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Nicholas Grossman

Feb 19, 2021

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Gina Carano, Conservatism, and the Problem with Cancel Culture Critics

The uproar over Disney’s decision to fire the Mandalorian actress highlights some difficult questions

Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano at the premier for The Mandalorian, November 13, 2019 (Jesse Grant/Getty)

Disney and its subsidiary Lucasfilm announced that actress Gina Carano won’t be on The Mandalorian anymore and people got mad. Not just Star Wars fans who like her performance…

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Nicholas Grossman

Nicholas Grossman

Senior Editor at Arc Digital. Poli Sci prof (IR) at U. Illinois. Author of “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.

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