Anna Kendrick donated her WOMAN OF THE HOUR earnings to RAINN, National Center for Victims of Crime

[varioussaints]

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Anna Kendrick recently guested on the Crime Junkie podcast to discuss (amongst other things) her decision to become a director, her relationship with true crime, and the ethics surrounding the production and consumption of true crime media. One of the biggest takeaways from the interview is that Anna Kendrick donated all of the money she earned

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[anterrabre]

I am high and thinking mean things for no reason, so I'm gonna mosey out of this post and watch "Trap" instead.

[varioussaints]

You can't just say that and run! Share with the class, please? 👀

[overprotected]

I watched Trap the other night. Oof.

[recognitions]

Ngl your responses in her post vs. the Lucas Bravo post are interesting

[genbu_no_miko24]

That's cool of her.

LOL this is totally in response to the last post!!

I'm kinda meh on her I think she comes off nice in some things and then others I feel like she has a condescending attitude somewhere in there. But I remember thinking she was good in Up in the Air. It was funny rewatching that movie during the pandemic.

[fieldofdreams]

I guess true crime is trendy now so adaptations are still being green-lit but like, of all the people to make a film about, The Dating Game Killer would not have been one that I would have ever thought should be made.

My personal opinion is that adaptations made in the the last few years shouldn't have been made. I wish we got original stories like Kiss the Girls or True Detective instead of yet another adaptation of a REAL crime.

I can't help but think of the victims and their families :/

[owl_get_you]

I really wish people could remember to also center the living victims in their coverage. It so rarely comes up that I’m actually taken aback when it turns out they did. I had to dip out of true crime quite a while ago after someone in a group drove to the Avery farm after Making a Murderer came out and posed in front of the compound sign as if she were celebrating something at Disneyland or like the great ball of twine instead of the place where someone had the worst day of their entire lives.

Similarly, I’m having a really, really hard time in most comment sections about sean combs with the endless high-fiving over their trash-ass shitty one-liners. Like, that man hurt *a lot* of people. There is a real, genuine chance one of his victims will actually see them and believe their pain is just a joke to others.

lol idk I’ve just been really sad about the internet lately

[angriest_girl]

I think this is a good thing for her to do, but also it’s kind of weird that she has made a “true crime” movie that is (apparently, I haven’t seen it yet) more about her own experiences and feelings than the crime itself. I wonder what the thinking was there. It might have been better to make a film that was not really connected to that particular crime but had similar themes.

True crime as a genre of entertainment makes me deeply uncomfortable - I hate 99% of true crime docos and podcasts and find them cheap exploitation. I hate that things like My Favorite Murder exist. Those are real people, with real loved ones still out there seeing their family members/friends being used as entertainment.

I don’t know, I have a lot of feelings and opinions about this topic but I can never articulate them without sounding like I’m just an old fart who doesn’t get it. Which I am.

[dreamdate]

I’m not sure if Anna has gone on record saying she took from her own experience more so the experiences of many women who have found themselves in dangerous situations with men. I’ve seen the film, and I think it was decent and especially decent for a directorial debut. I don’t need to see another film depicting violence against women, nor do I need for the film to be exactly as how it was in real life. I think it’s a nitpicking to expect otherwise bc the film truly wasn’t about this serial killer man but ultimately about how dangerous it is to be a woman in this world.

[angriest_girl]

I guess I’m referring to her talking about her personal experiences in her promo of the film - she does seem to be linking it herself.

I’m intending to see it as it does look interesting. It’s one of those movies I have to be in the right mindset for, though.

[dreamdate]

Please don’t see my comment below and take it like I’m being passive aggressive at you considering what you’ve said in this comment bc I was commenting on others like it! That being said, Anna is a survivor of DV. And I think what she’s endured and survived just assisted in the filmmaking of this and the lens in which she wanted to tell the story. If that makes any sense.

[anachan87]

Out of all the true crime podcast out there, Crime Junkie?!?!?