Do You Know The Worst Christmas Song?
If you’re at all like me, you may be rediscovering your true hatred for certain Christmas songs.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was criticized this week after claiming on Christmas Eve that Rudolph, the fictional red-nosed reindeer who leads Santa Claus's sleigh, has been "misgendered."
According to Tyson, Rudolph cannot be a male reindeer because male reindeer lose their antlers before Christmas.
"Santa doesn't know Zoology: Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas," Tyson tweeted.
He continued, "So Santa's reindeer, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered."
Santa doesn’t know Zoology:Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in… https://t.co/rDEmYXekaQ— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@Neil deGrasse Tyson)1608860933.0
While Santa's zoological information may be lacking, Tyson did explain that Santa's knowledge of physics seems to be adequate.
"Santa Knows Physics: Of all colors, Red light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig," Tyson said.
Tyson's message triggered swift criticism, which included accusations that Tyson was "ruining things that are supposed to be fun."
As many other critics pointed out, Tyson's message about Rudolph doesn't make climatological sense considering that the North Pole, which is where Santa Claus is headquartered, is a tundra climate and does not experience the autumn season.
Someone did everybody a big solid for the end of yet another long week in the year 2020 and dubbed actor Tom Cruise's headline-grabbing F-bomb rant at his "Mission: Impossible 7" crew into a scene from the beloved "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" TV special from the 1960s.
Check it out:
This is my December passion project https://t.co/M9nfZi3HPI— Jason Gallagher (@Jason Gallagher)1608176590.0
In his audio-only rant, Cruise was angry at several members of his crew for not following through with COVID-19 protocols and told them "we're the gold standard! They're back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us! Because they believe in us and what we're doing! And I'm on the phone with every f***ing studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they're looking at us and using us to make their movies!"
He added, "We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf***ers!" and warned, "I don't ever want to see it again! Ever! And if you don't do it, you're fired, and I see you do it again, you're f***ing gone!"
Jason Gallagher — a director of video and strategy — called the humorous dub of Cruise's rant into the "Rudolph" scene his "December passion project."
In the clip, Santa Claus is shown mouthing Cruise's rant to his elves and even poor Rudolph, as they gather 'round St. Nick to see what all the fuss is about.
By the end of Santa's rant, he's pointing directly at Rudolph and hollers, "And you! Don't you ever f**ing do it again!"
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @jga41agher
Fox News reported that as of Friday morning the clip had over 421,000 views.
As you might expect, lots of folks found the dubbed clip exactly what the doctor ordered:
Even journalist Megyn Kelly was feeling the spirit: "I am wasting my spare time. Why am I not doing things that matter, like this?"
Cruise reportedly opted for an early Christmas break after his meltdown on the set. In addition, five movie staffers reportedly quit after a second Cruise meltdown Tuesday night.