Professional Obnoxiousist Max Landis Butthurt After Lexi Alexander Twitter Rant on White, Male Privilege

Did you know that being an obnoxious douchebag could be a profession? It can be, and Max Landis was just paid $3 million for it. How does a screenwriter whose last two films (Victor Frankenstein, American Ultra) were box-office bombs fail upwards with a script that has been described as essentially End of Watch with orcs?

Lexi Alexander believes it has something to do with male white privilege, and over the weekend, she fumed not necessarily over Landis’ male white privilege, but because he refuses to recognize it .

No POC or woman writer would get 3 Million dollars for a script after having 2 major box office flops. End of story. Move on.

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

When screenwriter Zach Stentz came to Landis’ defense, Lexi Alexander went on a Twitter rant.

Mediocre screenwriter defends fellow mediocre screenwriter, that's why I have almost all of film Twitter blocked.I follow only the good ones

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

You know who believes that Hollywood is a level playing field? White, male screenwriters. I know…shocking.

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

I'm gonna punch one if I hear that https://t.co/66TPKzOb5n

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

Because they chest bump during a pitch? I don't know… https://t.co/Py6izFNcjO

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

I don't care he has success. But when writers tell my POC friends "don't be jealous, just work hard" I get pissed https://t.co/XQsvdOSLbz

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

White male privilege https://t.co/wv6Hq3W9BV

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

But seriously…does it bother anybody in the world that our highest paid screenwriters don't actually know what white, male privilege is?

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

What lesson? Have famous dad, be asshole to everybody? Make loads of money? https://t.co/nZOig1yVUv

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

Look,I don't care. Reap the benefits of an unlevel playing field…just don't tell POC & women they can have the same rewards.That's dickish

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

Thanks for setting me straight. My little lady brain was confused. https://t.co/cy2yJm5CqE

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 20, 2016

All of this talk about white, male privilege obviously didn’t sit well with Max Landis, who has been blocked by Lexi Alexander for some time and WANTS TO KNOW WHY RIGHT NOW.

The full history of the Max/Lexi feud is:
1 - Lexi tweets about me, blocks me
2 - I ask why
3 - She keeps tweeting https://t.co/iIPHfF4oCO

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

No idea what he’s talking about here.

In all honesty, I still wouldn't care about Lexi if she hadn't been a vicious bully to several close friends of mine; I find that troubling.

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

Irresponsible how? For calling out privilege?

I have no personal animosity against Lexi Alexander, and think she is talented, but I think she's irresponsible with the position she's in.

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

I feel mansplainy saying this, she seems like a powerful feminist voice with an angry, destructive dark side. https://t.co/eEUgUChx2g

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

I've heard a lot of stories about her, but beyond twitter, have never experienced any of it first hand. https://t.co/IVj22Rg8Co

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

Yes, I've heard stories that indicate in person this is also the case. But again, I've never met her. https://t.co/iJM9P3WHnr

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

If you're going to tweet abusive things about me to a large audience, I'd rather appreciate knowing why. https://t.co/THpAJoOHkh

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

Then it just gets weird.

I have just discovered truly disgusting information about Lexi Alexander and her relationship to me that I don't know how to process.

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

This Lexi stuff needs to be dealt with at a higher level than twitter. I hadn't realized the magnitude of the lies/delusions.

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) March 21, 2016

What are these lies and delusions? I don’t know, but Alexander got a lot of new mentions in her Twitter timeline, compliments of Landis.

MRA's all over my mentions. Max Landis must have found out I tweeted about him and sent his groupies. Thanks @MuseZack 😉

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 21, 2016

Blocked https://t.co/AQ5FtYTH6o

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 21, 2016

Watching @Uptomyknees sick his legion of douchebros on @Lexialex again reminds me why I named my heavy bag "Landis."

— Ryan Syrek (@thereaderfilm) March 21, 2016

Stalker https://t.co/d25V99K6xM

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 21, 2016

If I'd known blocking would annoy him that much…I would have blocked him years earlier.😂

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 21, 2016

This was fun, but now the auto block & filter is coming back on. PS: you're never going to bully me out of making a point about privilege 😜

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) March 21, 2016

Look, I don’t know entirely what’s going on here — there’s a lot of subtweeting and not a lot of specifics — but if you don’t believe that Landis oozes privilege, just watch this YouTube video where he begs Lexi Alexander to talk to him, as though he had a right to it.

Hat Tip: David W.