A writer for The Guardian called out "Crocodile Dundee" for story elements they called, "sexist, racist, homophobic, and transphobic" and they weren't wrong. Some dialogue and scenarios in all three films in the franchise haven't aged well and can easily be construed as offensive to women, people of color, and the LGTBQIA+ community. The most obvious is Sue not being depicted as a journalist in her own right, but working for her boyfriend on her father's paper.
There are transphobic moments in the first film when Mick gropes two trans women. There are also the offensive comparisons between indigenous Aboriginal tribes arguing for land rights in Australia to "fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on," and Mick asking Sue Charlton's Black chauffeur, Gus (Reginald VelJohnson) what tribe he's from. In the second film, Mick is so shocked to be consoling a gay man, he nearly falls off a skyscraper, and in the third film Mick makes disparaging comments about a gay bar in Los Angeles.
While discussing cancel culture with The Project, Hogan said, "It's sometimes understandable, and in some cases, stupid. In the case of me and the shows I did, it was never designed to hurt anyone." Hogan told IGN the gay bar scene in Los Angeles was inspired by an experience he had with Olivia Newton-John at a bar. Per The Daily Mail, Hogan told The Australian, "I don't think I ever did anything with any sort of malice."
