Joyce Carol Oates Weighs In on Blonde: ‘Brilliant Work of Cinematic Art’ but ‘Not for Everyone'

[agentsoup]

Joyce Carol Oates on #Blonde: “I think it was/ is a brilliant work of cinematic art obviously not for everyone. Surprising that in a post #MeToo era the stark exposure of sexual predation in Hollywood has been interpreted as ‘exploitation.’” https://t.co/lu3psa2sJK
- Variety (@Variety) September 30, 2022
Joyce Carol Oates, author of 'Blonde',

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[kamikashi]

wait a minute, thats her?? isnt she the lady that went viral this year after saying how heartbreaking it was that white male authors were being discriminated against in the publishing world?

[agentsoup]

Sure is:

(a friend who is a literary agent told me that he cannot even get editors to read first novels by young white male writers, no matter how good; they are just not interested. this is heartbreaking for writers who may, in fact, be brilliant, & critical of their own "privilege.") https://t.co/GmtVY8lbCV
- Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) July 24, 2022

[evillemmons]

[mhfromnh]

Xiran Jay Zhao intensifies

[amacabea]

Shame on everyone involved in this mess.

[toxic_illusion]

More like:

[amacabea]

Lol I was gonna say that Casey should go into the trash, too.

[frandappery]

Wait though it looks so much like him

[genbu_no_miko24]

"stark exposure of sexual predation in Hollywood has been interpreted as "exploitation."

It's cause it is. I watched it when it leaked.....trash on trash on trash. It's exploitative and voyeuristic of her life and journey.

I remember thinking when someone like Quentin Tarantino of all people gave Sharon Tate a decent characterization in OUATIH (which is historical fiction like Blonde) since all she's ever been portrayed as was a famous hollywood murder victim. I also thought David Lynch cause I did notice some slight Lynchian inspiration in it- but specifically Fire Walk With Me which deals with Laura Palmer's trauma and there it was handled well.

This movie on the other hand just stays in her trauma. Finding out the last scene was shot in the house she died in was the tip of the iceberg.

Ana's acting range from decent to wonky. Her accent kept slipping in alot. She did look like Marilyn a lot of her shots which was impressive. The black & white cinematography + score were the only good things about this movie....everything else

[sabrina54]

"Finding out the last scene was shot in the house she died "

WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yeah apparently they used the house that she died in for the final shot which is her death scene.

[sabrina54]

This is more than ghoulish behaviour, it's so perverted, these people are sadistic! JFC

[winter_lace]

what sort of alternative reality?

[thispaintedlife]

I still can't believe a woman wrote this like damn bitch get some therapy

[genbu_no_miko24]

how very (replace "live" with "write")

[ponyboy]

why is it shocking? women can write fucked up exploitative shit too.