Brie Larson in all her modesty
Posted on 03/13/2019 11:34:51 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
"Captain Marvel" star and hardcore feminist Brie Larson has been a leader in Hollywood talks concerning the anti-sexual harassment and sexism campaign known as "Time's Up," which piggybacked off the #MeToo movement. Since fall 2017, Larson has led discussions about sound guys putting on actors' mics in the context of the movement and said she now mics herself up and advises all other actress to do the same.
"In the fall of 2017, in the weeks after the first Harvey Weinstein stories broke, Larson and her female acting peers began texting one another and having conversations about workplace concerns, from issues like pay equity to how to deal with the discomfort of a sound man reaching inside your bra to pin a microphone," reported The Hollywood Reporter in a glowing February interview.
"When it comes to pay, Larson seems to be doing OK — she'll make $5 million for playing Captain Marvel in this film as part of a deal that bests what Robert Downey Jr. made for his first outing as Iron Man ($500,000) and Chadwick Boseman for his first as Black Panther ($2 million)," the piece continues.
"As for the microphone issue, she says she now mics herself in her trailer and advises her female friends on sets to do the same."
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I don't see why it has not always been that way. Sound guy hands actress the mic and tells her how to attach it.
It is things like this that transcend exterior beauty and the stupidity and ugliness shines from the inside out.
“she now mics herself up and advises all other actress to do the same”
Much to the relief of soundmen everywhere.
Because actresses are really stupid and it takes some brains to point and conceal the microphone properly for best audio. Without the soundguy, its ditzy actresses flubbing and ruining scene after scene.
Stupid? Frankly it’s common sense. Guys and gals should have respectful roles in how they interact with one another. Guys shouldn’t be reaching into a bra to mic someone up - it’s inappropriate. Mike Pence is being vindicated for his ‘no private meetings with women’ stance. And these movements are recognizing that there are healthy boundaries in how we interact with each other. Let them... no, make them live by their own rules because they have for too long said there were no rules and are just now learning that’s not a good thing.
“I don’t see why it has not always been that way.”
In the absence of the current political climate, they would pitch a fit and scream that it is not their job.
While I doubt a Sound Guy is going to try a cop a feel infront of a dozen other people, it reminds me of being a 17 and trying to put the corsage on my prom date. I was sweating bullets and I looked like I had near-Parkinsons with my hands just inches from the promised land. Thank God my date’s mother took the thing and pinned it herself, I was about ready to pass out.
Okay. Then I demand that all male extras have dressings rooms. They should never be required to strip down or change, just off stage behind the curtains. Where everybody back stage can see them.
What, there are no sound WOMEN that can do the job??? How sexest. Talk about a glass ceiling.
Will the Sound Guy Union allow this?
I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t some union rule at some point. Setting up mics isn’t in the actress job description.
I don’t see why it has not always been that way. Sound guy hands actress the mic and tells her how to attach it.
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That would make too much sense and would probably be against union rules.
Jennifer Lawrence would hold up shooting for hours wondering which end of the mic goes upward.
She can do whatever she wants but this smacks of someone who thinks way too much of herself. The sound engineers are, for the most part, professionals. They aren't putting a mic on Brie Larson to cop a feel. They are doing it to make sure she can be heard when she says her lines. If there is some perv of a sound engineer who is creeping the actresses out, he should be fired. But otherwise, everyone should be a professional and let the sound engineers do their jobs and not cast blanket aspersions at them.
-PJ
If you take a job that requires microphones to be attached to your privates, you should not complain when a microphone gets attached to your privates.
Especially when you’re making lots of money.
Gwenyth Paltrow would be confused on how to open the lipstick tube for hours.
A sound guy should be professional enough to know how to do his job without ‘copping a feel’ and should be fired if not.
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