‘Boondock Saints’ Director Blasts Woke

“May you burn in hell for what you did to ‘Star Wars’ and continue to [do]… that was sacrilegious, man,” Duffy said.

That’s part of a larger critique of woke storytelling, where the message and agenda too often lap the creative process.

“You don’t say, ‘I’m gonna make a golf movie because golf is hot,'” the director said. “You don’t say you’re gonna make an LGBTQ character because that’s what’s going on out there right now and that’s what people wanna see.”

“[That mindset] starts leaking in on directors and writers that you’re choosing. These reasons have nothing to do with art or creativity whatsoever. It’s obvious why [woke] sucks. It’s obvious why it’s failing,” he said.