Celebrity Dumb Quotes II: Dumb and Dumber

[cremetangerine82]

Mar 14, 2022 15:02:46 GMT -4 Mutagen said:

Mar 14, 2022 3:06:22 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

A two-fer!

Sam Elliott, STFU!

Jane Campion, STFU!

Oh Jane, no. Her response to Sam Elliot's butthurt was so good, and then her comments on the Williams sisters was so shitty and unnecessary. This far into their careers and some people just STILL can't help being assholes about them.

It reeks of second-wave white feminists (especially ones who are wealthy, Jane’s family is loaded): they acknowledge that it’s difficult to be a woman, but certainly don’t give a damn about what women of color have to go through and don’t acknowledge the importance of intersectionality.

Her comments towards the Williams sisters was not only uncalled for, but inaccurate. Both Serena and Venus have competed against men!

I know she will win Best Director this year since she just won the DGA (and being only the third woman to do so in 92 years!), but I’m definitely not happy about it, unless she apologizes for her dumb ass comment in her acceptance speech.

[tiggertoo]

I haven’t really followed it, but I did see a tweet that she apologized.

[cremetangerine82]

She did, but she shouldn’t have said anything about the Williams sisters.

[seat6]

I don’t understand Jane Campion. How hard is it to stand up and say, “Thank you for this award,” and sit down? She had to have had some inkling that she might win. She should have prepared some innocuous remarks and left her casual racism against the Williams sisters out.

[Ginger]

Mar 15, 2022 12:19:56 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

She did, but she shouldn’t have said anything about the Williams sisters.

She was recognizing other women who were present at the event, and said very nice things, before tacking on the idiotic comparison. Here is the context of her comments, as quoted by the New York Times:

“It’s absolutely stunning to be here tonight among so many incredible women,” Campion began as she accepted the prize. “Halle Berry, you have already done my speech — and really killed it, I loved it. You’re absolutely brilliant,” she said, referring to the winner of the #SeeHer Award.

“And Venus and Serena, what an honor to be in the room with you,” Campion continued, referring to the tennis greats who were there in support of Will Smith and the rest of the cast of “King Richard,” a warm family drama about the Williams family. “I’ve taken up tennis. I truly have. And Will, if you want to come over and give me lessons, I would truly love it. I actually had to stop playing ’cause I got tennis elbow. I’d also just like to give my love out to my fellow — the guys. The nominees.

“And you know, Serena and Venus, you are such marvels. However, you do not play against the guys — like I have to.”

And Campion's apology:

“I made a thoughtless comment equating what I do in the film world with all that Serena Williams and Venus Williams have achieved,” she said. “I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes.

“The fact is the Williams sisters have, actually, squared off against men on the court (and off), and they have both raised the bar and opened doors for what is possible for women in this world. The last thing I would ever want to do is minimize remarkable women. I love Serena and Venus. Their accomplishments are titanic and inspiring. Serena and Venus, I apologize and completely celebrate you.”

When I heard the remark, I was reminded of Salma Hayek, at a Women in Hollywood luncheon, talking over Jessica Williams to insist that a Latina-Arab of her generation had it tougher than Jessica, or anyone of Jessica's generation. I don't understand anyone who feels the need to quantify oppression and turn it into a competition that they need to win.

[cremetangerine82]

Why is Jane asking Will Smith for tennis lessons? She really couldn’t focus on, I don’t know, the two tennis champions for tennis lessons?

[Ginger]

Mar 16, 2022 0:44:28 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

Why is Jane asking Will Smith for tennis lessons? She really couldn’t focus on, I don’t know, the two tennis champions for tennis lessons?

She was being flirty. It was supposed to be a lighthearted occasion.

[cremetangerine82]

OK. but really odd to ask for tennis lessons from the actor playing their father instead of the women who are the tennis champions. This whole speech just seems like an absolute train wreck, and I want her to apologize in her acceptance speech on Oscar night.

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Bono’s Ukraine poem.

Dear lord....

[cremetangerine82]

Mar 18, 2022 9:26:39 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Bono’s Ukraine poem.

Dear lord....

Can Bono not make everything in the world related to himself or Ireland?

Experience the cringe!