Without a doubt, the surprise hit of the summer is Sound of Freedom (2023). The movie has surpassed all expectations and brought in more than $173 million in domestic box office sales. This past weekend, the film moved ahead of Disney’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), which only brought in $172 million at the domestic box office. And this new milestone for the Sound of Freedom brought out all the right-wing trolls coming after Disney.
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When The Walt Disney Company purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019, it acquired hundreds of movies and television shows, including The Sound of Freedom. Eventually, the film was sold to Angel Films in 2023 after Disney shelved it for nearly four years.
The film is about a former federal agent who quit his job to help fight human trafficking and stars Jim Caviezel and Mira Sorvino. All and all, it sounds pretty straightforward, but there’s more to it than it seems.
Many critics have called the film out of exposing baseless Q-Anon conspiracy theories, including one that there is an international cabal of elites abusing and killing children to extract a substance called adrenochrome. Caviezel has been open that he believes in these debunked conspiracy theories.
Many right-wing trolls believe that Disney shelved the film because it was trying to hide this international cabal from public view. There have also been “audience suppression” conspiracy theories running rampant online. But there have been multiple reports of groups buying out theaters so that the film seems more popular than it is. And you can go to Angel Films’ website to claim free tickets.
But with the success of this film, online trolls have come out to claim that they were right and Disney was wrong. None louder than Jordan Peterson.
Who is Jordan Peterson?
Peterson rose to fame in 2016 when he got into a heated debate with Cathy Newman on Canadien television. Peterson argues that the gender pay gap does not exist. He uses cherry-picked dubious “facts” to prove his points in what has become his hallmark. The interview made Peterson a darling of American right-wing media.
Before becoming a provocateur of the left, Peterson was a practicing clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto. Also, in 2016, Peterson started his YouTube channel: Professor Against Political Correctness. The channel promotes right-wing conspiracy theories and fights against social justice movements.
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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) August 15, 2023
In the past, Peterson has been accused of using racist, homophobic, and sexist tropes to promote his ideas. He has also promoted conspiracy theories and spent most of the Pandemic attacking the American and Canadien government for its Covid restrictions. Despite all that, he has risen to fame in right-wing circles.
In recent weeks, Peterson has promoted boycotts of both Target and Bud Light for promoting LGBTQ+ merchandise. But now, he has turned his attention to Disney and is attempting to bring down the entertainment giant.
Peterson has come after Disney through a documentary called Unwoke, Inc, which calls into question Disney’s current business practices.
But with the success of the Jim Caviezel child trafficking movie, the trolls have come out in droves and continue to spout their conspiracy theory, but this is only one film that beat Indiana Jones. For the record, Indiana Jones has made more money at the worldwide box office, but Sound of Freedom has yet to have its international release.
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