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Critics Condemn 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' for Exploitative School Shooting Plotline

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The Onion Staff

1mo ago· 2 min readenNews

Summary

Critics are condemning 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' for including a school shooting plotline that they describe as recklessly exploitative and flippant. The controversy centers on a scene showing Princess Rosalina doing target practice in the Gusty Gardens Galaxy to take revenge on classmates, which critics argue trivializes a serious societal issue without making substantive points.

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This is a painful, deeply difficult topic, and one that deserved more than the deliberate provocation of showing Princess Rosalina doing target practice in the Gusty Gardens Galaxy to take revenge on her classmates
Describing the new film's narrative choices as recklessly exploitative given the current climate
Critics blasted The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in reviews last week for its flippant school shooting plotline
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NEW YORK—Describing the new film’s narrative choices as recklessly exploitative given the current climate, critics blasted The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in reviews last week for its flippant school shooting plotline. “This is a painful, deeply difficult to

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