{"id":17497,"date":"2019-12-13T13:49:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:31:53","slug":"fan-backlash-is-the-real-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17498\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster of Sonic the Hedgehog.\" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg 675w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rewind: Fans have the power to force studios to make course corrections, as seen in the new Sonic the Hedgehog film next year. <br \/>PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audiences are an impassioned bunch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a few vocal fans latch onto a concept, design or casting they feel missed the mark\u2014whether valid or not\u2014they will have their voices heard. In recent years, studios have had the opportunity to reevaluate steps in the filmmaking process because of fans\u2019 outcry. When backlash works, it\u2019s a way for a studio to show that they\u2019re really listening to audiences and are open to changing what they thought worked best for them as well as pushing the idea that they come first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current hottest example comes in the form of design. In April, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonic the Hedgehog<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 released its first trailer\u2014much to fans\u2019 disappointment, with the consensus being that the titular hedgehog looked downright ugly. After receiving hundreds of thousands of dislikes due to the departure from Sonic\u2019s signature look, director Jeff Fowler announced on Twitter that the film would be delayed so a redesign can take place and they could make him \u201cthe best he can be.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been some time, but after the second trailer showcased the redesign that resembles the original game design much more closely, the internet was satisfied. The film is now slated for Feb. 14, 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another instance of fan backlash that got the job done was 2019\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellboy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the film&#8217;s initial casting announcement, it was reported that Ed Skrein, a white Englishman, would be portraying the character of Ben Daimio, a Japanese American. Obvious calls of whitewashing arose, with all the spotlight turning to Lionsgate and Skrein on what the call would be. It would only take about a week for Skrein to announce his departure from the role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere has been intense conversation and understandable upset since that announcement, and I must do what I feel is right,\u201d Skrein said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly comes another form of casting, but for entirely different reasons. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">announced through <\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/hollywood-leave-james-dean-alone\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">James Dean<\/span><\/a>, the prolific 1950s actor, will be digitally constructed to play a part in the Vietnam action-drama <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding Jack.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> With full blessing from the Dean family, he is to play a \u201csecondary lead role\u201d in the film and have another actor voicing him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This announcement was met with immediate criticism from fans and stars alike. In a tweet from Chris Evans, it sarcastically read \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be thrilled.\u201c A follow-up read, \u201cThis is awful. Maybe we can get a computer to paint us a new Picasso. Or write a couple new John Lennon tunes. The complete lack of understanding here is shameful.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With others in outcry, the filmmakers behind the project have not yet backed off from the decision and the film is still on for a 2020 Veterans Day release. Only time will tell if the backlash will be enough to turn the tide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an age of instantaneous feedback, fans hold an immense amount of power in the form of backlash. In some cases, studios are more than willing to look at their actions and decide if it\u2019s the best course of action. Others may not be so considerate, but it is undeniable that the capacity to change the media landscape is strong in each one of us. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audiences are an impassioned bunch.\u00a0 When a few vocal fans latch onto a concept, design or casting they feel missed the mark\u2014whether valid or not\u2014they will have their voices heard. In recent years, studios have had the opportunity to reevaluate steps in the filmmaking process because of fans\u2019 outcry. When backlash works, it\u2019s a way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":17498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[37,263,1158,1586,1587],"class_list":{"0":"post-17497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ae","8":"tag-film","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-backlash","12":"tag-fans"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ethan Toth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ethan Toth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ethan Toth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a6eb6d6d03aa95ec89753b23abd80ced\"},\"headline\":\"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":578,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/BACKLASH.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Film\",\"Movies\",\"Hollywood\",\"backlash\",\"fans\"],\"articleSection\":[\"A&amp;E\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/BACKLASH.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/BACKLASH.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/BACKLASH.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Rewind: Fans have the power to force studios to make course corrections, as seen in the new Sonic the Hedgehog film next year. PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a6eb6d6d03aa95ec89753b23abd80ced\",\"name\":\"Ethan Toth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Ethan Toth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/ethan-toth\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies","description":"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies","og_description":"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":675,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ethan Toth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ethan Toth","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/"},"author":{"name":"Ethan Toth","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb6d6d03aa95ec89753b23abd80ced"},"headline":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director","datePublished":"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/"},"wordCount":578,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg","keywords":["Film","Movies","Hollywood","backlash","fans"],"articleSection":["A&amp;E"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/","name":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director Of Hollywood Movies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-13T18:49:03+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-03T17:31:53+00:00","description":"Ethan Toth writes about the nature of fan backlash to filmmaking decisions and, through its persistence, what it has caused.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BACKLASH.jpg","width":675,"height":1000,"caption":"Rewind: Fans have the power to force studios to make course corrections, as seen in the new Sonic the Hedgehog film next year. PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/fan-backlash-is-the-real-director\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fan Backlash Is The Real Director"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb6d6d03aa95ec89753b23abd80ced","name":"Ethan Toth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Ethan Toth"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/ethan-toth\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}