a penguin of very little brain

Now, listen: I wasn’t there. I don’t know if it was Harvey Weinstein’s media/buzz plan to have the charismatic O’Dowd do every single press engagement for the film. I don’t know if the rest of the cast just flew in for the premiere and then flew out again (I doubt it, though, since there are also shots of Jessica Mauboy at a press call for the film). And, obviously, I haven’t seen the film - none of us have.

However, I hope I’m not the only one that thinks it’s, well, bullshit that no major coverage was given to either Blair or the rest of the cast. It’s unfortunate at best, and sinister at a stretch, that a film made by an indigenous director and starring four indigenous women seems to have been heralded solely by fawning over the white dude in the cast.

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—	Hey world media, how about letting The Sapphires shine? \| thevine.com.au Well, someone had to say it. (via clambistro)

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Since “Pulp Fiction,” it seems safe to argue, Jackson has been the busiest actor on the planet too. This year he has four movies — his annual average since 1994 — coming out, including “The Avengers” next month, based on the Marvel comic book. (Jackson has a nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios.) He’s been in big-budget films like “Jurassic Park”; low-budget movies like “Black Snake Moan”; blockbusters like “Star Wars” and bombs like “The Long Kiss Goodnight.” He’s been the star, played the sidekick, filled bit parts (“A Time to Kill,” “Patriot Games” and “Iron Man,” respectively). His acting has been critically acclaimed (“Jungle Fever,” “Pulp Fiction”) and panned as “lackluster” (“Twisted”). But one thing remains constant: Samuel L. Jackson works. It’s all but impossible to turn on a TV set any night of the week without happening on one of his movies (and sometimes two or three). Hence his anointment by Guinness World Records as “the highest-grossing film actor” of all time. His movies have taken in more than $7.4 billion, most of which, he pointed out, “didn’t end up in my pocket.” Maybe not, but the residuals alone earn him about $300,000 a year. “I get paid all day, every day,” he said — “which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

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—	How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre - NYTimes.com (via thedisgruntledgradstudent) looooove (via isabelthespy) i will not hear a single fucking word against The Long Kiss Goodnight.

nic-c:

Things to watch for:

One of Zhang Yimou’s classics! The most expensive Chinese film ever made, every second of this is pure eyegasm

gong li’s face is flawless, i struggled not to take 5 screencaps of her

jay chou is in it and he’s really sulky

actually a film with ladies who are badass!

can be interpreted as alternate universe Azula

chow yun fat resembles a koala more than ever

warriors literally dropping down/rising up to the sky

if you like boobs just watch this film

Things to watch out for:

tw: incest, violence, mentall illness/pstd

don’t be an orientalist jerk

There is nothing to disagree with in this post

Except the boobs were not strictly speaking historically accurate (though I love them anyway)

crossedwires:

cacchieressa:

thatgirlnevershutsup:

<3 Susan

So can we have a teamup of badass archer ladies, led by Susan, and featuring Cissie King-Jones, Mia Dearden, Artemis Crock, Kate Bishop, Katniss Everdeen, and Princess Merida from Brave? (Am I missing anyone?)

I would add Sun Shangxiang

and Kaede from Malinda Lo’s Huntress. and versions of Marian who outshoot Robin Hood.

crossedwires:

thesmithian:

“…Times are different, and I think people are now ready to accept different versions of being Asian…”

more, plus audio, here.

CHEN: You know, when I first read “Tai Pan,” I was like oh, my God. This woman is ridiculous.

(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)

CHEN: It’s absolutely ridiculous. But I wanted to play it because they are so few leading parts. I mean, she was a submissive concubine, but she was the leading lady. And so I felt like so far from what I feel a Chinese girl would be me. It’s totally a Western version of Chinese-ness. It’s not at all authentic. I honestly didn’t know how to play it.

During my first couple of interviews, like auditions, they were frowning and just felt I wasn’t somehow Chinese. I didn’t fit in that mold of what they feel the Chinese girl should look, because I came from the communist China. The image is a little unfamiliar to what, you know, all these concubines or dragon women should appear to them. So I quickly transformed myself into that look, which the film industry in America would accept as a Chinese person. And “Tai Pan,” the character in there was one of those.

[…]

MARTIN: If you were starting today, do you think you’d have had more choices? Do you think that younger performers of Asian descent have more choices than you had, or not?

CHEN: Obviously, yes, there are more choices. Times are different, and I think people are now ready to accept different versions of being Asian. Back then, it was really one single story: You’re either an exotic flower, vulnerable, must be saved, or you’re a, you know, concubine that also must be saved - the white savior mentality. But today, you know, the Asian-Americans, as well as Asians appearing in films, are more diverse. And so today is a little better.

I mean, the fight continues. You know, we want to create as many versions. The more different versions that we present, then the less chance for stereotypes.

<3 <3 <3

-redux:

emilarius:

#better than whoever you wanted to play Katniss

#my face at that tag though #um #ummmmmmm #lol no because the katniss i imagined wasn’t bronzed #and was someone of color yes so #yeah #but i actually like jennifer i won’t deny it

i’m sorry, you think because she rolls and then does a really terrible draw that isn’t gonna get her shooting anything with any accuracy that makes her the best katniss?

like seriously

her arm isn’t even locked in

and don’t even get me started on the whitewashing

bad form just makes me so angry

unknownskywalker:

Star Wars Identities Portraits by Bleublancrouge

The Star Wars Identities exhibit is fast approaching. It will open in Montreal, Canada April 19 and Edmonton, Canada October 27. The exhibit will look at personal identity when viewing famous Star Wars characters as well as within ourselves. You can check out each piece in greater detail here.

See if you can decipher the meaning of each of the images above.

It is a gift, a privilege – you’re working with a great friend. We’ve acted together and I’ve directed her, as well. But it’s not like putting on a slipper, there’s a challenge involved because she’s an artist and she’s a brain and she’s a will and she’s a power and a force and that’s all very challenging, but that’s what I like. - Alan Rickman on working with Emma Thompson.

jhameia:

Legendary Amazons, formerly Lady Generals of the Yang Family, trailer and if this awesome is not enough, check out the promo posters!

grabby hands