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Francis Ford Coppola's Fabricated Film Reviews, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'

Darcy Jimenez
Darcy Jimenez
Francis Ford Coppola's Fabricated Film Reviews, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
A husband thinks it's helpful to ask his wife to make him a list of chores.
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Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on X from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.



This week, we've got Donald Trump faking Swiftie support, Michael Caine's typo, a divorcee oversharing online, a bad tipper, an unhelpful husband and Francis Ford Coppola's controversial new movie trailer.


Tuesday

Ishan Sharma

The character: Ishan Sharma,YouTuber, entrepreneur, bad tipper

The plot: Sharma, whose online profile suggests he is young and from the Indian city of Bangalore, visited New York City and paid $45 for a crepe, sandwich and panini. Considering the items and bill, it appears that Sharma chose a regular establishment, and not something that was priced too high.

When the time came to pay, the waiter, he said, took the $2 in change as tip, which Sharma found extremely odd. After realizing that 20 percent tips are often the norm, Sharma was in disbelief. "20 percent for what?" he wrote. "INSANE!🤯."


The repercussion: Tipping culture in America has been discussed to death, both by foreign and local parties alike. The system is far from perfect, and US minimum wage makes it even worse.

However, whatever tipping system that's in place right now — 20 percent if you're generous, 10 if you're feeling like a miser — helps workers directly, and without it they'd be far, far worse off. Unluckily for Sharma, a lot of folks were angry that a kid who's successful would refuse to tip, while there were a few who sided with his conquest.


Adwait Patil



Sunday

Donald Trump

The character: Donald Trump, presidential candidate, man desperate for the approval of T-Swift

The plot: On Truth Social, Trump posted various bizarre, AI-generated images implying that Swifties (and even Taylor Swift herself) endorse Donald Trump for president. Of course, she endorsed Biden back in 2020, so it's clear where her political loyalties lie — and the fact that she came out against him in the past has clearly stuck in Trump's craw.


The repercussion: This whole thing comes off as desperate and deceitful, and it certainly isn't going to win him any points with Taylor or her fans. The people who would believe a post like his are already voting for Trump, so it's hard to see how this does anything but hurt his chances of wooing Swifties.


Grant Brunner



Thursday

Ethan Evans

The character: Ethan Evans, retired Amazon VP, LinkedIn influencer, divorcee

The plot: Evans, a LinkedIn influencer, posted a bizarre admission about how his marriage ended in divorce after a CEO he once worked for "seduced" his wife in "direct retaliation" against Evans's "pushback on him at work." A truly bizarre anecdote, it took no time for netizens to make fun of him.


The repercussion: Evans has since deleted his post on X, but it was still available to read on LinkedIn. While the comments on LinkedIn were far more civil, X users were not.


Adwait Patil


Monday

Michael Caine

The character: Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine, minimalistic tweeter

The plot: After having a spirited discussion with my co-workers, I was ultimately overruled and the following hilarious Michael Caine tweet is somehow not considered a meme — but a Main Character. How dare we categorize Sir Michael as such? He has never deserved such a label, but alas, here we are. The Alfred to Bruce Wayne for so many typed the following after he decided to remember Nolan's seminal "Batman Begins."



The repercussion: I have been laughing at this typo for three straight days, it's just so wholesome and funny. The way he wrote it, the way he structured it, the fact that the name of the movie is "Batman Begins" — just iconic and perfect. Please never die, Sir Michael, you are too adorable for this world and we do not deserve you. The fact that I have to share tweets making fun of you, for my job, hurts.


Jared Russo


Monday

Tyler Todt

The character: Tyler Todt, X user, "helpful" husband

The plot: In a recent X thread containing advice for a happy marriage, husband Tyler Todt tweeted some advice specifically for women.

"Most of us men really want to help but don't know how," he wrote. "Give us lists! Give us list items weekly we can take off your plate & we love to help! Guys, ask her 'what can I take off your plate today?'"

"We can't READ MINDS."


The repercussion: Though Todt no doubt thinks he's saying the right thing, a lot of people pointed out that it shouldn't be his wife's responsibility to spell out what she needs help with. Women aren't born with an innate understanding of housekeeping, and don't want to add instructing their husbands to their list of jobs; a truly considerate partner would see what needs to be done, and do it without having to be told or guided.


Darcy Jimenez


Wednesday

Francis Ford Coppola

The character: Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, alleged creep, quote fabricator

The plot: Coppola has been there, done that when it comes to Hollywood, so it makes sense that he's on an unabashed run with a film he's been trying to make his whole life. First, there were allegations of him being a creep on set, and now it's come to light that the most recent trailer released included a slew of fabricated quotes attributed to real-life critics. Some of the quotes were misconstrued, while others were made up. Within a few hours, Lionsgate, the film's distributor, issued an apology. "We screwed up. We are sorry," it said.


The repercussion: Coppola's been getting a lot of heat for this project, and while he does seem to know what he's doing, this particular incident feels like a complete disaster. It's hard to tell what the gimmick was trying to achieve, or whether some researcher just really messed up.

Update: Lionsgate fired a marketing consultant who was responsible for the lapse.


Adwait Patil


Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which featured a guy who really cares about college administrators, 7-Eleven's new "Hotel California" policy, Obama's latest summer playlist and a controversial Blake Lively interview.


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