Enough With the Chris Discourse 2020

Enough With the Chris Discourse

3h ago

Here we go again. Two weeks away from the election, and the nation is gripped by a divisive, political discourse; one that comes around cyclically, as if by constitutional mandate. Twitter wants to know: Who is the “worst Chris”? The question refers, of course, to the white Hollywood Chrises who star in mostly Marvel superhero blockbusters (the exception being Star Trekand Wonder Woman Chris, Pine). It feels redundant to even outline the concept, so ubiquitous is the worst-Chris discourse — or Chriscourse. Every few months, someone makes the same revelation, that gee, there sure are a lot of often-shirtless white dudes named Chris working in movies nowadays. They are: Hemsworth, the Australian one; Evans, the nude-leak one; Pine, the aforementioned one; and Pratt, the more conservative one. Still, as though she were the first person to realize that “ew, moist sure is a gross word, isn’t it?,” TV writer Amy Berg tweeted a grid of the Four Chrismen of the Chrispocalypse with the caption, “One has to go.”

Enough With the Chris Discourse

5h ago

This is what sportsmen in basketball call an “easy bucket” (I made that up, don’t look it up). Want viral engagement and some RTs? Fire up the Chriscourse. Berg’s proposition is rhetorical, meant to line up quick-dunks (another basketball term, don’t fact-check this) because Chris Pratt is widely acknowledged to be the Worst Chris. Berg’s tweet gave people an opportunity to voice and reaffirm this opinion. For those who don’t follow these things because they lead fulfilling lives, the perceived strikes against Pratt include but are not limited to: his Don’t Tread on Me shirt, his attendance at an Evangelical megachurch with intolerant beliefs about LGBTQ marriage and other religions, and his stubbornly quiet political stance, which recently included skipping an Avengers fundraiser for Joe Biden featuring many other cast members (including Democrat Chris Evans).

Enough With the Chris Discourse

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And of course, there’s the fact that Pratt and beloved actress Anna Farisdivorced following eight years of marriage, after which Pratt quickly got engaged to and married Katherine Schwarzenegger. When Berg’s “One has to go” post went viral, Schwarzenegger came to her husband’s defense, responding in the comments to an E! News Instagram post about the Chriscourse, calling this whole thing “so yesterday”:

Pratt’s co-stars also came to his defense, with Zoe Saldana supportively quoting Tupac, Mark Ruffalo trying to draw our collective attention back to the election, and Robert Downey Jr. endorsing most of Pratt’s beliefs.

Enough With the Chris Discourse

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Enough With the Chris Discourse

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Enough With the Chris Discourse

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