Posted on 07/13/2019 6:23:04 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Another day, another instance of Scarlett Johansson hurling herself off a public relations cliff: The former Ghost In The Shell actress gave a new interview to As If magazine this week, touching on a wide variety of issues germane to her career. Topics ranged from the good (Directors shouldn’t force performers to be physically miserable instead of just, you know, acting!), to the obvious (Lost In Translation is about a relationship, not a place!), to the “Oh god, here we go again (Scarlett Johansson should be allowed to play any part she wants, and nobody should be allowed to yell at her for it!).
This is per a write-up of the interview in The Daily Mail, which notes that not long after the controversy surrounding her casting as a traditionally Asian character in GitS, Johansson was also forced to depart another movie, Rub & Tug, after being cast as trans person (and fascinating, noted gangster) Dante “Tex” Gill. The actress dubbed resistance to the act of her, a cis woman, playing a trans character in a film “political correctness,” and then issued the following comment:
You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job. I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.
And while we don’t feel qualified to comment on Johansson’s aptitude for playing, say, a larch or a marmot, the idea that she might compare those kinds of non-human roles to taking parts that could be more accurately cast with members of the minorities they’re meant to represent does seem kind of—and we’re using a technical sociological term here—[expletive] up. In any case, it’s hard to imagine that doubling down yet again on this “Just let me do whatever I want, please” stance is going to impact Johansson’s career any more than it already has; she’s still expected to star shortly in that Black Widow movie Marvel still won’t admit it’s getting ready to make.
Good point. A tree is too smart for her to pull off convincingly.
Or a mind numbed robot?
Bet the author of this thinks black Ariel is great though.
Funny how that works.
Thank you. She’s not worth much else.
She also said she was “in love” with Bath House Barry, so you know she’s freaking NUTS.
I kinda liked Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. The rest of the movie was pretty dull.
Find someone who will cast you that way Scarlett. They don’t make movies based on what an actress wants to do.
Anyone agsinst her is crzay.
And I want to see a 4 hour long movie where hundreds of hollywood elitist libtards are executed by different methods and because I wznt that, someone should make it for me.
Scarlett? Make me my damn movie, Scarlett.
I’m not sure how she got considered for the role of Dante “Tex” Gill. She would have to have a severe beating with an ugly stick and never recover. That’s how much she looks like Tex. Either that, or miraculous makeup that completely conceals every square inch of her.
But I think she has a point. If movies are going to be made about the various exotic sexual minorities we have these days, are there enough decent actors of the various types to cast the roles? Not that I care, because I’m not going to see the movies anyway. It kind of reminds me of the days of the western movies, when all kinds of non-Indians got cast to play Indians because there were not enough real Indian actors available. Or, when there was a need for Asian actors and they wound up being ethnically interchangeable. In “Flower Drum Song,” which is about Chinese in San Francisco, Miyoshi Umeki (Japanese) and Jack Soo (Korean) played Chinese characters.
Hah! Lets see how the lefties react if she tried to play Harriet Tubman or Rosa Parks in a movie!
Where’s the Bent One’s version of that?
Who cares what people who play pretend for a living have to say about ANYTHING?
Well. I agree with her on this.
I guess I was way ahead of things. In 1952 I was a tree in our school play, “Little Black Sambo”. (Then I was a pancake the next day.)
likely she needs work.
It would be hilarious.
You’re reasoning is unassailable
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