1/ Many have asked how it's possible that our new film "Am I Racist?" hasn't been reviewed by a single mainstream critic, even with a 99% audience score, a “Verified Hot” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a top 5 box office debut. Here's what's happening behind the scenes. 🧵

2/ Beginning in mid-August, we reached out to dozens of mainstream outlets, offering an early screener of the film. Those outlets included @TIME, @AP, @IndieWire, @Variety, @THR, @nytimes, @NewYorker, and many others. We followed up to virtual silence.

3/ We did, however, receive a flurry of unprofessional emails from independent critics who were enraged we'd even ask them to review the film. One of them wrote that he won't waste any "professional time" on a movie opening in over 1,500 theaters because I was involved.

4/ Another critic stated that "You'd have to strap me to a chair like Malcolm McDowell to get me to watch this thing."

5/ Another wrote: "Ew. Take me off of this list."

6/ After it was clear “Am I Racist?” was a hit, @Variety attempted to cover for this oversight with a claim that Daily Wire “did not screen [the movie] for critics.” We’ve asked them to correct this, they have not. They still haven’t posted a review, but I hope they do.

7/ A few other mainstream outlets have since requested screeners but have yet to publish a review. One major mainstream outlet even acknowledged we had attempted to get them an advance screener but said the film had "slipped through the cracks."

8/ This isn’t a mistake. You’d be hard-pressed to find another film that opened in >1,500 theaters that was completely snubbed by mainstream critics.  If "Am I Racist?" were terrible, these outlets could have reviewed it & trashed it. But the reality is they're afraid of it.

9/ "Am I Racist?" has been so successful precisely because we didn't churn out another safe, predictable Hollywood-style film. If you haven't watched the movie that mainstream critics desperately don't want you to see, you can get your tickets now: https://t.co/iJv1cNRoWV.

10/ One last thing: @RollingStone was one of the first outlets to request a screener for review after the movie was announced back in July. They’ve yet to post a review, which is a bummer because I was looking forward to theirs most of all https://t.co/q30348EQMj

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