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Jane Campion Faces Backlash for Tone Deaf Comment About Venus and Serena Williams at Critics Choice Awards
New York Post ^ | Mar 14, 2022 | Liz Kocan

Posted on 03/14/2022 12:03:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Isn’t Jane Campion a fake female?


21 posted on 03/14/2022 12:39:39 PM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: alternatives?

Last I read (a few years ago) they were something around 4-5% of top grossing films, actually down from the ‘90s and lower then other less developed countries. There really isn’t an argument only that number of women are qualified to make a film


22 posted on 03/14/2022 12:48:30 PM PDT by erlayman
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To: silent_jonny

and she “wins” because of equity...not equality


23 posted on 03/14/2022 12:56:24 PM PDT by shalom aleichem (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: 9422WMR

Because she’s from New Zealand. I am pretty sure she was born with XX chromosomes.


24 posted on 03/14/2022 12:58:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: erlayman; alternatives?

I’m not sure what your argument is.


25 posted on 03/14/2022 12:59:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BradyLS

Yes, I agree. It was unneccessary comment.


26 posted on 03/14/2022 1:08:25 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: nickcarraway

Aside from this story, I thought KING RICHARD was really good. The two young girls were super cute and talented, and Smith’s character was well done...but I’m a sucker for bio-pics - no matter how much BS is thrown in.


27 posted on 03/14/2022 1:35:21 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: nickcarraway

It was an obvious quip on the state of women in the industry that I’m sure everyone there got, nothing to do with whether the Williams sisters should be playing men.


28 posted on 03/14/2022 1:58:46 PM PDT by erlayman
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

I’ll have to watch that one. I like feel-good movies.

Campion’s movie about the mean and vicious gay cowboy stinks.

It was as exciting as watching paint dry.

and it’s not about dogs, or power.

I wish I could get those two hours of my life back.


29 posted on 03/14/2022 2:14:18 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: discostu
I don’t know if it’s offensive. But it is dumb. You just got an award for making a bio pic about these 2 people and their dad, then in your speech imply your accomplishment is bigger?

No, she won the award for directing the pseudo-western film "The Power of the Dog". The movie about the Williams sisters and her dad was a different movie directed by someone else. But it was dumb to pat herself on the back rather than just thank the voters for giving her the award. In her zeal to point out how special she is as a woman director, she gave the sisters a sort of back-handed compliment.

30 posted on 03/14/2022 2:28:28 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: miserare

Thank you for sharing that! I could see myself getting suckered into that one, just based on the branding.


31 posted on 03/14/2022 3:06:46 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: 9422WMR

It looked like a man in a velvet bath robe to me.


32 posted on 03/14/2022 6:00:55 PM PDT by just Grace
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She told a joke that landed flat. Big F/ Deal. Even for woke/offended people this is pretty lame


33 posted on 03/15/2022 3:49:11 PM PDT by deek69
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