'The Laundromat' premieres at TIFF, Meryl Streep facing criticism for playing a Latina

[tabloidpersona]

Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep and @antoniobanderas arrive for the North American premiere of 'The Laundromat' during the #TorontoFilmFestival in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo by Chris Chew for @UPI. pic.twitter.com/Xjvn9D2BWA
- UPI Photos (@UPIPhotos) September 10, 2019
Meryl Streep's Netflix film 'The Laundromat', co-starring Antonio Banderas

Comments

[viudanegra]

OP, Panamanian are Latinos. Hispanic is usually used more for people from Spain.

[tabloidpersona]

corrected the title, thank you

[stf_ugh]

People really are going to trip over themselves rushing to defend ~*~ Meryl Streep*~**~* for this lol. I'm not surprised this is still happening but still like...how the fuck are people still letting this happen.

[ohmylol]

And this is not the first time she plays a latina , mess

[3rdattemptuser]

omg it's not? shes trash JFC

[ohmylol]

Nope, the movie of the Isabel Allende book "House of spirits" it was still set on Chile and the cast is full of gringos, the only Latina plays a prostitute

[ohmylol]

I hope the GP calls Meryl out but They probably won't, one because she is Meryl, two because gringos are thewooorst.gif , the use of prosthetics and makeup is bad enough but she should have never chosen this role

[zoaster_toaster]

I already can see people going, “Meryl can play anything!” rme

[zeysech]

I'm really curious as to what the "specific, dramatic reason" is for brownface, not because I think that'll make it better or anything of course, but I just want to know what made them think it was okay.

[genbu_no_miko24]

same.

[andisprohi]

She's playing a Panamanian playing a white woman playing a Panamaian played by Scarlett Johansson.

[lubed]

You had me in the first half ngl

[milfordacademy]

gary oldman...
meryl streep in brownface...

lmao what a fucking mess