Joseph Gordon-Levitt Says A Lot Of Pop Culture Is ‘Pornographic’: ‘We Don’t See People As People’

[hewontgo]

#JosephGordonLevitt says he is "guarded" about being objectified in public https://t.co/gCaUy7JvJ0
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) June 15, 2020
Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants people to remember the human beings behind art

Comments

[mayjailer]

did... did this worm just compare acting in hollywood to being a sex worker?

[soulhades]

Comparing himself and his works to what sex workers do would have been dumb and unsensitive but in the quote he talked about the culture of objectification and dehumanization in Hollywood. Sooo, no he did not compare himself as a sex worker, he actually did not even talk about sex worker at all.

[mayjailer]

my mind went to sex work when i read pornography. i was bound to have my "ontd doesn't read" moment sooner or later, my bad.

[burntxtoashes]

I don't think he meant in terms of money/working conditions. I think he meant more in terms of sex scenes and objectification? Obviously its not the same as they're pretending, but I def think sometimes the way people consume it is similar. (More so creepy men with actresses, and making sure they upload any of their sex scenes online, or even just like random bikini shots. They don't see them as people)

[mayjailer]

i understand, thanks for clarifying. this is why you always read the post!

[ginainabottle]

You tried.

[mayjailer]

i didn't "try" anything, i misinterpreted his statement. *you* tried.

[colossusx]

naw, you thought you had a "gotcha!" moment. it's fine. it happens. whatever.

[mayjailer]

i didn't lol it was a genuine question, bug off

[honeyspun]

graduate of the LDR school of thought and metaphysics.

[dnttllhrry]

You knew what he meant.

[mayjailer]

i didn't, jesus h lol y'all are annoying

[dnttllhrry]

Ok you didn't. You got me. You just called him out his name without reading the full excerpt and critically thinking so you can be the first comment to start some mess.

[mayjailer]

if you really think i'm prioritizing being the first comment in a post about some has-been actor at this current moment you've got dead worms for brains. kindly fuck off.