A Lot of People Are Working Overtime to Make Us Forget the Ezra Miller Allegations
It feels a bit gaslight-y to watch the enthusiastic rollout of The Flash after everything we've learned about its lead.
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On Monday, DC Studio’s The Flash premiered in Los Angeles. Ezra Miller, the titular star of the film, gave a brief speech following the screening to a cheering crowd. They thanked a slew of producers and film heads, including Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav and director Andrés Muschietti, for their “care.” Miller should be thankful, I suppose, because all of these folks have gone to bat for them despite their slew of increasingly horrendous behavior in the past couple years.
Miller, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, thanked these power players for their “grace and discernment and care in the context of my life. And in bringing this moment to fruition.” Watching the clip of Miller’s first public comments in years, one might not think much of it. In fact, I’d bet that Warner Bros. is hoping you don’t! But anyone not suffering from short-term memory loss is well aware of the “context” of Miller’s recent life.
In the past two years alone, Miller has been charged with felony burglary; arrested two times in Hawaii for assault and disorderly conduct; appeared to have choked a woman in a video that made rounds on social media; was accused of grooming a teenager by the teen’s parents; allegedly housed a mother and her three children on their Vermont farm that was stocked with guns; and was said to have run a cult out of their Icelandic Airbnb. The only instance of erratic behavior I can somewhat get behind is when they posted an Instagram video threatening North Carolina’s Ku Klux Klan.
Needless to say, seeing them walk the red carpet and be met with applause at this premiere feels a bit like we’re all being gaslit. Should this person be celebrated at a huge Hollywood event?! Probably not! But the powers that be have been working overtime to convey that 1) Ezra Miller is very sorry about what they’ve done and 2) The Flash is soooo good.