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As you can see there was a common theme to my Christmas presents this year. 
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Last weekend I watched Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with my husband and five teenage boys (not all mine). While at the theatre we picked up a copy of the December 2016 edition of Cineplex Magazine. It was full of young, scantily clad women. The only older woman pictured was Helen Mirren. The other women over forty were Julianne Moore (56 years), Viola Davis (51 years), Nicole Kidman (49 years), Renée Zellweger and Cate Blanchett (both 47 years) and Kate Winslet (41 years). Regardless of age though, most women in Hollywood end up being sexualized, as the pictures below from Cineplex Magazine confirm. Notice how actor Jeremy Renner plays the goof while Amy Adams smiles and shows off her breasts, as do Cate Blanchett and Gabrielle Union (while the men standing next to them don't show much skin). Emma Stone also wears a V-neck next to a man in a button-down shirt. Amy Schumer appears naked on her book cover, and Anna Kendrick shows some leg on hers. © 2016 Alline Cormier       I was given two tickets to a screening of the PG-13 rated Passengers (2016) last night. This movie is another perfect example of the sexualization of women in mainstream movies. Jennifer Lawrence appears in sheer tops throughout the movie next to her male co-star in button-down shirts. However, it is more than the black lingerie and the frequently seen, white fishnet bikini that are problematic. There is also the different handling of Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt's scary ordeal scenes. In the scene where the male's life is endangered he is wearing a spacesuit—only his face is visible. In the scene where the young female lead's life is endangered she is wearing a bikini. Passengers gave me a few other things to discuss in my book, so it was not a complete waste of time. Honestly, I wasn't expecting a great cinematic experience... and certainly didn't get one. Michael Sheen as the bartender was a nice touch, even though he made me think of The Shining, but it seems like false advertising to bill Andy Garcia in this movie since he has no speaking lines and appeared for all of one minute. © 2016 Alline Cormier #Passengers #JenniferLawrence #ChrisPratt  What filmmakers show audiences on screen is usually bad enough but hearing stories of how actresses are abused and treated disrespectfully by male directors and actors is revolting--but not entirely surprising. Information has surfaced about the filming of The Last Tango in Paris (1972), namely about how director Bernardo Bertolucci and Marlon Brando conspired “to film the graphic rape scene without the consent of 19-year-old actor Maria Schneider”[1] in order to get “her reaction as a girl, not as an actress.”[2] Maria Schneider has said that the rape scene was not in the script that was given to her, and the two men did not tell her that 48-year-old Brando would use butter as lubricant to rape her. In an article published in Elle magazine on December 2 (Bertolucci admits he conspired to shoot a non-consensual rape scene in ‘Last Tango in Paris’) Bertolucci is quoted saying that he did not want Maria to act her humiliation, he wanted her to feel the rage and humiliation. He added that Schneider went on to hate him for the rest of her life. One wonders how a man could be so oblivious to women's feelings. Unfortunately, the film industry seems to have its fair share of men who will sacrifice women for their own ends. [1] The Guardian, Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider ‘butter rape’ scene not consensual, Dec. 4, 2016, Bonnie Malkin [2] The Guardian, Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider ‘butter rape’ scene not consensual, Dec. 4, 2016, Bonnie Malkin © 2016 Alline Cormier #LastTangoinParis #BernardoBertolucci #MarlonBrando #MariaSchneider  |
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