

As an influencer and advocate, Danni finally has the life and audience she always wanted. She “returns” a hero, even striking up an unlikely friendship with Rowan (Mia Isaac), a school-shooting survivor dedicated to societal change, and scooping up the man of her dreams, Colin (Dylan O’Brien). When a terrifying incident strikes the City of Lights, Danni unwittingly falls into a lie bigger than she ever imagined.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Not Okay” follows Danni Sanders (Deutch), an aimless aspiring writer with no friends, no romantic prospects and - worst of all - no followers, who fakes an Instagram-friendly trip to Paris in the hopes of boosting her social media clout. "Tired of sweet, pure-hearted female leads? Here you go." In this case, "unlikable female protagonist" read like a selling point to me. TheFamousArtistBirdyRose July 31, 2022Īfter online backlash over a content warning for an “unlikable female protagonist” Hulu swiftly apologized, and removed the word “unlikable.” /3F44xQmVWN “Unlikable Female Protagonist” /UaET7KhtlS The first time I have ever seen a CW for “unlikable female protagonist” /2xq7P03ByM We need a content warning for women being.human? Never have I ever seen a content warning of this sort for men. "This film contains flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikable female protagonist" Just went to watch a film and was hit with this content warning: sitting here squinting and going red in the face liking her for two whole hours Putting on the "unlikable female protagonist" movie determined to like her no matter what.

They'll warn you of an "unlikable female protagonist" but no warning about wasting 2hrs of your life watching a crappy movie. Lmao what how is "unlikable female protagonist" a content warning next to things like flashing lights and themes of trauma 😭 We as a society need to have a serious convo about the term “unlikable female protagonist” & how incredibly destructive & misused this phrase has become. Why is Hulu warning me about “an unlikeable female protagonist”? Do unlikeable male protagonists need content warnings? /gHTmzgJaIW “It was interesting to me that a large chunk of the audience seemed genuinely upset by the fact that the film was about Danni, and so I just wanted to kind of poke at it a little,” she said.īut without any context, some have taken Hulu’s content warning at face value - leading to a spate of irate, confused and derisive reactions on social media…. In a recent interview with IndieWire, writer and director Quinn Shephard (“Blame”) said the “unlikable female protagonist” warning is intended to provoke the audience.
