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Contents:
- ‘GASLIGHT’ SPARKS BATE AFTER ROXANE GAY SLAMS NILE KIDMAN’S LUCY
- BOOK NEWS: ROXANE GAY'S GOT A BRAND-NEW BAG — THE BUTTER
- ROXANE GAY
- ROXANE GAY STARTS PUBLISHG IMPRT WH GROVE ATLANTIC
‘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.
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Roxane Gay sparked ntroversy on Twter after cricizg Nile Kidman’s e of the term “gaslight” when playg Lucille Ball. 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.
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”Twter/@rgay. 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.
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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. — roxane gay (@rgay) December 23, 2021.