Posted on 07/06/2019 11:29:42 AM PDT by conservative98
In 2019, we can’t afford to not get political, even with escapist entertainment. So even though Elizabeth Banks’ Charlie’s Angels reboot is a high-stakes, globe-trotting spy thriller comedy, she still made sure to send a message with extreme real-world ties within the story about female spies: “Believe women.”
Letting female rage express itself was one of the most important aspects of the new installment of the Charlie’s Angels franchise, Banks, who directed, wrote and co-stars, tells Collider along with a small group of journalists. “One of the ingredients of this movie was supporting and believing women,” she says. “We literally have a character who is essentially working at a big corporation and is not being believed or listened to by her bosses.”
Charlie’s Angels, starring Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska and Naomi Scott as the new iteration of badass female spies, centers on Scott’s character Elena when she’s just a normal civilian as she hires the Townsend Agency to help uncover a sinister plot she discovered within a large tech company. Her journey towards becoming an Angel herself is the story of the new movie, set in the same world as the original ‘70s TV series, 2000 movie and 2003 sequel.
“One of the statements this movie makes is that you should probably believe women,” Banks adds. “We have as much validity in what we’re feeling and how we want to go about living in the world, being in the world, and that was really important to me, that we felt like we had characters that were being taken seriously and given a chance to live their best life.”
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Hollywood just doesn’t get it. People are tired of movies that try to “send a message”. Most just want mindless entertainment.
I believe women...
should be obscene and not heard.
Best autocorrect ever!
THIS is why box offices returns keep trending downward. Tell a good story? Nah. We’d rather keep peddling the same old cliches, the same heavy handed preaching, the same boring smugness.
I'm truly sick of hearing this drivel.
That’s hysterical!!
Liberal Jewish gal actorette
Pity
I’ve always been attracted to her since she played the dying sweet whore mother to Newt and mistress to Woodrow
Poignant
She dies and he got up little fella all of 5-6 and walks down the dark street to the local Rangers bunk house and lies down next to Pea I think
LOL
They got a gay/bi woman as the main Angel. Then the director replaces the man manager role with herself. Close enough.
How much do I weigh? Oh...120
How much did I pay for this dress? This old thing? Oh...it was on sale...$30.
I might have dated him once...maybe twice
I was only going 5 miles over the speed limit!
I never watch the Kardashians.
Oh yeah baby...you totally did it for me!
No archetype turns off a normal man faster than “female badass.”
Accusations should never be believed unless and until proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Harris: 'I believe' Biden accusers
In the most recent episode, her mike was out for the first fifteen minutes. You could hear the audience and the special effects but nothing else. The fact they aired it anyway was surprising.
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