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“Barbie” is a sure box office hit, but is it a feminist one?
As the movie was raking in moviegoers over its premiere weekend, women found themselves in a lively debate on whether they had the right to criticize the box office hit.
Among the most strident discourses on social media, women and others from marginalized groups prefaced their comments with statements akin to “It’s flawed, but I liked it” or suggested they were afraid to share any opinion perceived as critical.
“I am a little bewildered,” TheWrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman tweeted on Sunday. “The power of ‘Barbie’ and success of the movie is undeniable. And yet women who I talk to said they found the movie heavy-handed, ‘preachy’ (heard that a lot) [and] ‘good’ but not particularly entertaining.
“Barbie” is a sure box office hit, but is it a feminist one?
As the movie was raking in moviegoers over its premiere weekend, women found themselves in a lively debate on whether they had the right to criticize the box office hit.
Among the most strident discourses on social media, women and others from marginalized groups prefaced their comments with statements akin to “It’s flawed, but I liked it” or suggested they were afraid to share any opinion perceived as critical.
“I am a little bewildered,” TheWrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman tweeted on Sunday. “The power of ‘Barbie’ and success of the movie is undeniable. And yet women who I talk to said they found the movie heavy-handed, ‘preachy’ (heard that a lot) [and] ‘good’ but not particularly entertaining.
- 7/27/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Actress Sarah Paulson is an Emmy winner already, winning in 2016 for her role as prosecutor Marcia Clark in “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” While Paulson is nominated once again for playing a real-life person, her nomination for “Impeachment” was a surprise to her. It’s also a validation, with Paulson telling IndieWire via phone that “it is the work I am the most proud of, to date.”
Playing the infamous Linda Tripp, who blew the whistle on the affair between former President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, required Paulson to find a human entry point into a very controversial woman. It also required the actress to physically transform herself, complete with heavy prosthetics and a fat suit.
The aesthetic alone drew criticism, something Paulson admits she was “naïve” to going into the project. “I wish I had been more aware of thinking about all of that in a responsible way,...
Playing the infamous Linda Tripp, who blew the whistle on the affair between former President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, required Paulson to find a human entry point into a very controversial woman. It also required the actress to physically transform herself, complete with heavy prosthetics and a fat suit.
The aesthetic alone drew criticism, something Paulson admits she was “naïve” to going into the project. “I wish I had been more aware of thinking about all of that in a responsible way,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Whether it’s playing a determined soldier in World War I, an enterprising hustler in a strip club, a polarizing television reporter, or the representative of Christ on Earth, authenticity was a crucial component in the actor’s performance. Some of the performers at the forefront of this year’s awards conversation went to extraordinary lengths to prepare for their roles. By learning new languages, mastering new abilities, and perfecting portraits of real-life personas, these thespians epitomize dedication.
Jennifer Lopez, whose showstopping introduction as a stripper in “Hustlers” is a character-defining moment, says her journey began with that first scene in writer-director Lorene
Scafaria’s script.
“I thought of Ramona as a siren — seducing not only the people in the club, but the home audience,” she says. “When you see that entrance, she’s literally inviting you, challenging you, luring you into her lair.”
Jonathan Pryce felt his likeness to...
Jennifer Lopez, whose showstopping introduction as a stripper in “Hustlers” is a character-defining moment, says her journey began with that first scene in writer-director Lorene
Scafaria’s script.
“I thought of Ramona as a siren — seducing not only the people in the club, but the home audience,” she says. “When you see that entrance, she’s literally inviting you, challenging you, luring you into her lair.”
Jonathan Pryce felt his likeness to...
- 1/3/2020
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
While live-blogging the Oscars you really don't get too much of a chance to take in all the acceptance speeches. I catch a few moments here and there, and I can pretty much tell when the air is being let out of the room as well as those moments where someone is really capturing the moment. What I've put together below are the five speeches where I think the winner really managed to stand-out. I also love the true excitement coupled with the words chosen in these speeches. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave, especially, seemed to capture the room with her infectious smile as much as Jennifer Lawrence a year before, not to forget her brother, Peter, who photobombed Ellen's Twitter-breaking selfie and is clearly someone very special in Lupita's life and she in his. The only truly strange thing about these speeches is John Ridley and Steve McQueen failing...
- 3/3/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Oscars speech of the night goes to newcomer Lupita Nyong’o, who won best supporting actress for her role as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave.
Transcripts of all Academy Awards winners’ onstage speeches…
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yes! Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s. And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance. And for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own. Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position. This has been the joy of my life. I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they...
Transcripts of all Academy Awards winners’ onstage speeches…
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yes! Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s. And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance. And for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own. Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position. This has been the joy of my life. I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they...
- 3/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
She's back!
Britney Spears returned to the road Thursday night, kicking off her "Femme Fatale" tour in Sacramento, Calif.
"It's Opening Night Bitch!!!!" the singer Tweeted before taking the stage.
The 29-year-old singer treated audiences to a 22-song set, which included hits ranging from "Toxic" to "Till The World Ends," Radar Online reported.
Boyfriend Jason Trawick was spotted watching the show from the side of the stage.
"Spears performed like a pro throughout the show, hitting all her marks ... she seemed at ease," The Sacramento Bee's Carla Meyer wrote. "The sellout crowd -- composed ...
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Britney Spears returned to the road Thursday night, kicking off her "Femme Fatale" tour in Sacramento, Calif.
"It's Opening Night Bitch!!!!" the singer Tweeted before taking the stage.
The 29-year-old singer treated audiences to a 22-song set, which included hits ranging from "Toxic" to "Till The World Ends," Radar Online reported.
Boyfriend Jason Trawick was spotted watching the show from the side of the stage.
"Spears performed like a pro throughout the show, hitting all her marks ... she seemed at ease," The Sacramento Bee's Carla Meyer wrote. "The sellout crowd -- composed ...
Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 6/17/2011
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
"It was sort of a three-tiered job for me, in that I was brought on initially to develop a dialect," says dialect coach Carla Meyer on the telephone from Albuquerque, N.M., where she's working with Australian actor Sullivan Stapleton on a television pilot in which he plays a Las Vegas policeman. But what's this about "a three-tiered job" and developing a dialect? It's Meyer explaining how she taught the Na'vi of Pandora to speak.Meyer's the one James Cameron hired in 2006 to fill an extremely particular assignment on what's now the biggest-grossing movie of all time, "Avatar." As she puts it about the 2006 start for a 2009 release, "For a dialect coach, that's extremely early." On the other hand, the task was enormous—preparing to instruct actors in a language that had already been created by University of Southern California linguist Paul Frommer from a few words that director-writer Cameron slotted in his "Avatar" script.
- 4/9/2010
- backstage.com
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