The Deranged Misogyny of Star Wars The Acolyte! (Only Men Can Create Life???)

In this episode, Malcolm and Simone Collins delve into the controversial portrayal of a lesbian cult in the latest Star Wars series, The Acolyte. The couple breaks down the problematic elements of the show, including its misogynistic undertones, bizarre plot devices, and the implications of the cult's reproductive practices.

Malcolm and Simone discuss how the show's attempt to introduce a powerful female-led community ultimately fails, as it relies on harmful stereotypes and illogical plot points. They examine the cult's use of the Force to impregnate women, drawing parallels to the immaculate conception of Anakin Skywalker and the troubling notion that men create children while women merely carry them.

The conversation also touches on the decline of the Star Wars franchise, with Simone sharing her personal journey as a fan and pinpointing the moment she lost interest in the series. Malcolm and Simone explore the idea of Jar Jar Binks as a Sith Lord and the prevalence of racial stereotypes in the earlier films.

Throughout the discussion, the couple shares insights into the challenges of creating conservative-leaning content in the current entertainment landscape, drawing from their own experiences with a canceled documentary project. They highlight the role of legal departments and institutional bureaucracies in stifling diverse viewpoints within major streaming networks.

Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] It would be like, if you wrote a biblical fan fiction and you knew the Jesus story, And you were like, and there was this whole other town, this whole other town of lesbians where everyone just prays to God and gets pregnant in the same way Mary did, hold on. This is where it gets insane and misogynistic.

Simone Collins: Okay.

Malcolm Collins: There is a famous scene in this.

Carry them

Malcolm Collins: which implies that men create the child And women carry the child. This is even more misogynistic than real human earth biology.

So she's actually,

Actually I inseminated you. Therefore I created the child. Therefore I am the dominant partner in this relationship and make all child rearing decisions.

Would you like to know more?

Malcolm Collins: I am so excited for this episode.

Simone Collins: Yes. Okay. Let's do

Malcolm Collins: it.

Simone Collins: Let's

Malcolm Collins: go for it.

Yeah. This [00:01:00] is going to be the worst. Yeah,

The worst! She's the worst person in the world. Huge skank. Terrible. What did I tell you, huh? The worst!

She's the worst in the world.

Malcolm Collins: I gotta put the word team here because oh my God, does this deserve it? Two things that is going to make this somewhat unique when contrasted with other discussions of the Acolyte. One is we have some interesting insider industry information, given that our own documentary was recently cancelled, about how decisions are being made inside of Hollywood right now which can help you understand how something as insane as this could have gotten greenlit because that is something that before we worked in Hollywood, genuinely perplexed.

Why is this getting greenlit? It's obviously not good for the industry. But then the second is how absolutely misogynistic the ideas presented in the [00:02:00] Acolyte are. But wasn't it like produced by women? Yes, it was. They were trying to create something that was misandrist. A world, and I want to get your reaction to the world.

Start with one of the most controversial things. So let's get your real time reaction to this. Okay. Because no one knows what happens.

Simone Collins: Yeah. Tell me about the Acolyte. I didn't know what is out. I did not know there was more Star Wars property to enjoy. So I have not watched anything.

I have not seen a single thing. So it

Malcolm Collins: takes place during the High Republic. What is the High

Simone Collins: Republic?

Malcolm Collins: A long time before most of the stuff that you've seen. So pre

Simone Collins: Queen Amidala, or before. Very before that. Long before. Before,

Malcolm Collins: yeah, this is in a time when there were lots of Siths and lots of Jedis before the Rule of Two.

Simone Collins: Living in harmony? There wasn't a split time

Malcolm Collins: the different era of star wars. The point being, this is an important to the show right now. So the point being into the high Republic it follows two twins an evil twin and a good twin, but goodness, there's

Simone Collins: [00:03:00] an evil twin.

Malcolm Collins: It reminds me of that scene.

I've got to post it from Sky High.

What if I said it's not just her twin, it's her evil twin? This Friday you say? Medulla, you dog!

Malcolm Collins: Sky High is so undersold as a show. It really is. Do you want to go? Because it's about a world of superheroes. And it plays with a lot of tropes from that. And one guy asked the other guy, do you want to go on a date with twins? And what if I told you she was the evil twin?

It's such a great scene. I can

Simone Collins: already tell that this movie is very unique and bold in its writing. Hold on. I haven't gotten

Malcolm Collins: to the insane part yet. So episode three is the one where everyone goes crazy. So episode three takes place in a backstory where these two girls were raised. Okay. They were raised.

In a lesbian cult or religion. Oh [00:04:00] okay. Everyone's a woman. It's run by a strong black woman. So don't worry about that. Good. Okay. This is very South Park predicted this

. Put a ticket in it and make her gay! Uh, yes, Mrs. Kennedy, uh, some of the execs are just expressing that maybe Well, that maybe we should go a different route than we did with Indiana Jones.

F**k Indiana Jones! Put a ticket in it and make her lame and gay! Any diverse woman in it, make her gay! But Mrs. Kennedy, Bambi's a baby deer! F**k baby deer, put a chick in it, make her gay! Linguine and clam sauce. Uh, excuse me, I believe I asked you to put a chick in this and make her gay. Uh, yes, the chef was a little confused what you meant by that.

It means put a chick in the linguine and make her f*****g gay! It's lame!

Malcolm Collins: and I think that's why she was so mad. I was probably, this was already so well under production at that point that she couldn't stop it, but they put a chicken in her and make her gay and lame.

Simone Collins: Oh no.

Malcolm Collins: Was [00:05:00] being a meme, when this thing had been greenlit and funded and she couldn't get out of it. Lesbian cult but,

Simone Collins: Were they trying to play it off like Amazons? Amazon

Malcolm Collins: warrior much more Wiccan ish than that. If it's very clear, there's this one scene where they're all chanting and very Wiccany and Oh, they call it a force, but we call it a thread.

If Amazons

Simone Collins: were really mystical.

Malcolm Collins: Yeah. So I got to get your reaction to this. So how do you suppose this tribe procreated in the star Wars universe?

I'm by the way, I met Simone in her pictures on her dating profile. She wore film grade stormtrooper armor for 7 division, like very into Star Wars back in the day.

We still have Star Wars art on our walls from back when she was younger. This is something that she identified wit