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Wed Dec 16
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12:46 PM
I seems that with the kind of money coming into her household, she could have had both family and career. But whatever justification works for you, I guess.
01:04 AM
I think it's also not an accident.
Great post. Thanks for it.
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Gaaaah. No one ever accuses men of wanting to "have it all", or thinks that having children and a career is too much work for them.
01:06 AM
(Which, imo, is one of the things that leads us to compete with each other to complete mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion.)
Whatever we do, it's not enough.
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I'll be seeing Mark Knopfler in concert for the third time this May and am SO EXCITED!!
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My dad makes fun of my for my obsession with The Jez, but whenever I tell him about people who feel my musical ju-ju.....he gets it.
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12/15/09
Also, moving this over to #groupthink
12/15/09
on another note, we will never be equal as people until we can all fail the same. if a woman/minority puts out a movie that doesn't take, it's seen as a referendum that audiences don't want to see ALL movies featuring women/minority protagonists. however, there are so many movies that fail yearly with white, male protagonists and the same wide sweeping assumptions are never made.
12/15/09
You in the industry, out of curiosity?
12/15/09
i remember a phone call in which a studio exec told my boss that they wanted a guy to write their action movie because "it's a tough movie that needs a tough voice." my boss and i, both black women, gagged afterwards. but to say that hollywood is different from any other industry in its racist, sexist assumptions is not true and then you feel resigned all over again.
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Also, can you explain "fig tree moment"? I've never heard that before...
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that said, what WOULD one do to change the way Hollywood operates? It is common knowledge how the industry operates and it doesn't leave much room for "being a mom" and "being a working/busy actress"
what is the solution and does there need to be one? It seems that she and many other actresses made the two work together in a way they were mostly satisfied.
12/15/09
Robin Wright has done a pretty wide variety of roles and has, so far as I can see, challenged herself creatively. There should be a measure of success in that, regardless of box office, or whatever other limits people want to put on it.
I'm not much of a celebrity person, and I don't view acting that way. Acting, to me, is the final stage of live storytelling. And since I believe stories are one of the things that can, ideally, connect us, shape us, and change us, then it's not a frivolous or stupid profession depending on how you approach it. Wright has always struck me as someone who wanted to tell stories in her work, and has sincerely tried to do that in each role. That means more to me as part of the audience than whether she's "the greatest actress" of her generation. That seems arbitrary to me anyway.
12/15/09
But... but... The Princess Bride...
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I do love the movie, though. Especially any and every part involving Andre the Giant.
12/15/09
Buttercup is a play on all the typical fairytale girl things, but she does have a backbone when she needs it. She's just not in a position to really control everything she wants to. The book makes some of it clearer, as does the actual screenplay, but mostly, it's just fun.
I can completely see why it's a movie you'll either love or you won't. It's very stylized, very particular humor, and relies on some really specific tropes. I love it for that, because it does so with a tongue firmly in its cheek.
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11/17/09
Hugh, I'm thinking Tiger doesn't get that reaction when he plays golf. Maybe it's you?
Stephanie, methinks thou dost protest too much. Kind of like the "I just vant to be aloooone" thing yesterday. If you mean it, buy an island like Johnny Depp did. Seems to have worked for him.
Speaking of Johnny -- Cedric is okay and all -- but he, George, Brad, HughJ, Clive, Denzel, Rafa, and Roger are all still very much alive -- so since when does a sparkly vampire trump The Wolverine? Adamantium, forsooth, PeopleMag.
RIP, Ken. I'm really in denial about this. #nicolerichiepaparazzi
11/17/09
And don't forget RDJ. He's a god among men. #nicolerichiepaparazzi
11/17/09
You are so right, however, about the RDJ. And I can't believe I didn't include The Butler in The Kilt.
You see? My wurld, it imploedz. #nicolerichiepaparazzi
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He's also very good. His name is on a couple of trophies at the club. Not that I, like, walked aroung checking them for his name on purpose or anything. Nosiree. #nicolerichiepaparazzi
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Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, none of them have turned out to be Robert Pattinson. Darn. #nicolerichiepaparazzi
11/17/09
Oh, the vast spectrum of humanity.