{"id":137258,"date":"2024-12-08T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T18:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/peta-plans-protest-at-nosferatu-screening-rats-didnt-cause-the-plague\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T18:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T18:16:24","slug":"peta-plans-protest-at-nosferatu-screening-rats-didnt-cause-the-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/peta-plans-protest-at-nosferatu-screening-rats-didnt-cause-the-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"PETA Plans Protest at \u2018Nosferatu\u2019 Screening: Rats \u2018Didn\u2019t Cause the Plague!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PETA plans to protest an Academy screening of \u201cNosferatu\u201d this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The animal rights organization is sending a \u201cgiant rat\u201d to the theater to \u201cset the record straight\u201d about the 5,000 live rats used during a scene in the film where rats descend on London and bring the bubonic\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DC04rLBG9N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DC04rLBG9N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1865152336676688247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>PETA plans to protest this Sunday\u2019s Academy screening of director Robert Eggers\u2019 \u201cNosferatu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The animal rights organization plans to send a \u201cgiant rat\u201d to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater to \u201cset the record straight\u201d about the 5,000 live rats Eggers uses during one sequence in the film where rats descend on London, bringing the bubonic plague with them.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, PETA\u2019s director of animals in film and television Lauren Thomasson said, \u201cA human is no more likely to be harmed or killed by a rat in real life than by a vampire, and false portrayals of these animals as harbingers of death deny viewers the chance to see them as the intelligent, social and affectionate individuals they are. The only \u2018pests\u2019 moviegoers need to be concerned with are directors who subject animals to the chaos and confusion of a film set, and PETA encourages everyone to see through these shameful stereotypes and give rats the respect they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PETA rat will carry a sign that reads, \u201cRats Have Rights! We Didn\u2019t Cause the Plague!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PETA points out that rats form close bonds with their families and friends, enjoy playing and wrestling, and even giggle when tickled\u2014and are less likely than dogs or cats to catch and transmit parasites and viruses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/1865152336676688247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/129682077.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETA plans to protest an Academy screening of \u201cNosferatu\u201d this Sunday. The animal rights organization is sending a \u201cgiant rat\u201d to the theater to \u201cset the record straight\u201d about the 5,000 live rats used during a scene in the film where rats descend on London and bring the bubonic\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DC04rLBG9N \u2014 Variety (@Variety) December 6, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-137258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}