Re: Ocean's 8 -- Here We Go Again
Co-star Cate Blanchett concurred, saying the media had failed to make the mindshift the movie industry had when it came to gender equality. “The conversation has to change,” she said, “and the media has a huge responsibility.”
Beware of anyone who uses the word 'conversation'' as a euphemism for national discourse-- Run as far and as fast as you can.
'Conversation' is code for "I'm going to make a bunch of demands, and you're either going to agree 100% with me (or simply keep your mouth shut) or else your career will be irreparably damaged until you are sent to a reeducation camp and learn to get with the narrative".
I feel sorry for Kate and Mindy and Sandra and all the other stars of Oceans 8 for having to do do a press junket right after Brie Larson made her (borderline crazy) comments about reviews of another film. The 'journalists' are going to ask loaded questions that are only designed to get you to say something unfortunate.
I can't understand why anyone (actor, director, writer) would do press at all anymore, unless it is an inescapable contractual demand, and perhaps it's time for that to change. It seems like not a day goes by that it doesn't backfire on someone (most recently Jason Bateman and Bill Clinton, though I'm sure there are others I didn't hear about).
Film critics are largely irrelevant today. No one is logging on to nytimes.com to see what AO Scott and Manohla Dargis thought of the latest Friday openings. It is a dying forum in a dying industry.
Which is why AO and Manohla have pivoted away from film reviews and gotten more into Diversity Outrage Essays. It's the only way to drive traffic to their website, by gaming the algorithms with click-bait.
The idea that Rotten Tomatoes is driving people to theaters (or keeping them away) is false. You could fill a book with films that scored 90% + on RT and didn't make any money (actually, someone should do that).
I'm glad this film is doing well. Success for anyone is success for everyone in many ways.
Although I did get a kick out of all the Monday morning box office recaps that were absolutely CROWING about how O8 made more than O11 on opening weekend, while conveniently not mentioning that it's not playing very well over seas.
That's called a Lie Of Omission, but I'm sure that I'm a jerk for pointing it out.
Co-star Cate Blanchett concurred, saying the media had failed to make the mindshift the movie industry had when it came to gender equality. “The conversation has to change,” she said, “and the media has a huge responsibility.”
Beware of anyone who uses the word 'conversation'' as a euphemism for national discourse-- Run as far and as fast as you can.
'Conversation' is code for "I'm going to make a bunch of demands, and you're either going to agree 100% with me (or simply keep your mouth shut) or else your career will be irreparably damaged until you are sent to a reeducation camp and learn to get with the narrative".
I feel sorry for Kate and Mindy and Sandra and all the other stars of Oceans 8 for having to do do a press junket right after Brie Larson made her (borderline crazy) comments about reviews of another film. The 'journalists' are going to ask loaded questions that are only designed to get you to say something unfortunate.
I can't understand why anyone (actor, director, writer) would do press at all anymore, unless it is an inescapable contractual demand, and perhaps it's time for that to change. It seems like not a day goes by that it doesn't backfire on someone (most recently Jason Bateman and Bill Clinton, though I'm sure there are others I didn't hear about).
Film critics are largely irrelevant today. No one is logging on to nytimes.com to see what AO Scott and Manohla Dargis thought of the latest Friday openings. It is a dying forum in a dying industry.
Which is why AO and Manohla have pivoted away from film reviews and gotten more into Diversity Outrage Essays. It's the only way to drive traffic to their website, by gaming the algorithms with click-bait.
The idea that Rotten Tomatoes is driving people to theaters (or keeping them away) is false. You could fill a book with films that scored 90% + on RT and didn't make any money (actually, someone should do that).
I'm glad this film is doing well. Success for anyone is success for everyone in many ways.
Although I did get a kick out of all the Monday morning box office recaps that were absolutely CROWING about how O8 made more than O11 on opening weekend, while conveniently not mentioning that it's not playing very well over seas.
That's called a Lie Of Omission, but I'm sure that I'm a jerk for pointing it out.
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