Just Friday class we spoke about women’s roles within music as well as movies. How more often than none women are used as pawns to hype up the male’s role, whether its in a movie or in a music video. Low and behold I find this kickass quote while scrolling through my Tumblr timeline, (follow me at @Trillanora) lol. Meryl Streep who seemingly within all of her movies is the one of the main characters or whom is “ strong-minded” female always seem to be told her motivation or the character traits of her character, as if she is NOT already a strong-minded female or that a person of our sex can be anything but. You can bet male actors don’t have to deal with such rubbish. Actors like Meryl Streep as well as the directors that manufacture these characters are breaking the mold in today’s film industry. The downside to these roles, are that a strong-minded male is seen as ambitious and other great characteristics. While a female of such stature is seen a “ball buster” or “bitch”. Tell me something’s not right here.
This is awesome! I love Meryl Streep and I'm glad to see she's kinda tired of the whole "strong" women identity since almost every character you want to watch in a movie should be "strong"!
ReplyDeleteThat is completely true. Only few women can be seen as strong actresses. I like to see that someone is taking a stand.
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