Do You do That to The Guys ... ?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[hlthe2b]

1. She's been on my favorite list for some time... This only endears her to me more...

You, tell 'em!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. love Cate Blanchett ... yes, indeed

Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Australia to an American father and an Australian mother. She has an older brother and an younger sister. When she was ten years old, her 40-year old father died of a sudden heart attack. Her mother never remarried, and her grandmother moved in to help her mother. Cate graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Tim Daly's "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance.

more at link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000949/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[CTyankee]

19. I am SO hoping she'll win the Oscar!

She did fabulous work in "Blue Jasmine".

[NYC_SKP]

3. .

Recommended

[cinnabonbon]

4. Glad she called it out.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I love the way the woman in the purple cracks up. Pwned !!

[cinnabonbon]

6. She knows what's up!

I liked it too. Gives the gif a really "WIN!" sort of feel to it.

I might have to save it. Hope you don't mind.

[Shrike47]

7. Good for her! And it's a lovely dress, but why are they looking for her feet?

[ismnotwasm]

8. Heh!

No, they don't

[msongs]

9. so she buys an expensive dress and when people look at she gets irritated? ok nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. I like it when people answer a question with a question. Such a perfect example

of passive aggressive behavior. Wouldn't you agree?

[pintobean]

13. "Yes. Yes, we do." was the answer.

Video at link
http://www.eonline.com/news/501154/cate-blanchett-calls-out-e-s-red-carpet-glam-cam-at-2014-sag-awards-what-do-you-think-is-happening-down-there

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Let me be of assistance ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125535268#post11

[KitSileya]

11. It's not the admiration, it's the shot.

Panning from the feet up as if who she is doesn't matter - just her body. Lingering on her body. As she points out, they don't do that to the male actors, even though many of them are just as much in designer duds as the female actors. Armani, D&G, all those snappy suits, and the men are usually (I'm sure you can find exceptions) filmed from the face and then down, or in full figure. Women - start at the feet, and if you don't get to the face, it doesn't really matter because it's their bodies that are the focus.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. very well explained.

You can learn a lot by noting what the camera person (usually guy--very male dominated field) focuses on. This is true for anything you're veiwing...teevee, "news" , movies, etc.

If it's a female in the camera sights, you can be sure that you'll get a lot of lonnnnng lingering ass, boob and crotch-shots.

[LanternWaste]

21. I imagine many believe that only the less-than-evolved purchase a nice thing for its own sake.

I imagine many people who maintain a fictional patina of cleverness believe that only the less-than-evolved purchase a nice thing for its own sake, and the only true value in a thing is how often it's gawked at.

[MadrasT]

24. I have never in my life bought an expensive thing

because I wanted other people to notice it. The few expensive things I have bought were for my own pleasure.

This is by no means incomprehensible... unless perhaps one is the sort who seeks continual approval from others.

[SunSeeker]

14. We need more female camera people.

I want to see someone tell Brad Pitt to flip the tails of his tux so they can get a butt shot. No one thinks twice about telling actresses to do a twirl.

[MyNameGoesHere]

16. I think in the future they should only film women

from the chin up and use that blur effect. I can see her point.

[progressoid]

17. And the cameraman answers, "yes, yes we do".

Immediately after that exchange, they talked about clothes. It's Etv. They're all about the glitz and glam of Hollywood.

http://www.eonline.com/videos/217580/cate-blanchett-calls-out-e-s-glam-cam

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. Feel free to post long lingering camera shots

That start at their feet and move up. We should objectify all people. Yes?

[redqueen]

25. Yeah, I can't recall seeing that slow pan up the body shot done to men.

Maybe the ones in underwear commercials, but red carpets?

That reminds me of a trash bag commercial that shows a woman looming over a few hunky garbage men and one fat one, and which one is shown in her house at the end? The fat one. Can you imagine the reverse? Hollywood just can't stop.

[progressoid]

27. To be clear, I'm not endorsing this.

The only reason I posted the link was for reference. I don't watch that crap. I think the whole red carpet thing is ludicrous. "Who are you wearing?" (dresses, suits, jewelry, shoes, even fingernails). As if those gilded products make the person. And E's "glam cam" was, to put it mildly, crude. As is most of most of the popular media's obsession with looks over substance.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. Understand. Thanks for clarifying. Especially appreciate this statement:

As is most of most of the popular media's obsession with looks over substance.

[NYC_SKP]

18. .

Recommended

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. They got off lucky...

[geek tragedy]

23. The fashion media are absolutely horrendous on objectifying women

It's tempting to attribute this to male cameramen, and that may be part of it, but the stuff Joan Rivers et al get away with on Fashion Police (on E!) is something you'd expect out of Howard Stern. Among the games they play on that show are:

Starlet or Streetwalker?
Rate the Rack
Guess me from Behind
B!tch stole my look

Regulars are three women and one gay man.

[tazkcmo]

26. Good for her!

Give 'em hell!

[MineralMan]

29. She's terrific!

I remember seeing her in "Oscar and Lucinda," and commenting to my wife that I thought she'd become a real star, based on her very focused acting. And so she has. Outspoken and down to earth, she's one of my favorite actors.