Shazam is back in theaters with its sequel. Shazam! Fury of the gods. Everything goes on as usual, despite the slap that the protagonist may have received. Zachary Levyafter announcing last January on Twitter that considers Pfizer dangerous. He was accused of anti-vaccination and he was even reminded that he had previously issued cutting messages transphobein addition to being a fan of conflicting characters, it is for maintaining both ideologies.
Perhaps because of the possibility of being left out of the saga when controversy surrounds him, Shazam’s lead actor has stepped back and distanced himself from the anti-vax stance. He noted that this meant another Pfizer controversy. However, he has already made a statement against vaccines previously.
In addition, he maintains a good relationship with Joe Rogan, who made a lot of noise in his time for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. Because of all this, even if one tries to separate the character from the actor, one is inevitably reminded today of those statements that once again show that a public figure should be careful with what he comments, since he has a very large loudspeaker.
Shazam and anti-vaccine stance
Clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines, like any other drug, have moved from phase III to phase IV. This is the one in which, when they have already been openly introduced to the population, tested for any rare side effects not seen in the early stages.
For this reason, to this day, studies continue to be published stating that Vaccines Pfizerdeveloped using messenger RNA technology, they are safe. Yes, there were some undesirable effects, but not in a greater proportion than other drugs, and certainly not to such an extent as to surpass the great benefit they provide.
In fact, it is estimated that coronavirus vaccines were able to save 20 million lives in the first year. This is an important figure that should not be forgotten now that the pandemic is beginning to be noticed from a little further away. Anti-vaccination messages are still dangerous. Especially if they come from people so media as the protagonist of Shazam, which is why there was such a hype at the time.
Also transphobic messages
As a result of this publication about Pfizer, Levy’s transphobic messages were also raised. In fact, he did not make statements about this directly, but there were some disagreements about this.
Everything happened after Psychologist and YouTuber Jordan Peterson declare a gender statement Nazi and name a trans actor Elliott Page with his former name. Shortly thereafter, despite Peterson being chided even by YouTube, the Shazam star stated in an interview with Joe Rogan that he considers Jordan Peterson to be one of the deepest thinkers he has ever heard.
But he not only showed his admiration, but when Rogan himself he again confused the sex of the actor, did not correct. Special or not? These are disputes that should be clarified. What is clear is that both anti-vaccination and anti-transgender messages can be very dangerous. One way or another, both can put life at risk. That is why it is important to try to keep them out of the media environment. If Levi really got slapped for it, and it served him well, we’ll soon find out. There will be many interviews after the premiere of the new part of Shazam.
Source: Hiper Textual
