After his planned Deadpool animated series was cancelled, Donald Glover recently shared a spoof script for the same on social media.
The actor-rapper-writer-producer-director posted the script on Twitter in which the Merc with a mouth, breaks the fourth wall to speculate the reasons behind the show’s cancellation.
In the 12-page script Glover posted, Deadpool wakes up in a jeep in Kenya, as he takes a mission involving Sudan, the last male northern white rhino as he says, “You know, I’m not mad about this whole ‘cancelled’ thing. I actually think it’s a good time to have a violent, gun loving white man ranting on TV? Other than the PRESIDENT!” as he wonders whether “they just wanna sell toys” or if they “cancelled the show ’cause of racism?!”
He continues, “Yeah, but all the writers were black. And the references were pretty black too. I heard they went over the lunch budget ordering Jamaican food at least once a week.”
The character adds, “It just feels like everyone wants something different, but no one wants to do anything different to get it. Doesn’t Marvel have enough feel-good minority shows everyone supports but doesn’t watch? I mean, I think our show woulda been funny. I just wanted a place to be honest. And I guess that place is Freeform.”
Deadpool also refers to the Beyoncé biting scandal stating, “Sanaa Lathan bit Beyonce’s face! Wait. Oh thank God. It was Jennifer Lawrence. I already hate her. It’s fine.”
