Cate Blanchett launches program to empower female, trans & nonbinary filmmakers
Cate Blanchett launches program to empower female, trans & nonbinary filmmakers
“We’re missing an enormous creative opportunity by not diversifying...
I expected better from the comments of a community called "Uplifting"
24Just block them and be done with it.
Blocking is extremely effective here compared to Reddit, they just poof out of existence and you never have to think about them again.
18Im one of the supposedly negative ones - think im about 150 down in comment karma at this point.
What worries me is the push toward inclusion at the expense of everything and everyone else, and that and discussions and calls to stop and think are met with insults, accusations, and apparently I'm just wanting to swing my giant dick around. I wish I had a giant dick to swing around.
We as a society have never had to try integrate a group that presents concerns that actually affect other people. Black people in the states were just black people, religion has different views but are within their rights to do as they wish and practice without interfere from others. Where does a trans persons rights to how they see themselves compare to how others see them and their rights? We have mums calling out trans people who call themselves mums, students wanting to compete where they have advantages over nok trans students because of who they see themselves as, and let's not even go into the bathroom debate. Do we need to fire people who worked hard to have the right ratios in an industry, and do we hire based on sexual orientation and race to be more inclusive - and is this morally right? Is it morally right to expect 50% of woman board members, and only 0.2% of kindergarten teachers male?
All people have rights, concerns and should have autonomy in themselves. But this can't come at the expense of others and openly discussing these concerns, developing ideas, strategies and understanding are how we work through it without generating resentment and anger - but these are not easy or pleasant discussions.
-11We as a society have never had to try integrate a group that presents concerns that actually affect other people. Black people in the states were just black people,
You couldn't have shown your lack of knowledge of history more perfectly if you tried. Have you ever heard of the term segregation?
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I just hope she does a better job of this than the titular character she played in Tár did with her own initiative of supporting women conductors.
Long story short, everyone should see Tár.
11As long as the movie is good I don't care who made it. The industry also shouldn't. This goes both ways: good nonbinary filmmakers should get to make movies, bad nonbinary filmmakers shouldn't make movies just because they're nonbinary.
9Whoa!! Now I get even more chills watching LotR. Knowing IRL Galadriel supporting the quest for queerness. 🥰
2These guys approve.
0I mourn for the times when quality of ones work was all that mattered, not what they take up the ass. These days you are suppose to pretend movie is good because director dyes her hair pink and has different pronouns. And we wonder why quality of movies went down hill.
-16That’s never been the case though. It’s all about connections. You could have the greatest script ever, but if you don’t know the right people with money it’s not getting made.
Until recently Hollywood has very much been an old white guy’s party. Old white guys tend not to be very accepting of others.
So, as an old white guy, I will say: this doesn’t bother me.
9It's so funny how my comment was removed as transphobic, when I am advocating for meritocracy and away from gender discrimination. Am assuming you are more in the right than not. Connections always meant everything in the business world. Still I'd prefer if movies were made based on skill and quality... not how directors identify. But then again, it's transphobic it seems.
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2And we wonder why quality of movies went down hill.
Yes, it’s the dyed hair women that are ruining the quality of movies, such as the the female director for 2019 Cats -checks notes- Tom Hooper…or the dreck that was The Expend4bles directed by noted female…Scott Waugh. And of course we can’t forget about the female director of Morbius, Daniel Espinosa.
Don’t use your bad faith criticism of the arts as a way to mask your uneducated and brainlet takes. I’m so sick of you morons encroaching into media spaces and contributing absolutely nothing besides the same 5 NPC talking points since 2016.
Go watch the Sound of Freedom or whatever other US Military sponsored propaganda you’re used to.
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Instead of making a long list of every non cis-male group, wouldn't it be easier to just say that it is for everybody except cis men?
-38Instead of making a long list of every non cis-male group
To be clear, the "long list" you're referring to contains three entries.
Do you actually have trouble juggling that much information at once or are you just upset because you think providing help and opportunities to someone other than a cis-het man is somehow oppressing you? Be honest.
35LGBT contains 4, cis woman is a 5th, and is not the entirety of the list.
Why do you have to be offended by everything that doesn't align with your exact view of the world. I'm going to assume you aren't a cis male based on your responses here, and if you are that exact attitude is where these discriminate views come from.
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Or just realise that most people don't care whats between the legs of film makers, just how good the film is?
-50And an effective way to assure good films continue to be made is to encourage diverse perspectives in the industry. Which is what this program aims to achieve. So, if all you care about is whether or not a film is good then what exactly is your problem with an initiative meant to develop new talent? Please be specific.
52I have a feeling there won't be a lot of intellectual diversity or perspectives, but I also don't give a shit what people do with their money. Let people try whatever they think will work for either their goals or their wallet. Win or lose, everything we try is data.
-1Effectively, why does the talent search need to targets a small section of society? If these people have a great idea, it should be brought to light on its own merits like all other ideas.
If there is a stigma associated within the industry that needs to be broken - different story. But don't make a film just because of how the director or producer identifies.
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Maybe everything isn't about the majority of people.
17Exactly 👍
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“We’re missing an enormous creative opportunity by not diversifying. We deplore creative laziness, we deplore financial laziness, and so we should therefore deplore a lack of inclusivity,” she said of the industry. “Homogeneity in any industry is the death of progress and innovation. That’s certainly the case for the creative industries. When you walk onto a set that is homogenous, you can sort of taste the outcome. The things that break through that are fresh, that have influence for the next decade, always start because someone took a risk on them.”
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