That's how I took it as well. Very awkward attempt at making a joke/highlighting the male dominated field of directing, especially at the prestige film end of things.
I don't think it really needs a deep analysis of her what she said
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Jane Campion (dir. Power of the Dog) facing backlash for gross statement towards Venus and Serena Williams in Critics Choice Awards speech
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I don't think it really needs a deep analysis of her what she said
Incredibly privileged background filled with opportunities.
And, to put it bluntly, she's old. William sisters are not her peers in any respect, so you never want to invite any comparison.
Wouldnt have been better to say "Like the williams sisters, I had to fight hard to strive in a male dominated industry"? Like she could still get the womparison of her being a white rich woman versus the 2 williams sisters who had to start from the bottom, but still would have being much less scrutinized
Rich white daughter of an heiress and from a theatre family, who never struggled a day in her life and had every door to success opened due to sheer nepotism really had the gall to say appalling shit like this to a couple of black women who came from the bottom.
Some white people really start smelling their own piss and believe the opportunity for success wasn't simply laid at their feet for them to grasp. Not everyone is so lucky but she sure was. Her parents literally handed her the career.
Good game.
Some white people really start smelling their own piss and believe the opportunity for success wasn't simply laid at their feet for them to grasp. Not everyone is so lucky but she sure was. Her parents literally handed her the career.
Good game.
Yep.
Complete clown shoes to try and boost the "struggle" she goes though.
I think the argument she is trying to make is that the Williams sisters don't have to compete against men in Tennis, at least not directly. Women's Tennis isn't necessarily "male dominated". Again, it's a bad way to try to make a point about the systemic sexism in Hollywood.
I think, and this is the last I'll say on it, that what makes this point all the worse (on top of seemingly attacking two of the most prolific black athletes in the world), in that making movies shouldn't be a "competition". Tennis is. Sports are about winning. Film making should be more about artistic expression, which is why, like I say, she should have kept her analogies to Hollywood, as Sports and Film Making are not very equivilant endeavors in my mind.
She's from New Zealand and lives in Australia, though?
I watched the whole show last night, to those wondering why she mentioned Venus and Serena they had come up a lot because King Richard had won a couple awards prior. So they were fairly involved in the show along with Will Smith and other members of that film's team. Also absolutely not making excuses for what she said, but she did seem a bit drunk during that speech. It was clumsy and rambly throughout. Sometimes alcohol has the unintended side-effect of revealing someone's true colors, I guess.
Or that her platform was undeserved. Why would anyone accept her comments here of all places?
I think she's just trying to make a point that female directors always have the strive to compete to against men in a typically male dominated field. She just went about it in a clumsy way which highlights her own class and racial privilege.
Hopefully doesn't hamper TPODs Oscar chances because most of the alternatives are far worse films.
Hopefully doesn't hamper TPODs Oscar chances because most of the alternatives are far worse films.
she realized that she was getting too powerful after dunking on Sam Elliot
we stan a balance patch queen
but seriously, wtf was she thinking erasing a lot of good will she had like that
we stan a balance patch queen
but seriously, wtf was she thinking erasing a lot of good will she had like that
It was a very good movie made by a person who has very bad opinions.
She's basically saying if they had to compete against men, like she does, they wouldn't have won so much. Jesus Christ what a terrible, insecure, boneheaded statement. Even without the racial implications she is playing into the stereotype of successful women tearing down other successful women.
Why did she have to bring the Williams sisters into this? Unforced error indeed. They absolutely had to deal with the old white men running the tournaments.
I've watched the speech numerous times, and I'm trying to be as generous as possible to figure out what she was trying to say, but failed. I don't know if she was going for some weird joke, or sports analogy, or what. Either way, she put her foot in her mouth and said something stupid. She can recognize and apologize, and that will probably be fine. I'm not going to pretend this is some heinous, cancel-worthy act, especially coming from someone like her. I think she just done fucked up, which is a shame
Except the Williams sisters have been met with men at every turn. Imagine every endorsement meeting, every tournament organization, and the majority of the press.
Truly thoughtless words
Truly thoughtless words
This is really it.
Idk how these people can have so much money and can't hirer writers & managers for these kind of things. it was a pointless and avoidable comment.
This film she directed must have fantastic editing because that person was needed for this speech.
I soooorta think I get what she was trying to say (Her competing for jobs/awards against male directors vs not *directly* competing in tennis matches) but it was an exceptionally dumb and short sighted thing to say. The Williams' may not compete against men on the tennis court in matches but they've had to compete for literally everything else in their sport against men - attention, sponsorship, equality, etc.
Really comes off as clueless as to her own privilege and totally lacking in empathy.
Really comes off as clueless as to her own privilege and totally lacking in empathy.
