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[Cockles & Whelks]

Usual story. Outrage. Pearl clutching.

Kicker film critic is gay.

I can kind of see what he's getting at from the trailer. Carey Mulligan (Sally Sparrow!) is a bit of an English rose that looks most attractive without tons of makeup.

If anything the film should be pulled up for portrayal of Men.

'I was appalled to be tarred as misogynist': Variety critic hits back at Carey Mulligan's sexism accusations

Exclusive: Dennis Harvey, the critic whose review of Promising Young Woman prompted outrage from its star and an apology from his editors, has spoken out

www.theguardian.com

 

[ManofOne]

 

[KrakenIPA]

I thought critics are supposed to criticize stuff? Constructive criticism is helpful to everyone, and no one should be afraid to give their opinion, especially if that's their job. You know, years of schooling and film study to make it to the professional level. I'm outraged at the outrage, ha!

 

[West Texas CEO]

Pearl necklace?

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Pearl necklace?

 

[Soodanim]

Variety’s editors had not raised any concerns with the review when he first filed it, said Harvey, nor in subsequent months until the New York Times article.

His professional fate remains uncertain. “It’s left in question whether after 30 years of writing for Variety I will now be sacked because of review content no one found offensive until it became fodder for a viral trend piece.”

Sounds about right

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

A cis white woman is more oppressed than a gay man now?
I can’t tell what’s up and down anymore on that pyramid.

It’s very sad that people have time for this shit.
Very bad look for Mulligan in my opinion. She’s a good actress, she didn’t need to do this out of spite. She just comes out as insecure.

 

[Prison Mike]

Pearl necklace?

 

[GymWolf]

Usual story. Outrage. Pearl clutching.

Kicker film critic is gay.

I can kind of see what he's getting at from the trailer. Carey Mulligan (Sally Sparrow!) is a bit of an English rose that looks most attractive without tons of makeup.

If anything the film should be pulled up for portrayal of Men.

'I was appalled to be tarred as misogynist': Variety critic hits back at Carey Mulligan's sexism accusations

Exclusive: Dennis Harvey, the critic whose review of Promising Young Woman prompted outrage from its star and an apology from his editors, has spoken out

www.theguardian.com

This guy with a blonde wig is an english rose? Too attractive?!

Boy my taste in women are shit or the rest of the world is going more crazy than i thought...

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

This guy with a blonde wig is an english rose? Too attractive?!

Boy my taste in women are shit or the rest of the world is going more crazy than i thought...

Well that was the critics assertion. He seemed to think it was originally planned for Margot Robbie. If I had PhotoShop installed I'd include the distracted boyfriend meme with said actresses

 

[Boss Mog]

I watched the trailer for the movie, the title is "promising young woman" but Mulligan looks like she's 45 and isn't very attractive so yeah, i can see where the critic is coming from.

 

[ManaByte]

I thought critics are supposed to criticize stuff?

 

[YCoCg]

This guy with a blonde wig is an english rose? Too attractive?!

Boy my taste in women are shit or the rest of the world is going more crazy than i thought...

Wow she looks rough now, she used to be quite cute in a way during Doctor Who and Drive.

 

[INC]

This guy with a blonde wig is an english rose? Too attractive?!

Boy my taste in women are shit or the rest of the world is going more crazy than i thought...

Looks like that cunt Dec, from Ant & Dec fame, with a wig on

 

[Fbh]

"It's like he was saying I'm not hot enough to pull this character"
Ok....so?

 

[Ra\/en]

Film is a visual medium. Maybe don't be a film actor if you don't want people commenting or judging you on your appearance?

 

[dorkimoe]

He’s right. When she puts that nurse outfit on my boner was confused

 

[Elcid]

Eh, I'd do her.
*I saw the trailer, it actually looks pretty good.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

This guy with a blonde wig is an english rose? Too attractive?!

Boy my taste in women are shit or the rest of the world is going more crazy than i thought...

This is clearly one of those “caught at a bad moment” photos and you obviously went out of your way to pick a bad photo. This is the first result on Google for “Carey Mulligan 2020”:

She’s cute AF.

Edit: also, for what it’s worth, I think she’s a poor choice for a femme fetale role, she’s the quintessential girl next door.

 

[Elcid]

This is clearly one of those “caught at a bad moment” photos and you obviously went out of your way to pick a bad photo. This is the first result on Google for “Carey Mulligan 2020”:

She’s cute AF.

Edit: also, for what it’s worth, I think she’s a poor choice for a femme fetale role, she’s the quintessential girl next door.

Makes you wonder what made her think that leaving the house like in that first picture was a good idea?

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Makes you wonder what made her think that leaving the house like in that first picture was a good idea?

Haha, fair point. It’s an odd fashion choice and she’s always suited a shorter hair style.

But yeah, she’s been caught mid-expression in that first pic, like she’s about to laugh or something.

 

[GymWolf]

This is clearly one of those “caught at a bad moment” photos and you obviously went out of your way to pick a bad photo. This is the first result on Google for “Carey Mulligan 2020”:

She’s cute AF.

Edit: also, for what it’s worth, I think she’s a poor choice for a femme fetale role, she’s the quintessential girl next door.

I think she looks ok\cute in some photos but i reserve stuff like english rose or too attractive for other type of beauties.

She kinda looks like a slightly more attractive kyra sedgwick

 

[Rentahamster]

Makes you wonder what made her think that leaving the house like in that first picture was a good idea?

With actors and celebrities, it's sometimes not up to them.

 

[KrakenIPA]

She's got a good look I suppose, I wouldn't kick her outta bed for eating crackers. But I'm not about to write home about it. It's crazy how some journos have hundreds of pictures to choose from and they can pick the ones that suit the story.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Looks like that cunt Dec, from Ant & Dec fame, with a wig on

Was he the drugo pisshead or was that ant?

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Isn't that what a critic is supposed to do?

Don't get me wrong, I can't stand majority of movie critics, but it's their job to nitpick films.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Caring about people being outraged at you, let's leave that in 2020.

 

[It's Jeff]

So she's bothered at the implication that she's not hot enough for this role.

I wonder how she thinks the rest of us normies feel about our attractiveness on a daily basis. We must be positively sewer mutants in her eyes.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

She’s cute AF.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I think the critic is right. She’s not what you’d think of when the words femme fatale comes up.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Really?

 

[Azurro]

This is clearly one of those “caught at a bad moment” photos and you obviously went out of your way to pick a bad photo. This is the first result on Google for “Carey Mulligan 2020”:

She’s cute AF.

Edit: also, for what it’s worth, I think she’s a poor choice for a femme fetale role, she’s the quintessential girl next door.

Really? Cute AF? She's kinda cute in her own way, but she's not someone you'd notice walking down the street, it's stupid to give her a femme fatale role.

 

[Yoboman]

Her doing a femme fatale role is the female equivalent of a Steven Seagal action movie

 

[Tschumi]

Your title is <redacted>, he said she looked miss cast because the movie is about someone who uses sex as a tool and she doesn't look sexy enough to him. So he thought the world needed to hear about his sexiness stakes... I need to hear about his sexiness stakes as much as i need to hear his freaking philosophy on the afterlife. Cancel him, why not, the world's full of film critics who cares if one of them needs to find a new living growing legumes..

 

[Azurro]

Your title is <redacted>, he said she looked miss cast because the movie is about someone who uses sex as a tool and she doesn't look sexy enough to him. So he thought the world needed to hear about his sexiness stakes... I need to hear about his sexiness stakes as much as i need to hear his freaking philosophy on the afterlife. Cancel him, why not, the world's full of film critics who cares if one of them needs to find a new living growing legumes..

What? What is this silly sjw stuff? He's a film critic and is judging based on the story being presented to him and by the actors performing that story.

If a role demands a femme fatale and you hire a homely looking woman, then it's absolutely fair to criticize it. It's not personal, it's just a bad fit for the role.

 

[ScarletSpider]

OH NO NOT CANCELLATION

 

[Tschumi]

What is this silly sjw stuff?

Yawn

 

[Azurro]

Yawn

Care to bother to address the point that was raised? Or is your position based only on the idea that she's a woman and therefore is a victim and no criticism can be sent to anything she is involved in? BTW, I forgot, I thought gay men were lower in the totem of victimhood. Have they updated the rankings?

 

[IntentionalPun]

What has this guy nobody has ever heard of been cancelled from?

 

[Tschumi]

Care to bother to address the point that was raised? Or is your position based only on the idea that she's a woman and therefore is a victim and no criticism can be sent to anything she is involved in? BTW, I forgot, I thought gay men were lower in the totem of victimhood. Have they updated the rankings?

I cbf addressing your lazy buzzword generalisation. My opinion on the guy is clear in my post and it's got fuck all to go with the rights of women. He's a shallow peon and i don't care if he suffers for his lame views. He shouldn't be excused just because it's "brave" to be rude these days for a small clique of lame people.

 

[GreyHorace]

Carey Mulligan was hot as hell in the Doctor Who episode Blink.

But seriously? Taking offense because some film critic didn't find you hot enough? Grow a thicker skin Carey.

 

[Azurro]

I cbf addressing your lazy buzzword generalisation. My opinion on the guy is clear in my post and it's got fuck all to go with the rights of women. He's a shallow peon and i don't care if he suffers for his lame views. He shouldn't be excused just because it's "brave" to be rude these days for a small clique of lame people.

So, miscasting a role is not ok to criticize? I thought that your blue haired brethren were all about that. What about the rights of femme fatales? You don't care about those? You mysoginist.

You haven't answered my question btw, have they updated the rankings of victimhood?

 

[oagboghi2]

I cbf addressing your lazy buzzword generalisation. My opinion on the guy is clear in my post and it's got fuck all to go with the rights of women. He's a shallow peon and i don't care if he suffers for his lame views. He shouldn't be excused just because it's "brave" to be rude these days for a small clique of lame people.

You don't know his "lame views", as you clearly didn't go back and read what he actually said. He didn't say at all what you are implying.

Do yourself a favor, and stop talking out of your ass

 

[IntentionalPun]

He hints that his comment has something to do with a spoiler for the film.

It certainly comes across though that he’s insulting her looks. I mean... telling anyone woman they look anything like “bad drag” is not gonna get you brownie points lol

But without knowing the plot, or what he’s hinting at, not gonna judge the guy outright.

Anyone know what plot twist he’s thinking about?

I found his defense rather BS that as a gay man he has no interest in how attractive women are. That doesn’t exactly instill trust, gay dudes are not shy about praising or insulting women’s looks.

 

[Azurro]

He hints that his comment has something to do with a spoiler for the film.

It certainly comes across though that he’s insulting her looks. I mean... telling anyone woman they look anything like “bad drag” is not gonna get you brownie points lol

But without knowing the plot, or what he’s hinting at, not gonna judge the guy outright.

Anyone know what plot twist he’s thinking about?

I found his defense rather BS that as a gay man he has no interest in how attractive women are. That doesn’t exactly instill trust, gay dudes are not shy about praising or insulting women’s looks.

Your comments keep focusing on the what. Yes, he criticized a woman's looks in terms of suitability for a role. How is that wrong? Just because the actress got annoyed doesn't make the criticism any less valid.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Your comments keep focusing on the what. Yes, he criticized a woman's looks in terms of suitability for a role. How is that wrong? Just because the actress got annoyed doesn't make the criticism any less valid.

I’ve made one comment on what he actually said; I’m addressing the fact that he’s denying it had anything to do with her looks.

I didn’t say anything about whether that criticism is valid; he’s claiming it wasn’t criticism of her looks.

 

[Tschumi]

So, miscasting a role is not ok to criticize? I thought that your blue haired brethren were all about that. What about the rights of femme fatales? You don't care about those? You mysoginist.

You haven't answered my question btw, have they updated the rankings of victimhood?

... How can i put this..

You're taking to, at, yourself.

 

[Night.Ninja]

What is micast

 

[Azurro]

... How can i put this..

You're taking to, at, yourself.

Ah, sorry, I need to use google translate from reasonable to sjw gender bended thing:

"Uwuuuu, Pooopoooooo!!! REEEEE!!!! Where is my buttplug!? UuuuwuuuuuI felt like a man yesterday but I'm feeling like a lady today, so I need that! That and my hat, since I'll feel like man by next Wednesday. I'm sooooo opressed, I should be given a house and car and a good job even if the only thing I know how to do is write essays for youtube on how oppressed I am! Uuuuwooooo".

There, I don't know if that was accurate. I can't guarantee the quality of the translation myself.

 

[Tschumi]

Azurro Tell us about your conspiracy theory about them