I wonder if the ceiling will slowly fall until we digitally erase everyone that society has any qualm with from movies and media.
or, going another step into it..
Imagine a movie production group being okay with something like reproducing American Beauty but with Kevin Spacey deep-faked with a new actor due to his allegations and criminal charges.
I think we're slowly approaching that point -- a digital exclusion list that can be implemented by the production company and without actor support.
"Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin has endorsed social media comments demanding Donald Trump’s cameo in the film’s sequel be digitally removed and replaced with one of an older version of Culkin himself."
I watched Home Alone 2 on network television over the holidays and I did not see the Donald Trump cameo for some reason.
I was thinking I missed it or maybe it was omitted for some licensing related issue maybe.
or, going another step into it..
Imagine a movie production group being okay with something like reproducing American Beauty but with Kevin Spacey deep-faked with a new actor due to his allegations and criminal charges.
I think we're slowly approaching that point -- a digital exclusion list that can be implemented by the production company and without actor support.
At least it isn't a new precedent.[0]
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_images_in_the_So...