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‘GASLIGHT’ SPARKS BATE AFTER ROXANE GAY SLAMS NILE KIDMAN’S LUCY

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Femist thor Roxane Gay took to Twter to pla that Lucille Ball — played by Nile Kidman, 54 — the term “gaslight” Amazon’s new film “Beg the Rirdos.

Gay, known for her bt-sellg book “The Bad Femist, ” seemed to claim that the term wasn’t ed the 1950s when the movie was set. Roxane Gay sparked ntroversy on Twter after cricizg Nile Kidman’s e of the term “gaslight” when playg Lucille Ball.

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Author Roxane Gay sparked bate on Twter when she plaed that Lucille Ball — played by Nile Kidman, 54 — ed the term “gaslight” Amazon’s new film “Beg the Rirdos. ”Twter/@rgay.

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And for a while Gay, 47, stuck to her pot, even llg “a bad screenplay, perd” another sce-leted tweet. It wasn’t part of the vernacular then, ” Gay rpond, addg a later post, “The dacy of y’all fg gaslightg to me.

Other people on Twter jumped to Gay’s fense, claimg the term wasn’t monly ed the ’50s.

Journalist Evie Nagy chimed , sayg wasn’t troduced to vernacular until later and that the Twter stir Gay’s ment ed beme a “gaslightg ceptn. However, ultimately, Gay chid menters for g an “absurd” firtorm and offered a half-hearted mea culpa.

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