• emizeko [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did a no growth. This makes it abundantly clear you don't even understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of your offenses.

  • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly one of my first crushes, but I'm not old enough for that to even make sense lol

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I’m not old enough for that to even make sense.

      It seems to me crushes usually don't make sense.

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        2 years ago

        I just meant it was after her heyday, she wasn't in the public eye at all.

        But some friends and I watched Alien at Halloween once in middle school and she captivated me

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Her iconic character Ripley from the Alien series was almost played by Meryl Streep. Apparently the casting was pretty close. Also the characters were all supposedly written without specified genders, so it was purely because they liked her performance that the character was even a woman.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      the characters were all supposedly written without specified genders

      That's really how most things should be. It must be hell for actresses because as they get older - roles dry up. Once they are in the 40s - people in the entertainment business start to think of them as "old". Then they a have to play moms. And after that grandmas. If unisex casting was the norm a 50 something woman could play the "son of a bitch" role where she fucks everybody over. I'd like to see that.

      I watched Jeff Bridges' tv series "The Old Man". His love interest is Amy Brenneman. At one point when they are on a sort of date she takes out a small box and then she says something like "Oh, what am I doing! This is so embarrassing!" I had no idea what was happening. It turns out it's a pill case for her old people pills. In reality she's only 58 and she's 14 years younger than Bridges.

      • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Well, every actor on TV is older than their character. Little kids are played by teenagers, teens are played by 20-somethings, 20-somethings are played by 30-somethings...

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    :volcel-judge:

    I have her buzz cut headed Ripley so indelibly burned in my brain that I had to stare very hard at this before it made sense.