Chloe Sevigny is back with even more opinions, this time about "Oppenheimer"

[gumby]

Sevigny recently told Rolling Stone that she was sick of Barbiecore and dogs. Get ready, because she's back with even more takes in an interview with Variety.

One key quote from Variety: “I like certain aspects of certain things or certain performances, rather than loving anything overall,” she says carefully, before praising “Maestro,”

Comments

[jazzl3t]

I think Oppenheimer being not everyone's cup of tea and/or the continuation of white men suffering because they are dealing with the fact that they caused harm is getting tiresome is a valid take. (I personally liked Oppenheimer and I think it's well-made, but it wasn't my favorite.)

I'm not surprised she's working with someone like Dasha. they come from the same ilk and edgy~ white women are gonna edgy~ white women. idk. that whole circle of NYC gives me "we are edgy and cool and therefore very progressive and forward thinking therefore can say racist and weirdly misogynistic things but it's okay because it's actually subversive and cool~~"

[walterwhiteh2o]

tbh I never got the praise for Chloe Sevigny, but I think that's it, it's the "I'm edgy" staff, nothing actually impressive to talk about

[_kleptomane]

What’s funny though is she’s never come off as “edgy” to me. First, she’s always been authentically herself and not some affectation or imitation of a cool girl, and second..big picture, she’s kind of strait laced. There’s no like wild party girl nihilism history, which is surprising given the environments and creatives she’s surrounded herself with. I am side eying her connection with Dasha, but overall I think you have her (and most of the commenters on here tbh) all wrong.

[jazzl3t]

Mmm… maybe. I’m sure she’s not fake and I didn’t say she was a party girl, but (my friend with a bike, yada yada) knowing people who share the same circles as her, that circle of NYC gives me yucky vibes. I don’t think she’s Dasha levels. To me, it’s all under the same branch and there is a sense of ignorance. I don’t think it’s intentional or she wants to cause harm, but it’s not great…

[craww]

How does one come to the conclusion that she's authentically herself when the prevailing perception of her is so steeped in pretentious artifice that there's an entire video series parodying it? Like...I'm not saying that's not her actual (insufferable) personality, but without being her friend or most devoted fan I don't see how you could confidently say she's always been authentically herself?

[_kleptomane]

Well, that series of parody videos technically is not meant to mimic anything of her except for the name. Like, that’s the joke. I know Drew Droege, and he never intended it to be something that embodied Chloe. Unless you’re talking about something else. I guess what I was saying is that her public persona doesn’t feel like a put on or affected to me. It’s just who she is. I mean, I did have a night of dancing with her in LA a few years ago (ahem, heh) and she was completely down to earth and unpretentious. I think she likes what she likes and that’s it. I can see why she’s super close with somebody like Natasha Lyonne who is very open about liking being an intelectual and cool because that’s just who she is. I can understand how that may rub some the wrong way, but yeah…just don’t think they’re vapid girls that just say things to say them.

[craww]

I don't think Drew's series embodied her but it definitely evoked her, and it wouldn't have been so funny if it hadn't. Her fashion it girl persona and kind of cold air were part of the joke, and if that wasn't intentional then I guess he either failed or succeeded on accident.

I don't think anyone thinks she's vapid. Mostly just pretentious, with bad taste in friends.