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Ghostbusters cast, basically: Go away, haters

They discussed the misogynistic backlash...again.

FILE - In this April 12, 2016 file photo, director Paul Feig, foreground center, poses with cast members, from left, Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones of the upcoming film "Ghostbusters," during the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation at CinemaCon 2016, in Las Vegas. The film opens nationwide on July 15. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

By Bryanna Cappadona

June 21, 2016

1 minute to read

It’s been over a year since the Ghostbusters reboot filmed scenes around Boston. Even as early as mid-production, the cast faced misogynistic backlash, and they’ve since commented on the matter so. many. times.

In an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Melissa McCarthy discussed the topic yet again. (Surprise.) Here’s their refreshingly honest, shade-filled commentary:

Was there a point at which you noticed that because of the film’s premise and because the leads were female, some subset of your audience was not happy?

McCARTHY: You mean the crazy people?

JONES: You mean the people that don’t know that it’s a movie?

[…]

JONES: To me, the people who are crying about, “This is ruining my childhood,” this movie is not for them anyway.

WIIG: They need to probably go to therapy.

McCARTHY: I think their childhood was pretty much ruined already. If this broke it, it was pretty fragile to begin with. It is good to remember, it is a tiny, tiny fraction that screams. Normal, healthy people don’t stand outside, saying, “You’re ruining my childhood!” There’s one nut on every corner in every city that does it. But so what? The other 300,000 people in a town aren’t doing that.

The Ghostbusters have spoken. Fight the patriarchy.