Helena Bonham Carter’s Defense of J.K. Rowling Is Brave, Increasingly Rare: Free Speech Expert
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Helena Bonham Carter’s recent comments in defense of author J.K. Rowling and film star Johnny Depp, who have both come under sustained public attack and faced calls for their cancellation from the “woke” community, are unusual for a Hollywood and pop culture star in an age when community censorship poses an ever-present danger to the livelihoods of industry figures, an expert on free speech has told The Epoch Times.
Carter may have felt emboldened to make her controversial comments because she is a well-established star with many awards and iconic roles under her belt, and therefore slightly less susceptible to the pressures and intimidation that keep struggling people in the industry from speaking out against cancellation, the expert said….