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)

[doriiansz]

Don Jon says what?

[parachuteending]

Lmao right? He needs to be 'this you?' with that movie.

[psychsike]

Thank you for reminding me. I read the comment and my immediate thought was "what was that one movie he wrote, directed and starred in about objectification?".

[locksuperpower]

Came in to make sure Don Jon was mentioned! You know, the movie he starred in that was literally about porn.

[jason_voorhees]

You were in the first "G.I. Joe" movie.

[maidenhell]

I get what he's saying. I don't think it's just pop culture though ... the older I get, the more I feel people commodify each other.

[burntxtoashes]

I think its good that a man is talking about it for once, but at the same time, I feel like men get a bit more leeway with how much they are objectified in films. Like for women, you tend to see pretty much everything in sex scenes, where as you rarely ever see a penis on screen.

I remember Bob Morley talked about it before (not sex scenes, but being objectified) and that was why he quit Home and Away. He already had body image issues and felt they were made worse by being shirtless all the time, and feeling like a piece of meat.

[ginainabottle]

I read Bob Marley and I was so very confused about your comment 😂

[zazie_toujours]

Love his Aussie era

[dianakingston]

And he went from there to... a CW show. Oh, Bob.