Outrage over ‘Apocalypse’ billboard shows Hollywood’s disdain for men

Published June 5, 2016 9:04pm ET



Forget gorillas and North Carolina bathroom laws. Internet outrage warriors found a new obsession over the weekend when once-famous actress Rose McGowan noticed a billboard depicting — gasp — a scene from the new movie “X-Men: Apocalypse.”

The scene chosen for the billboard showed Apocalypse (played by Oscar Isaac) choking Mystique (played by Jennifer Lawrence). Because the scene showed a man harming a woman, outrage ensued.

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