'You're The Worst's Aya Cash Talks #MeToo at the Vail Film Festival
Aya attended the 15th annual Vail Film Festival earlier this month. The festival focused on women in film for the second year in a row, a decision motivated by #MeToo and #TimesUp. Between her moments on stage and later interviews, Aya had the following (and more) to say:
- Always felt uncomfortable with Hollywood's use of women as accessories, but has participated in objectifying herself for the sake of her career: "There's been times where I've bought into that demand of needing to be a certain thing or look a certain way or feel like I have to participate in order to get what I want, which is work. I've disappointed myself in those moments but I was kind of, like, well that's what I have to do right, right? And now I don't know if that's true."
- With #MeToo, "a lot of people have had to start looking at everything differently. So while three years ago I might've been like, 'it's fine,' I have to look back and go, 'is it fine?'"
- Last year she did a lot of movies by first-time filmmakers last, "almost all of which were women, which is such a good sign for our industry."
- Acknowledges that things change for white women first: "That's also not universal. Obviously, I [am a] white woman who comes from a place of privilege... So I don't want to sort of speak as if [to say], 'we're all good.'"
Of the 100 highest-grossing films of 2017, only 24% were led by women; independent films account for 65% of these (x). Women made up only 18% of the behind-the-scenes roles (directors, producers, crew) for the 250 highest-grossing films of 2017 (x).
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