Hi MatetheScribbler wrote: ↑5 years agoFrom your post, I'm guessing you think Brie's timing is recent. Just so you know, Brie made her speech about 8 months + 2 weeks ago.AvaHeinz wrote: ↑5 years ago...
Problem is, there are time and place for everything, while I do agree Brie Larson about white man dominating the movie critic and minority and female were not generally accepted as mush as white male in Hollywood, but the timing of when she said it is very bad. And when you said something right at the bad time, it still look bad and that is the reason why we got all the troll in this situation.
When you are promoting a movie, any movie, it's best to put your own agenda aside, and talk about what the movie entail, and what the character is like or how to approach your character. That is not a time or place to say there should be more equality or we need to have more people of colour and gender in the movie, when you are promoting a movie, you stick to a movie, otherwise people will think you are using the movie to push your very own agenda, it can be a just clause, but the moment you did that, you lost the right to the audience.
She could have talk about this, in advocate event using the influence form the movie, or using the actress status, that would be more acceptable to audience who just want to see what you have to say about the movie you star in.
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She did "talk about this" at an "advocate event." Her "talk about this" was at the Women In Film event during her acceptance speech when she received 2018 Crystal Award for Excellence in Film: The Crystal + Lucy Awards, June 13, 2018. Think of it as a fairly low profile Golden Globes type event: Festive party with food served and awards given, but not televised.
Brie's timing was fine. The event choice where she made speech was fine. It's the manbabies agenda that have revisited this and pulled this 9 months past event out of the past to now, to drum up their wounded pride brigade to hit her now. It's their intentional, dishonest, calculated, mean-spirited timing. But they are very tender snowflakes that feel they don't exist if not playing the aggrieved victims they so long to be.
I know when she made the speech, it does not really matter, I would doubt she recently have this agenda after starring in Captain Marvel, which by the way, we all knew she is Captain Marvel back in 2017 when they first announce the film. When I say bad timing, I meant her speech about white dude and black critic in women in film event down in LA. That event was supposed to celebrate women in general in film, not white women, nor black Women, nor lesbian(or BGTIQ) in Film. Which mean the tone of the event should be neutral, and not about a particular group of people, male or female.
The problem is not much as to "When" she made the speed, the when part contribute to this troll saga surrounding the film Captain Marvel, the problem as far as I can see is "Where" she made the speech. Again, using my sportsman analogy, it's like Brianna Steward going up on ESPY after winning Best Female Athletes in 2016 and go on an on about how Female Athlete being discriminated against in development when compare to Male counterpart or how Sexual Abuse is a general problem for women (She was sexually molested by her family member ages between 9 to 12). Or om Mitchell goes up to get his Brownlow Medal and then have a go at WAFL being discriminated by the public for being homophobic and sexist against female AFL player. While both Breanna and Tom have that idea and their agenda, but they won't comment on that in a sporting event, because that was the wrong avenue.
I have no problem Breanna Steward, Tom Mitchell and Brie Larson talk about their personal political aim on forum like sexism and discrimination against women, in fact, they were indeed frequent guest (well, at least have some appearance) on such forum, as a matter of fact, Gender Equality and Change.org should really invite these people and talk about the problem woman face in the world, but you shouldn't talk about it during a media event that have no relationship with such issue to begin with.
I am all for female equality, but you need to choose which and where and when to put your agenda on the map, otherwise, you will be see as having taking advantage on such event for your own political gain, and it not just manbabies who think that, most female do too, if you ask many feminist (if you know any) they will usually say they despise these "celebrities activist" because they would make the feminist come out being opportunist and raise their agenda whenever they have a chance.
Regards
Ava