I can’t help feeling cynical.
How gracious of Ms. Blunt (& other actors like Kate Blanchett) to start complaining now, instead of 5 years ago, when the whole cancel culture started. Those few brave individuals who did raise their voices were publicly and professionally censured.
Now that Hollywood films, as well as the viewership, are in the toilet, and her colleagues are seeing the backlash and worrying about their paychecks, do they finally come out with a statement. Now it’s safe, apparently. I’m sorry, but this whole thing sounds disingenuous.
Instead of fan-baiting, we know have “anti-woke baiting” — a desperate ploy to get people back in the theaters. I read in a thread elsewhere of likening this to a woman who pleads with her husband, “Please take me back. I’ll never cheat on you again!” Sorry, trust and respect are over.
She can blame feminism and the idea that women can be men as well as men can be men. We can’t. It’s why she’s bored with the role; it’s been forced out the wazoo, even though it’s highly unrealistic.
There are women who can fit that mold, but they are damn well not the majority. Wildly overrepresented.
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