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thejennifers · 2 years
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Jennifer was frighteningly thin at one point. It scared me.
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floooraaarrrobert · 2 months
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sweet ladies dancing
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reasoncourt · 5 months
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why did i just read a tweet that’s mad about hunter schafer being cast as carrie…. like isn’t hunter a trans woman and isn’t that actually a really good new perspective to bring to carrie which has always been thematically about the horrors of girlhood and transitioning to womanhood? like i don’t understand why that’s seen as … not good? because she’s… *checks notes* not fat and therefore not bullied for being fat? like. i get the desire to cast a fat actress as carrie. but the idea that hunter doesn’t suit the role because she’s a “thin white woman” has to be engagement bait right? i rlly can’t tell with twitter anymore honestly. and i’m open to being wrong. but i think a trans carrie would actually be really cool
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egberts · 1 year
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she's basic but it's by design. her name is francesca, she is italian but she moved to new york to live with her boyfriend and his boyfriend. and yes, she is the most toxic person in their polycule.
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thesweetnessofspring · 6 months
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The more that time goes by, the more I'm certain that if The Hunger Games ever gets remade, it MUST be animation.
There are a lot of practical reasons for an animated series. The characters can be animated to match book descriptions, flashbacks will be easier (especially 11 year-old Katniss and Peeta), and it will make it distinct from the movie series.
But also, for me, a big part of it is that animation can retain important themes of the books while minimizing the negative impact of those involved in the production (which is also a theme of the series).
It's no secret that Hollywood is brutal, especially for children and young actors. Alyson Stoner has put out her Dear Hollywood series on what it is like growing up as a child performer. In her most recent video, she shares that she auditioned for Katniss and in preparation, threw herself into her eating disorder to try and fit the description of Katniss. From her story, it seems she took this on herself, not that she was asked to do this. And obviously, they picked someone who is the opposite of Katniss's physical description in the book in just about every way.
I'm very, very glad that (as far as I know) no one in the production of THG pressured Jen to lose weight to play Katniss (fans and media, unfortunately, were a different story). A performer's health is always more important than a look. However, Katniss and nearly every other character has spent their lives hungry and malnourished. And that is a huge part of the themes of the story! Alyson also voiced she was glad an actress "with meat on her bones" was cast as Katniss, and at first I kinda disagreed, due to how it did affect the themes that Jen was always so healthy-looking (not just weight, but everything--hair, skin, hygiene, injuries). Then I wondered if someone starving-thin had been cast as Katniss, how that would have impacted young people watching the movies. If the glorification would have still come through and perpetuated the idea that thinness is the goal no matter how it is obtained, rather than been a critique of the Capitol wasting food while children starve in the Districts. The movies were never able to commit to making Jen look bad in any way, shape, or form even in parts of the book where Katniss is honestly grotesque. So if that had been a skinny actress, would her appearance have been lauded as admirable and been included in the endless media with only skinny female leads?
The thing is, there is some great fanart of Katniss in her less-than-attractive appearance--she's skinny and starving and injured and has a hardened, unfriendly stare to her. Her appearance is a reflection of her oppression, and it is in no way glamorized. This is where I think animation/art is able to exaggerate this and tailor it right without damaging the actor behind the character physically or mentally. Plus, looks change for Katniss and other characters frequently and these changes are important for the themes/plot as well. Weight loss and gain, muscle loss and gain, losing limbs, injuries, the physical effects of major depression and PTSD. Some of this could be accomplished with makeup/CGI and good acting, however, the physicality of the body would be difficult to do with an actor's actual body. Jen and Josh especially were critically viewed for their appearances during the heyday of the franchise. In Alyson's series, she describes that so much of the young actor's damaged self-perception comes from how they look and fitting a part, which throws young performers into eating disorders, plastic surgery, and mental health crises. I have to wonder, for a book that is a great metaphor for child performers, would we want to subject more young actors into this kind of pressure?
I'm not huge into animation fan culture, so maybe there is rampant abuse of voice actors, but it seems to me like voice actors don't have the same issues as live action actors. Certainly the VAs' appearances wouldn't matter--Katniss could be tall and fat, Peeta could be lanky, Gale could be short. Their voices would matter first. Hiring people of color for the appropriate roles would be the only possible "appearance" under consideration. Additionally, in comparison to the frenzy of invasion of privacy that the movie cast had to go through, VAs would likely be bothered less, unless perhaps they were famous for live action roles.
As someone who has a couple animator friends, I will acknowledge that animators have a pretty terrible work culture in that they are overworked and underpaid, so it's not as if no one working on an animated THG would suffer in its creation. But it seems like overall, damage to those in the process of its creation and consumption would be lessened and preserve important themes to the story as well.
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tha-moz · 23 days
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Jaimie Alexander
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missiont34 · 22 days
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Fit inspiration ~ Marilyn Monroe
(yes, again)
Look closely at Marilyn's features. All of us agree with the fact that beauty and glamour is at first about being fit (thin) and showing it.
Now, look at you. Look at your features. What do you have to improve ? Girls, your appearance must be under control. We have so much to learn, so many miles to run, and a lot of fat to burn. How can you cultivate a nice bearing without a painstacking work ?
If you want a divine silhouette : work for it. If you want good grades : work for it. If you want a handsome attitude : work for it. If you want to seduce the man of your life : WORK. FOR. IT.
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Left : Marilyn Monroe, The Prince and the Showgirl, 1957 / Right : Ed Feingersh: Marilyn Monroe, 1955
Stunning girls never act as victims of fate. You are the only one in charge of your appearance. Nobody can loose weight for you, neither force you to give the world a radiant smile.
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Steve Smith (brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy) visits with actor and singer Marilyn Monroe, during an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York.
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paaaulippeeter · 2 months
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lovely woman
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anghraine · 1 year
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I actually do think the Huet-Villiers portrait of Mrs Q is likely the one that Austen saw and thought looked just like she imagined Jane, but it's ... hmm, interesting that the painting is used to justify various representations of Jane's beauty in adaptation even though the role is pretty much always given to thin women.
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arcann · 13 days
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why did rian johnson made two bad movies about a mid detective and suddenly he needs lawyers
he's not like me
he might be like you op but he's not like me.
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aceinthetrap · 1 month
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floooraaarrrobert · 2 months
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lovely lady in the bathroom
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callmekamel · 11 months
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sometimes I wonder if Jemma Redgrave, Eve Best, and Emma Thompson are related.
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torturedpoetemotions · 11 months
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I am enjoying Queen Charlotte but tbh at this point the blatantly counterfactual ahistorical anti-corset bullshit in their period dramas feels almost intentional it's so bad.
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tha-moz · 1 year
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roses-in-hollywood · 2 years
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random post 😭
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