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‘Messed Up’: Elon Musk Blasts Cinema And ‘Far Left Fascists’ For Ditching New Conservative Film

Whenever a movie that does not parrot the prevailing leftist ideology hits theaters, it is often met with a wave of support from Americans who often feel their traditional values have essentially been shunned by Hollywood.

Activists on the other side of the ideological spectrum, however, typically respond with hostility and threats, as was evidenced by the recent theatrical release of “Am I Racist?”

One California cinema gave into the left’s pressure tactics, dropping the film from its lineup and issuing an apology to customers who were upset that it even agreed to screen the movie in the first place.

That development opened up the theater and those involved in bullying its owners into submission.

According to the Daily Wire:

Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday called out the far-Left’s “love” of “censorship” after a California theater caved to activists’ pressure to cancel showings of Daily Wire film “Am I Racist?”

Following up “What is a Woman?,” “Am I Racist?” is Matt Walsh’s latest documentary, which explores the massive grift of the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) industry with a man-bun-wearing undercover Walsh.

“As reported by [Robby Starbuck], left wing activists are bullying theaters into dropping our film,” Walsh posted online Saturday. “This theater just issued an apology. The only way to stop the Left from shutting down the film is to support the theaters that are showing it. Tickets here: AmIRacist.com.”

X owner Elon Musk offered multiple reactions to the news:

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Despite the best efforts of leftist critics, the film received a strong response from audiences over the course of its opening weekend and attracted a great deal of praise:

As Variety reported, the film is notable not only for its subject matter but also for its high-quality production value:

“They’re leaving plenty of money on the table, and we’re happy to come in and take some of it. Because, at a minimum, you are explicitly refusing to serve 50% of the audience,” Walsh says of Hollywood’s aversion to red-state sensibilities.

With its provocative conceit, “Am I Racist?” sees Walsh going undercover as a so-called beta male as he explores the world of high-paid DEI consultants, gets his DEI certification and captures wild on-camera interactions with big names in the anti-racist cottage industry — or “grifters, con artists and toxic influences,” as he dubs them — like “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo. The result is either hilarious or offensive, depending on which side of the MAGA fence you sit on.

Still, there’s no denying the film’s studio-level production values. In fact, several of the principals hail from traditional Hollywood backgrounds. Producer Dallas Sonnier was a manager who broke the careers of Greta Gerwig and Leslye Headland before fleeing the mainstream industry because of its “politicized nature,” he says. Director Justin Folk worked on the visual effects teams of such films as “The Matrix Reloaded” before bailing to tackle stories “more about the war of ideas and what’s going on in our country,” as he describes it. And Boreing ran Coattails Entertainment with Zachary Levi before teaming up with Shapiro.

Here’s the official trailer for the film:


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