Milo Yiannopoulos protests mirror Romper Stomper remake, director says

THE director of Romper Stomper says the violent Milo Yiannopoulos protests in Melbourne mirror his TV series remake of the Aussie cult film. WARNING: Graphic image

FILM director Geoffrey Wright says the violent Milo Yiannopoulos protests in Melbourne between the Far Right and the Left mirror his remake of gritty Aussie cult film Romper Stomper.

Speaking at the launch of Stan’s new TV series, which picks up on Australia’s simmering racial underbelly 25 years after the original film, Wright believes the mob mentality surrounding extreme politics is relentless.

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Protesters clash during a demonstration outside Milo Yiannopoulos' sold out show at the Melbourne Pavilion. Picture: AAP/Erik Anderson

Geoffrey Wright at the Romper Stomper TV series premiere. Picture: AAP/Mal Fairclough

“Extreme politics has become a blood sport,” Wright said.

“It reduces people to a prehistoric state and nothing is resolved.”

Not one to mince his words, Wright went on to say sexual predators in the film and media industry should feel the heat.

“Let the chips fall where they may and let those suckers burn.”

MELBOURNE MODEL’S SHOCKING #METOO IMAGE

IN a week where the sex-scandal whistleblowers were named Time magazine’s person of the year, it is confronting and heartening to see women speaking out against harassment and abuse.

LA-based Melbourne model Lucy McIntosh posted a shocking image of her battered face with hashtag #metro and a caption claiming her high-profile boyfriend broke her nose and fractured her face.

The confronting photo model Lucy McIntosh uploaded to Instagram. Picture: Supplied/Instagram

In a bitter split, he has filed a complaint with an LA court accusing McIntosh of extortion, fraud, defamation and theft.

McIntosh, who previously dated Black Eyed Peas’ DJ Poet and music mogul Russell Simmons, wrote: “I am naming his name. Because we can’t stay silent #metoo.”

HINCH KEEPS ON PUNCHING

DERRYN Hinch is never afraid to throw a political punch. And he was certainly not backing down at his Canberra book launch this week, casting Australian politicians to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

“Some of them won’t like it, but as Paul Keating famously said, if you need a friend in Canberra get a dog,” So come on, fess up: “Good, Penny Wong. Bad, Sam Daystari. Ugly, Ian MacDonald.”

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