Scarlett Johansson: Black Widow Was ‘Sexualized’ and Treated ‘Like a Piece of Ass’ at First
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/scarlett-johnsson-black-widow-sexualized-mcu-1234644999/
shareThere’s nothing wrong with a girl being sexualized as long as it’s in good tastes and she is on board with it.
shareIt's one thing to have the character being sexualized, but it turned to her as well. I mean think of all the interviews that Scarlett did where everyone was asking her about her underwear under the costume. She was not happy with that.
shareThose were all asked by female journalists. Has nothing to do with sexualization, more the things that other women are interested in. I mean it is women who eat up fashion magazines and are obsessed with diets. I suppose that is somehow the fault of the patriarchy though.
shareIt wasn't just females. That was my point when I said everyone.
shareDo you really believe a male reporter or even a male could or even dare to ask such questions? So it is not everyone.
shareHere's one example of a male asking her that exact question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxzxgwJTFc
Well, I can't believe he really had the balls to ask that, that was so sleazy and inappropriate. I think it would be different for a woman to ask similar questions.
shareI think it would be just as sleazy for a woman to ask in the same way.
I think if the interviewer and Scarlett had been gabbing like friends, and it was brought up more like a statement of "that looks like it might have been uncomfortable to wear" and had left it with Scarlett to elaborate, then it might have been acceptable. Other than that, there really is no reason for anyone to ask that question.
A woman asking that is less likely interpreted as sexual, more likely a curiosity and about comfort and welfare of actors, the question is likely phrased differently. A man asking that is just sleaze and perversion, there is no other interpretation.
shareBut was she totally on board with it? Seriously, her character was pretty underdeveloped, she was there to provide eye candy and a sexual interest, and had little dialogue and less action. She came off as tied for the least important member of the team, with Hawkeye, and perhaps Johanssen wasn't totally okay with it but didn't have any better offers at the time.
Perhaps it's a rule or at least a trend, that if there's only one woman on a team of heroes, she's just "the girl" and doesn't get developed much. It's only when you get two women on the team that they start to develop real personalities.
> But was she totally on board with it?
Well, she’s signed on for movie after movie where she’s playing in the same role in variants of the same costume so, whatever her qualms, she must have made her peace with it. I’m sure Disney’s big checks make it easier to bear.
Oh, I'm quite sure that Disney's big checks and a string of massive hits on her CV made it all easier to bear!
But that doesn't mean she was totally happy with how her role turned out, which is pretty common for actors. They all think their roles should have been larger and more interesting, or with fewer shots of their ass.
remember the comments on Steve's ass in Endgame? Imagine all of the insufferable whining we would have to listen to if that had been done with a female character. Johnannson sounds like a narcissistic diva and I have lost respect for her.
shareThe term is "bandwagon". Everyone else is doing it so she is jumping on it as well.
Where are the countless articles of nearly every male hero doing scenes with their shirt off to show their chest?
That is right because men are never ever ever sexualised, it is only woman i forgot that.
Men can never complain about these things because as far as everyone is concerned it only happens to woman and only woman have to deal with it.
If men are not sexualised why are they all ripped?
Look at the witcher show, Henry Cavill is basically sexualised through the while series but no one cares, even he doesn't but it that was a woman their would be a hundred articles decrying it.
Until that is sorted who gives a shit what a multi millionaire actress thinks because she agreed to do scenes showing a bit of her bra and now is complaining about it. Have a backbone and speak up at the time.
If a handsome, rich, famous male actor complained about being sexualized, everyone would immediately think "what an arrogant ungrateful prick". Would Scarlett Johnansson have the carreer she has if she was ugly? Obviously not. She is happy to profit from it when it is to her advantage, and cry victim when she perceives it to be to her advantage. It just shows bad character.
shareSounds like every actress once they make it big they cry about getting nude at 20 years old. she took the money. If she wasn't happy, she could have passed on the role or negotiated her contract. Portman ditched thor 3 and now shes back, money talks
shareLike I said, it's normal for actors to be disappointed in how a role turned out.
shareSO BECAUSE YOUR JOB GIVES YOU A PAYCHECK YOU MUST BE 100% HAPPY WITH THEIR BUSINESS?
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