snarly | Mar 5, 2015 | Celebrity Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Mr. Jones, a fine actor on the first-season-was-awesome-and-then-oh-GOD-but-I’m-not-giving-up-yet television program Sleepy Hollow, is known for his skilled use of social media. He has, however, not always knocked his social-media apologies out of the park, as...
by sumac | Feb 22, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Bropology, Celebrity Apologies
Rebecca Mock is an illustrator. You can see her work on her website. I love “A Year in Trees”, an animation she did for the NY Times Sunday Review. I bet they paid her. The “Aftershocks” is cool, and a little alarming. She did that for Medium.com. I bet they paid her....
by snarly | Jan 27, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies
On January 21st, Benedict Cumberbatch appeared on PBS’s Tavis Smiley show. While talking about diversity, he said, “I think as far as colored actors go it gets really difficult in the UK, and a lot of my friends have had more opportunities here (in the US)...
by snarly | Dec 10, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Institutional Apologies, Media Apologies
In a roundup last week, Jon Stewart offered up a list of Black men from around the country who had been killed by police in the last year. Unfortunately, one of the men wasn’t shot or strangled; he was Tasered while high and attempting to assault a sheriff. The...
by snarly | Nov 11, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Musical Apologies
This morning a writer from Refinery 29, Lauren Le Vine, emailed us for a comment on Nicki Minaj’s apology. (We also heard from a couple of readers wanting us to tackle it.) You see, Ms. Minaj had released a video filled with Nazi imagery. There was, predictably,...
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