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Natalie Portman’s Oscar Outfit Honors Snubbed Female Directors
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Natalie Portman’s Oscar Outfit Honors Snubbed Female Directors

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Even though celebrity life may not be everyone’s cup of tea, the Oscars ceremony is a real guilty pleasure for many of us mere mortals. It’s the night when everyone gets fancy and dressed up, we get to hear some wonderful speeches, and also see our favorite movies get recognized by the film community. Furthermore, we get to satisfy our inner fashionistas, feasting our eyes on spectacular outfits. One of those spectacular outfits showcased this year belongs to Natalie Portman and carries a very special meaning within it. Portman decided to celebrate all the female directors that were not recognized and have their names intricately embroidered on her fabulous cape.

Natalie Portman wore a black and gold dress accompanied by a black cape that was embroidered with the names of women directors who were not acknowledged in the Best Director category

Names on Portman’s cape included Lorene Scafaria, the director of Hustlers, Lulu Wang, The Farewell’s director and Greta Gerwig, the director of Little Women

This is how she explained her fashion choice

Furthermore, it was not the first time she spoke about the issue of the Academy nominating only male directors

People were inspired by her outfit

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rockart9 avatar
rockrolla
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a woman but in all honesty, those films didn't deserve to be nominated for Best Director. I mean Hustlers? Come on.

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tuzdayschild
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll accept that as fair if you can honestly say you saw Hustlers.

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arwen_95 avatar
Maria Chevtaeva
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't it come to her mind, that maybe they weren't nominated because they had stronger opponents, whose work was better and it has nothing to do with them being women?

thandeit avatar
Random Panda
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it's pure coincidence that women's work just never lives up to the Oscars' standards? When only five women directors have ever been nominated in the Oscar's history while utter mediocrity has been nominated more than once, there definitely seems to be a problem. If it was a question of quality only, there would not be such a large disparity between men and women nominees.

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Demi Zwaan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Making a statement', but still going to the Oscars, supporting Hollywood, working with those male directors, living the good life with the money she earns from that rotten world, etc.

hazelree avatar
Stille20
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but she is making a political statement that could effect her future career opportunities. So it's not without cost.

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melissa_9 avatar
Melissa Nunya
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why didn't she hire a woman run fashion company to make her dress? Scandalous

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Kate
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Laud her all you want but without her pointing it out, I never would have known what the teeny tiny embroidery on the hem of her cape was supposed to be. That's a big-a*s cape; if she wanted to make a proper statement, couldn't the names be stitched on in a larger font?

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Richard Wareham
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just a list of the directors whose films were not quite good enough.

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ivan bolitekurac
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another hashtag activist.Her dress saved millions of people in the world.I guess her powerful speech cured cancer and made blind people see.Hollywood is so good at fighting against everything bad in this world.Thank you Natalie,thank you hollywood

onelungas avatar
Kostas
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't she has a production company and only hires male directors most of the time or direct herself? ah yes the handsomecharliefilms has never hired a female director other than Portman

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Bill
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's make the Oscars a participation trophy. Everybody gets one

john_123 avatar
More Thinking Needed
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes statement about not enough female directors being nominated. 9 of her last 10 films were directed by a man. Hollywood hypocrisy.

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Layla
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, this logic essentially boils down to: If this woman wants to empower women, she should reject work that is being offered to her... where's the logic in that? How is that empowering women? Imagine just for sake of this discussion that for some reason, you decided to support Alaskan CEOs. So when any company without an Alaskan CEO offers you a job, you reject it. What good would that do? Similarly, how is an actress rejecting work supposed to help women directors?

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Leo H
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once again diversity for diversity sake..yet lets direct c**p like Charlie's angels. Yet the media would be celebrating if all the noms were women and men got left off

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Buzz Covington
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they need to step up their game..... She is SO stunning and brave.

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Jeffrey Teston
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Natalie Portman's own production company "Handomecharliefilms" has never hired a female director other than herself. There was 8 chances she had to put women in a position of being nominated at the Oscars but she choose to hire male directors instead. Interesting...

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WilvanderHeijden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems to be the day and age where gender and race are more important than what you actually accomplished or created. In contests we don't have winners or losers anymore, everyone needs to get a participation award. I can remember when only kids in kindergarten got them.

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SavySausageDog
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the cloak and dress. It makes her look so empowering and reminds me of some of her previous movies

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

........and kind and compassionate human being. She cares about collective good, the environment, and animals - all sentient life. "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." - John Bunyan. - Stop criticizing and do something for someone, or some worthy cause, without being repaid, please.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if you're black and/or female and/or transgender etc you should automatically be nominated for an Oscar? Yeah, really empowering.

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Laura Elizabeth
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little Women was garbage. Greta Gerwig took the nuance of Louisa May Alcott's classic and spelled it out like it was for kindergartners. Not to mention that the March sisters lived 7 hours by horse from the beach.

ilikepie22334 avatar
John Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Future Oscars will simply automatically hand out statues to all non-whites. Merit no longer required. Happy?

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John Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the participation award for those women! LOL Liberals are so messed up. So much virtue signaling, so little time.

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Neal Evans
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As has already been pointed out Natalie has her own production company that to date has only hired one female director. But wearing a dress worth more than most peoples houses will show everyone she’s all about equality

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Steve Cruz
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What did Portman do BEFORE THE NOMINATIONS to promote women directors?

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María Hermida
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, real life is not like kindergarten, where everybody gets a prize so that nobody feels "rejected". The world is competitive, too much sometimes, especially if money is involved. Some actors have refused to participate in the Oscars circus, but these "empowered women" want their cake and eat it: they want to be there, and they want to win, and when they don't win they play the discrimination card and claim they didn't win because of gender bias. If you think Hollywood is biased do something meaningful about it, like starting your own company and making the films you want.

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Diana Cartwright
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No woman director was good enough this year. That's about it. (I bet I get 5 more points taken off me by tomorrow)

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daniel280456
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've turned Bored Panda into a game. There's no dialogue to be had here, so I'm just trying to get -1000. I never lie, though, I just tell uncomfortable truths.

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An Opinion
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing it wasn't her idea. Chances are a designer out there was hoping to make a name for themselves, created something controversial, found a celebrity who was willing to wear it and viola.....instant fame.

evelynthompson_1 avatar
FurryManiac
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my gosh, guys, she’s trying to make a point here. It may not be spot on, but it’s definitely accurate in saying that women are rarely noticed for amazing films while men have been nominated for absolute c**p. Ease up a little. I personally LOVED Hustlers!

christopheferreira avatar
kurisutofu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In any case, what makes a director good or not? I'm not in the cinema industry so it's not obvious to me. Cinematography, I see the result so I get it, montage, same, CGI and special effects, same, acting, same etc ... But director? Would the movie be really different if another director handled it?

lisaj avatar
Lisa
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a powerful statement, but I feel like Michael Scott should have been included. Obviously not for an Oscar, he was robbed of Emmy and that's not ever going to be okay.

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Tyler Duffy
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely not enough s****y financial flops directed towards feminist. Begging for more wasted money and s**t for me to laugh at like The all female cast of Gost Busters, Birds of Prey, Terminator, Charlie's Angels.

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Lou Lopez
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oddly I don't see you speaking of the all male flops in there same way. Perhaps it only matters when women are in mediocre movies? I don't see you dragging Jack The Giant Slayer, Justice League (headlined by men), King Arthur, John Carter, The Lone Ranger... it's almost as though you are extremely selective when you judge a flop and only blame the actors when there's not enough w**g in the screen. Might I suggest more porn? You'll see all the d**k you desire and you don't seem to appreciate any sort of novelty in your plotlines.

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rockart9 avatar
rockrolla
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a woman but in all honesty, those films didn't deserve to be nominated for Best Director. I mean Hustlers? Come on.

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tuzdayschild
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll accept that as fair if you can honestly say you saw Hustlers.

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Maria Chevtaeva
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't it come to her mind, that maybe they weren't nominated because they had stronger opponents, whose work was better and it has nothing to do with them being women?

thandeit avatar
Random Panda
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it's pure coincidence that women's work just never lives up to the Oscars' standards? When only five women directors have ever been nominated in the Oscar's history while utter mediocrity has been nominated more than once, there definitely seems to be a problem. If it was a question of quality only, there would not be such a large disparity between men and women nominees.

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demi_zwaan avatar
Demi Zwaan
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Making a statement', but still going to the Oscars, supporting Hollywood, working with those male directors, living the good life with the money she earns from that rotten world, etc.

hazelree avatar
Stille20
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but she is making a political statement that could effect her future career opportunities. So it's not without cost.

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melissa_9 avatar
Melissa Nunya
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why didn't she hire a woman run fashion company to make her dress? Scandalous

kwmacrae avatar
Kate
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Laud her all you want but without her pointing it out, I never would have known what the teeny tiny embroidery on the hem of her cape was supposed to be. That's a big-a*s cape; if she wanted to make a proper statement, couldn't the names be stitched on in a larger font?

richard_wareham avatar
Richard Wareham
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just a list of the directors whose films were not quite good enough.

imatic86 avatar
ivan bolitekurac
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another hashtag activist.Her dress saved millions of people in the world.I guess her powerful speech cured cancer and made blind people see.Hollywood is so good at fighting against everything bad in this world.Thank you Natalie,thank you hollywood

onelungas avatar
Kostas
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't she has a production company and only hires male directors most of the time or direct herself? ah yes the handsomecharliefilms has never hired a female director other than Portman

dirigobill avatar
Bill
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's make the Oscars a participation trophy. Everybody gets one

john_123 avatar
More Thinking Needed
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes statement about not enough female directors being nominated. 9 of her last 10 films were directed by a man. Hollywood hypocrisy.

layvelas avatar
Layla
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, this logic essentially boils down to: If this woman wants to empower women, she should reject work that is being offered to her... where's the logic in that? How is that empowering women? Imagine just for sake of this discussion that for some reason, you decided to support Alaskan CEOs. So when any company without an Alaskan CEO offers you a job, you reject it. What good would that do? Similarly, how is an actress rejecting work supposed to help women directors?

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leoh avatar
Leo H
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once again diversity for diversity sake..yet lets direct c**p like Charlie's angels. Yet the media would be celebrating if all the noms were women and men got left off

buzz_covington avatar
Buzz Covington
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they need to step up their game..... She is SO stunning and brave.

tyerffej avatar
Jeffrey Teston
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Natalie Portman's own production company "Handomecharliefilms" has never hired a female director other than herself. There was 8 chances she had to put women in a position of being nominated at the Oscars but she choose to hire male directors instead. Interesting...

bp_10 avatar
WilvanderHeijden
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems to be the day and age where gender and race are more important than what you actually accomplished or created. In contests we don't have winners or losers anymore, everyone needs to get a participation award. I can remember when only kids in kindergarten got them.

abbie-rogers2018 avatar
SavySausageDog
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the cloak and dress. It makes her look so empowering and reminds me of some of her previous movies

justtina avatar
cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

........and kind and compassionate human being. She cares about collective good, the environment, and animals - all sentient life. "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." - John Bunyan. - Stop criticizing and do something for someone, or some worthy cause, without being repaid, please.

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wh4ok avatar
mrthubbron avatar
Invisible User
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if you're black and/or female and/or transgender etc you should automatically be nominated for an Oscar? Yeah, really empowering.

lovelyotheremail avatar
Laura Elizabeth
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little Women was garbage. Greta Gerwig took the nuance of Louisa May Alcott's classic and spelled it out like it was for kindergartners. Not to mention that the March sisters lived 7 hours by horse from the beach.

ilikepie22334 avatar
John Smith
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Future Oscars will simply automatically hand out statues to all non-whites. Merit no longer required. Happy?

ilikepie22334 avatar
John Smith
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the participation award for those women! LOL Liberals are so messed up. So much virtue signaling, so little time.

nealevans44 avatar
Neal Evans
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As has already been pointed out Natalie has her own production company that to date has only hired one female director. But wearing a dress worth more than most peoples houses will show everyone she’s all about equality

cruzarts avatar
Steve Cruz
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What did Portman do BEFORE THE NOMINATIONS to promote women directors?

haoyun2001 avatar
María Hermida
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, real life is not like kindergarten, where everybody gets a prize so that nobody feels "rejected". The world is competitive, too much sometimes, especially if money is involved. Some actors have refused to participate in the Oscars circus, but these "empowered women" want their cake and eat it: they want to be there, and they want to win, and when they don't win they play the discrimination card and claim they didn't win because of gender bias. If you think Hollywood is biased do something meaningful about it, like starting your own company and making the films you want.

dicartwright avatar
Diana Cartwright
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No woman director was good enough this year. That's about it. (I bet I get 5 more points taken off me by tomorrow)

danipop86_1 avatar
daniel280456
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've turned Bored Panda into a game. There's no dialogue to be had here, so I'm just trying to get -1000. I never lie, though, I just tell uncomfortable truths.

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d8888893 avatar
An Opinion
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing it wasn't her idea. Chances are a designer out there was hoping to make a name for themselves, created something controversial, found a celebrity who was willing to wear it and viola.....instant fame.

evelynthompson_1 avatar
FurryManiac
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my gosh, guys, she’s trying to make a point here. It may not be spot on, but it’s definitely accurate in saying that women are rarely noticed for amazing films while men have been nominated for absolute c**p. Ease up a little. I personally LOVED Hustlers!

christopheferreira avatar
kurisutofu
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In any case, what makes a director good or not? I'm not in the cinema industry so it's not obvious to me. Cinematography, I see the result so I get it, montage, same, CGI and special effects, same, acting, same etc ... But director? Would the movie be really different if another director handled it?

lisaj avatar
Lisa
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a powerful statement, but I feel like Michael Scott should have been included. Obviously not for an Oscar, he was robbed of Emmy and that's not ever going to be okay.

tylerduffy avatar
Tyler Duffy
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely not enough s****y financial flops directed towards feminist. Begging for more wasted money and s**t for me to laugh at like The all female cast of Gost Busters, Birds of Prey, Terminator, Charlie's Angels.

voodounlou avatar
Lou Lopez
Community Member
4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oddly I don't see you speaking of the all male flops in there same way. Perhaps it only matters when women are in mediocre movies? I don't see you dragging Jack The Giant Slayer, Justice League (headlined by men), King Arthur, John Carter, The Lone Ranger... it's almost as though you are extremely selective when you judge a flop and only blame the actors when there's not enough w**g in the screen. Might I suggest more porn? You'll see all the d**k you desire and you don't seem to appreciate any sort of novelty in your plotlines.

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