#cw woody allen

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Alr not a request or anything but a very specific questions bc I'm confused, on ur blog aesthetic the first pic is a chick holding a sign saying "Woody Allen die bitch" what's that for bc I like his movies and idk about any scandals and idk if u chose that just bc of the aesthetic or that plus the fact that u don't like him and pls explain bc my ass is confused 😃

oh my god anon do u genuinely not know?? i'm not trying to be an asshole but i thought this was extremely common knowledge. the person in that photo is one of my favorite singers, ethel cain, and she has a shirt that says that so ppl started bringing those signs to her shows.

woody allen has a LOT of controversies around him but mostly the fact that he married his step-daughter, soon-yi previn, and has multiple SA allegations, specifically by his adopted daughter. you can read a vanity fair article about it here and a nyt article here.

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@stuffjusthappensworld What deleted scenes are you talking about??? Who mentioned deleted scenes? I'm talking about scenes that aired. The writers are talking about scenes that aired. Those screenshots are from scenes that aired. Again, I am sorry their performances and the writing didn't come across to you clearly, but I think this might be a issue of your own comprehension here. Especially since you seem to be making up or imagining details from the scene between Rhaenyra and Criston?

You say Rhaenyra locked the door? She didn't lock the door, she closed it behind her, but then she steps aside from the door so he can leave if he wants to. Criston, rather than leaving, follows her away from the door.

You say Criston verbally tells her no twice while she undresses him? Well... he doesn't? He tells her to stop undressing herself. She then stands aside to let him leave. He follows her instead. He says nothing while she helps him get his armour off - very slowly, with plenty of time for him to change his mind.

You say Rhaenyra threw herself on him and ignored his verbal protests? She goofed around with his helmet and leaned up to kiss him, then stepped back, then started to undress herself, then stood aside from the door etc. etc. etc.

The scene is available on youtube. You can watch it. Refresh your memory.

Cole is lowborn and in the shows narrative not only works for Rhaenyra (who is not low born), is in some cases dependent and owes his whole current station in life to Rhaenyra as she’s the reason he’s in the kingsguard in the show and that is a significant part of their relationship and is imo a power imbalance that is over looked by the fandom and in the shows narrative and when you combine that with the low enthusiasm on display for most of the sex scene it just feels incredibly tone deaf and an issue the writers clearly weren’t considering.

Pictured here: enthusiasm, now that he has decided 'fuck my vow'

Ok, onto Criston owing his position to Rhaenyra. What is she going to do? Fire him? The first person to ever be fired from the Kingsguard was Barristan Selmy - there's no precedent for it. So what if he was from a minor house? He's been raised to the Kingsguard now, there's no takebacksies! Plus, while King Vizzy let Rhaenyra pick a kingsguard, he's still the ultimate authority on the Kingsguard. I suppose technically Rhaenyra could use her influence with her father to make Criston's life hell, but-

-You keep harping on about Rhaenyra's social status and power over Criston, but you don't stop to consider the logistics of it:

a) what Criston would actually think she would do (again, what she did actually do was MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOOR), what would he actually reasonably fear she would do if he refused her? Both Eddard Stark and Joffrey Baratheon technically have the power to punish smallfolk who harmlessly disrespect them. When Tobho Mott asks Ned to forgive Gendry, Ned says there's nothing to forgive. Joffrey would have ripped Gendry's tongue out. A teenager in Meereen spits in Dany's face and she says "no one has ever died from spit" and lets him off. Tywin Lannister or Roose Bolton would have reacted very differently. Just because Rhaenyra technically has the power to do something does not mean that that she would. Criston has been her sworn shield for 4 years at that point - he knows her. He knows her character.

b) on what grounds is Rhaenyra going to exercise her power? Ask her dad to punish him on no pretext? Criston literally gets away with murder, so I'm not sure what pretext she could give Viserys that would work where murder didn't. Complain he didn't sleep with her? That's a no, we've gone through this, extensively. Accuse him of rape? Again, that has life-ruining social consequences for her too, and again, back to point a - has she even been established as that kind of psycho?

By your standards, technically Rhaenyra as the Crown Princess can't have consensual sex with anyone who isn't a Crown Prince - so Harwin was raped too I guess.

Now this comparison of yours baffled me:

bare in mind even if he physically pushes her off he could still face repercussions as harming a royal in that way could result in him losing a hand (we saw what nearly happened to Dunk when he beat Aerion Targaryen’s arse even if he did deserve the beating Dunk almost faced very severe consequences).

Dunk isn't a Kingsguard yet. He does not act with the authority of the King. He is a hedge knight. And Aerion is Aerion, not Rhaenyra.

Again, this seems to stem from an imagined scene in your head where Rhaenyra has thrown herself on Criston and has locked the door. Rather than the actual scene, where she steps aside to let him leave. All Criston has to do is lightly tug his hand away from hers and walk out the door. Heck, in Mushroom's porno story, Porno Rhaenyra does bar the door, and Porno Criston does refuse her, very easily, and he isn't punished for doing so.

she is definitely old enough to understand she won’t be the one who faces the more severe repercussions if her relationship with Cole is discovered but although there is a mutual attraction between Cole and Rhaenyra in the show it is never once acted on until Rhaenyra engages the sexual encounter when she is around 18 or 19

Again, the repercussions Rhaenyra faces for 'sullying herself' range from being forced to become a septa, to getting forcibly married off (she got lucky with Laenor), to social ruin that would have impacted her status as crown princess. Remember, with the situation with Daemon in the book FORCED ABDICATION was on the table. One night of freedom could have destroyed her life.

As for Criston... yes it could mean death. Some kings have punished kingsguard for breaking their vows. Many kingsguard have broken their vows and its been kind of an open secret. It all depends on the king. Vizzy lets him off with murder. Now breaking your vow with the crown princess is another matter, that is more severe. Vizzy lets him off with murder.

Jaehaerys killed Braxton Beesbury. Vizzy... made up excuses and let Harwin Strong be. The worst thing that happened to Harwin Strong (by Vizzy's hand) was getting sent home to Harrenhall, and that was only to try to put a stop to the rumours.

Potential repercussions aside - again, I will reiterate this one last time. Criston could have said no. There would not have been consequences for him saying no. Rhaenyra did not force anything on him.

And with that, Criston, as an adult man with the impulse control and maturity of a sober adult, knew the potential consequences better than Rhaenyra. And he made his choice to live with the risk. Then, when he felt guilty about it afterwards, he could have just ended it with Rhaenyra and left it at that. Say some prayers, tell god you're sorry, leave it. Rhaenyra wanted to continue the relationship (just not in Essos), but she didn't punish him for ending it, she just moved on.

Instead Criston tried to get her elope with him to Essos. Great plan Crispy, I can't see anything going wrong with that! Even if Rhaenyra was happy to destroy her life like that, isn't there possibly a scenario where Viserys (who in episode 4 refers to Rhaenyra as a child) sends men after them? As for restoring his honor, well...

Rhaenyra refused him. She was the blood of the dragon, she reminded him, and meant for more than to live out her life as the wife of a common sellsword. And if he could set aside his Kingsguard vows, why would marriage vows mean any more to him?

As for Mysaria... I'm not going to talk about Rhaenyra in Season 2, because by then the show has dropped any pretence at character consistency or world building consistency so there is really nothing to work with.

As for this point however

but seriously who isn’t in this series and it is pseudo medieval times so yeah this disgusting behaviour is normalised and deeply ingrained in this society so calling anyone a nonce is like okay but everyone is. We shoud be stoning them all

Is csa an ingrained societal issue in childbrideros? Yes. But not everyone is grooming a 7 year old child. There is a spectrum of abuse (god this is disturbing to write). Again, while I don't think Rhaenyra's relationship with Daemon is healthy, it does make a difference that he wasn't around for her childhood, and returned from the Stepstones at a point where Rhaenyra (aged 15) was culturally considered to be of marriageable age. For example, say a 56 year old man starts dating a 21 year old woman. Gross - yes, she is an adult in our culture but we recognise an imbalance in experience and maturity and power. But when I tell you that said 56 year old man is Woody Allen, and said 21 year old woman is his step-daughter Soo Yin Previn who he has known since she was 10? That's worse.

Besides, even in this culture, people are people. For every Jorah Mormont there is a Barristan Selmy who isn't a nonce. So I'm still going to call Jorah Mormont a nonce, because guess what, not everyone in Westeros behaves like him!

So I'll call Book Criston a nonce. And Show Criston a misogynistic hypocrite who blames teenage girls for his own choices.

Like Cole is a low born son of a steward from the stormlands with dornish heritage (a kingdom not even a part of the seven kingdoms at this time and he gets some classist and racist remarks from alicents brother because of this)

Idk Crispy, you publicly murdered Joffrey of Lonmouth, a vassal of House Velaryon, and received zero consequences for it. And now not only are you a Kingsguard Knight, one of the highest offices in the land, but you are Hand of the King and acting as the King's proxy. You outrank this nobody who has for some reason been given screentime. Stand up for yourself, kill Gwayne and Alicent will probably still let you give her head.

TG on Criston Cole: "He's not the step dad he's the Dad Who Stepped Up! 😍"

Criston Cole in F&B: Literally Humbert Humbert (or, at best, Woody Allen).

Afterward, he gave the seven-year-old Princess Rhaenyra the victor’s laurel and begged for her favor to wear in the joust.

“Ser Criston protects the princess from her enemies, but who protects the princess from Ser Criston?” *

*said at a point when Rhaenyra is the same age as Dolores Haze btw.

Among the changes to the character's ages in HOTD, it's ageing up Rhaenyra when she first meets Criston Cole that grosses me out the most. And to add insult to injury, they don't even get an older actor to play an older Criston Cole after the time jump - Emma D'arcy is actually older than Fabian Frankel.

And to those who say sympathetic jilted lover Criston Cole is more interesting... well we've heard that story before. With Jorah Mormont's depiction in GOT, for starters. And everywhere else in our culture, men like Criston Cole are afforded sympathy and fascination (it's honestly a relief that most audiences outside of tumblr thankfully hate Show Criston - pls leave the actor alone though), while their victims are depicted as seductive temptress 'nymphets'.

Look no further than JK Rowling's favourite 'tragic romance'.

(sure jk, trans women are the problem, but humbert humbert isn't?)

Book covers and film adaptations of Lolita love to age up and sexualise Dolores and completely miss the point, but Vladimir Nabokov named actress Catherine Demongeot as the most book-accurate casting. Who looks very disturbing up against the 1997 film's casting for Humbert Humbert:

She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.

And wouldn't you know it, Daemon returns from the Stepstones when Rhaenyra (15) is around the same age that Dolores was, when Clare Quilty convinced her to run away with him.

And when Criston proposes to Rhaenyra ahead of her upcoming marriage to Laenor, she is again the same age as Dolores (17) when Humbert tries to get her to leave her husband for him.

Obviously Rhaenyra's story is by no means directly comparable to the horrific abuse suffered by Dolores Haze, and besides we don't know precisely what happened between Rhaenyra and Criston*. But Rhaenyra was also much much younger (7) when Criston came into a position to start grooming her, and at the end of the day she was still only a 12-year-old child when rumours of a sexual relationship began. The parallels are there, and CSA is a common issue throughout GRRM's work.

It certainly wouldn't be the first time GRRM has made a reference to Lolita in ASOIAF:

You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.

Littlefinger and Lord Petyr looked so very much alike. She would have fled them both, perhaps, but there was nowhere for her to go.

On Septon Eustace and Mushroom

*I do find it interesting to note that of the two accounts of Rhaenyra and Criston's 'split' (by two people who weren't in the room), it is Septon Eustace's account that puts Rhaenyra in a more favourable light. Mushroom tells the more pornographic account that casts Rhaenyra as the one trying to seduce Criston. Meanwhile Septon Eustace insists that Rhaenyra was the one to refuse Criston - including arguing that if his vows as a Kingsguard mean so little to him, then why should she trust he'd honour any marriage vows?

As I often argue, interpreting F&B is far more complicated than insisting one account always tells the truth, one account always tells propaganda etc. Neither account obviously views the relationship through the lens that Rhaenyra was only 7 when they met, neither of them care to raise concerns of grooming and CSA . This is still the same world after all that thought it was perfectly acceptable for a 12-year-old Laena to marry Viserys, or for a 12-year-old Sansa to marry Tyrion. This is the world that spread rumours of Rhaenyra's lost virginity when she had barely begun puberty.

Mushroom is clearly pro-Rhaenyra, and clearly fond of her (he wants us to know for instance how good it was to hear her laugh, his account expresses the most how broken she was after Luke's death) - but he's writing his account years after her death, and most likely after departing Aegon III's court for White Harbour. His priority, as a dwarf and entertainer, is to write was sells, and salacious tales sell. Just look at the pornographic tales the slavers spread of Daenerys, or how Shae depicts Sansa as a seducer withholding sex to convince her husband to commit regicide, or the play Arya performs in that bawdily depicts Tyrion raping Sansa for the masses. Mushroom at least wasn't the one to actually come up with the Brothel Queens story** - Archmaester Gyldayn credits Aegon II with making that story up - but any loyalty Mushroom had to a long-dead woman wasn't enough to stop him including a popular story. Mushroom's gotta eat.

**to those who still insist the story is true (despite Gyldayne attributing the rumour to Aegon II), do you honestly think if the Queen and Queen Mother had actually been gang-raped there wouldn't be multiple sources verifying it and expressing outrage?

Septon Eustace meanwhile is a misogynist who hated Rhaenyra and wished to justify his allegiance to the Greens. Which is why he'll make up ridiculous stories about Rhaenyra cutting herself on the throne while wearing armour, or Sunfyre eating her in 6 bites and leaving behind one leg for the Stranger, or how Rhaenyra got fat and ugly after giving birth to 5 children. Which is why he'll have Aegon II say "what sort of brother steals his sister's birthright?" - a statement that doesn't match with the rest of his documented words and actions:

Word of Rhaenyra’s coronation reached the Red Keep the next day, to the great displeasure of Aegon II. “My half-sister and my uncle are guilty of high treason,” the young king declared. “I want them attainted, I want them arrested, and I want them dead.”*** Cooler heads on the green council wished to parley. “The princess must be made to see that her cause is hopeless,” Grand Maester Orwyle said. “Brother should not war against sister. Send me to her, that we may talk and reach an amicable accord.” Aegon would not hear of it. Septon Eustace tells us that His Grace accused the Grand Maester of disloyalty and spoke of having him thrown into a black cell “with your black friends.”

***spoken in response to Rhaenyra publicly offering him a pardon

So Eustace has a tendency to demonise and whitewash - which is what makes it interesting when he passes on the opportunity. For example, why would he refute the rumours that Rhaenyra's children are bastards? Surely that claim would have supported his case against her? Why does he give quite a positive, even glowing, account of Jacaerys? Probably because he approved of and genuinely had no issue with Jacaerys, other than that he didn't believe the throne could pass through the female line anyway. True or not, he didn't need to claim Jace as a bastard, and Jace's actions didn't fit any cultural stereotypes. Because it seems there are certain lines Septon Eustace won't cross.

So Septon Eustace has some commitment to telling the truth (some truths anyway). Which is why his own account of Aegon II often contradicts itself, as shown above.

So back to his account of Rhaenyra and Criston. Why not cast Rhaenyra a wanton seductress, trying to tempt Criston Cole away from his Kingsguard vows? Why depict Criston, a fellow Green, as an oathbreaker? Why tell us that Rhaenyra did the right thing, turning Criston down and even expressing disgust that he would abandon his vows? Because for all Septon Eustace dislikes Rhaenyra, casting her as a wanton seductress would be crossing a line. He doesn't need it to be against female succession - her great sin is being a woman who doesn't gracefully abdicate in favour of her brother, and that's enough.

And because his account is probably closer to what happened. While he wasn't in the room, no more than Mushroom was, he was in a position to hear about it from Criston. As a fellow Green, and above all as a Septon. Someone who Criston might confess to. And it is Septon Eustace's account that tells us Criston Cole was the one to slit Lord Beesbury's throat. While he may try (sometimes anyway) to sanitise Aegon II, he makes no such effort with Criston Cole. If you wanted to legitimise your support for the Greens but were unable deny their crimes, it makes sense to allow someone to be the villain.

And supposing Criston did confess, he probably would have displayed the same delusional self-pity and self-justification as Humbert Humbert. And Septon Eustace, just like everyone else in Westeros, certainly wouldn't have considered Rhaenyra a possible victim of grooming and CSA.

Just look at Catherine Howard as a historical example. When she was 13 she was molested by her music tutor, Henry Mannox:

“At the flattering and fair persuasions of Mannox, being but a young girl, I suffered him at sundry times to handle and touch the secret parts of my body, which neither became me with honesty to permit nor him to require.”

This 'affair' was used as evidence against her in her trial for adultery and subsequent execution.

The Princess and her White Knight

Again, we don't know what precisely happened between Rhaenyra and Criston. We don't know if their relationship is comparable to Catherine Howard and Henry Mannox, or if it escalated anywhere close to the horrors of Dolores Haze and Humbert Humbert. Or if anything actually happened at all, or maybe at least not till Rhaenyra was older. Maybe their relationship is more comparable to Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen, who had been her stepfather since she was 10.

We have snatches of the truth from Eustace and Mushroom, we have what we can determine of their access to the truth and their motives for telling their accounts the way they do. We have Rhaenyra's young age, Criston's constant access to her, the timing of the rumours, her later relationships with older men, the violent hatred Criston has towards her after she rejects him. We have the fact that CSA is a common reoccurrence in GRRM's work - Daenerys and Jorah, Sansa and Littlefinger, Jeyne and Ramsay, Tyrion and Tywin, Aeron and Euron. We have the salacious stories that are already spreading of victims like Daenerys and Sansa, and we can speculate how future maesters and septons and fools might write about them, the way they write about Rhaenyra.

Whatever happened, my understanding is that Rhaenyra was a child in a court that her stepmother was actively making a hostile environment for her. Who had to deal with the beginnings of puberty in this environment, where adults were already speculating on her sexuality, on top of all the other scrutiny she would face as heir. Yes she had a father who doted on her, but when it came to Alicent he always refused to take sides, he always tried to placate and please and keep the peace. Yes he was steadfast in his decision to keep Rhaenyra his heir, but he did nothing to reprimand Alicent, he allowed this hostile environment to flourish, leaving his barely pubescent daughter to deal with it on her own. Alicent even publicly quips about Rhaenyra's relationship with Criston Cole, and she gets away with it.

Daemon does not return from the Stepstones till after the 5th anniversary tournament Viserys throws for Alicent, when Rhaenyra is 14/15. Before then, Rhaenyra's main confidant, probably her only confident on the subject of Alicent, was her sworn shield and constant shadow Criston Cole. Whatever happened between them, she was young and emotionally vulnerable. And lonely. Yes she had a party of supporters at court - but what is that to a child? She needed a parent to confide in, and when it came to Alicent her own father could not be that parent.

We know Rhaenyra was a precocious child, 'bright and bold' and proud. But we also know that beneath that she was anxious - she was known to compulsively fidget with the rings on her fingers out of anxiety. What kid in her situation wouldn't be anxious? Just when did this compulsive habit begin? Rhaenyra may not have been in anywhere near as vulnerable a situation as Dany, but she was still a vulnerable kid. And so Criston would have been important to her.

He wants me, she realized. He loves me as he loved her, not as a knight loves his queen but as a man loves a woman. She tried to imagine herself in Ser Jorah’s arms, kissing him, pleasuring him, letting him enter her. It was no good. 

It was a long kiss, though how long Dany could not have said. When it ended, Ser Jorah let go of her, and she took a quick step backward. “You … you should not have …”

My great bear, Dany thought. I am his queen, but I will always be his cub as well, and he will always guard me. It made her feel safe, but sad as well. She wished she could love him better than she did.

My bear, my fierce strong bear, what will I do without him?

My bear, she thought, my old sweet bear, who loved me and betrayed me. She had missed him so. She wanted to see his ugly face, to wrap her arms around him and press herself against his chest.

We don't know how much or in what way Criston took advantage of Rhaenyra's dependence on him, or how 'receptive' Rhaenyra might have been (friendly reminder that no matter how 'receptive' she might have been, it's still CSA). Again, it may be that nothing physically happened at all until Rhaenyra was 17 (after 10 years of grooming of course). Whatever happened, we can certainly imagine that Rhaenyra was devastated to lose him, and to Alicent of all people. He had been her confidant and her champion, he had been at her side since she was 7 years old, not long before losing her mother (who was the same age as Criston btw).

My understanding of Criston meanwhile is that he genuinely adored her for those 10 years as her sworn shield. That he was passionately protective of her, fiercely devoted to her, and possessive. Much like Jorah with Dany. Maybe, like Jorah, he tried to kiss her. Maybe much worse happened, and he deluded himself as many abusers do that theirs was a misunderstood romance. Maybe he never touched her at all, but fantasised about it. Maybe he convinced himself that he was a man of honour, maybe he spent those years waiting till Rhaenyra was older, by her side the entire time (cough, grooming).

Whatever happened, he was enraged that 10 years of grooming were ultimately unrewarded. He probably, deludedly, cast her just as cruel and selfish and ungrateful as Humbert Humbert did Dolores Haze.

Despite our tiffs, despite her nastiness, despite all the fuss and faces she made, and the vulgarity, and the danger, and the horrible hopelessness of it all, I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise - a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames - but still a paradise.

There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child.

But I was weak, I was not wise, my schoolgirl nymphet had me in thrall. With the human element dwindling, the passion, the tenderness, and the torture only increased; and of this she took advantage.

Don't you love living in a world where multiple think pieces debate whether or not Rhaenyra abused Criston Cole? (Also a world where a book like Lo's Diary gets published...)

If there is any truth to Septon Eustace's account that Criston wanted to elope with her to Essos, then I can imagine that he wanted to possess Rhaenyra entirely for himself (however romantic he may have believed his motives). The 'black fury' that descends on him during the wedding tourney certainly tells us he is violently jealous to see Rhaenyra begin a relationship with Harwin. He probably stewed in fury while Rhaenyra's attention was on Daemon (maybe hypocritically casting him as the villain the way Humbert Humbert does Clare Quilty), celebrated when Daemon was banished, and grew desperately possessive at the thought of losing his exclusive access to her again. Much like Jorah:

“You have been a better friend to me than any I have known, a better brother than Viserys ever was. You are the first of my Queensguard, the commander of my army, my most valued counselor, my good right hand. I honor and respect and cherish you—but I do not desire you, Jorah Mormont, and I am weary of your trying to push every other man in the world away from me, so I must needs rely on you and you alone. It will not serve, and it will not make me love you any better.”

I can't believe I'm giving Jorah Mormont credit here, but at least he doesn't respond to rejection with violent hatred of Dany. Or at least, he hasn't yet.

Now Rhaenyra's relationship with Daemon is another matter, and will require another essay. In sum, there is a broad spectrum between 'pedophile' and 'healthy relationship', and when I say Daemon's relationship with Rhaenyra is healthier than her relationship with Criston I have to admit the bar is very low indeed. Though I do take into consideration GRRM's description of Daemon as a grey character, 'equal parts light and dark'. Anyone is at liberty to declare death of the author and interpret Daemon as they see fit, but authorial intent (however fallible you may consider it) is not irrelevant. That authorial intent is the foundation upon which the characters, relationships, events, themes etc is built.

Ultimately, Daemon was not in Rhaenyra's life between the ages of 8 and 15 - he was in a relationship with an adult Mysaria, and then he was off to the Stepstones until Viserys and Alicent's 5th anniversary tourney. This isn't to endorse whatever may have happened in the 6 months Daemon was in King's Landing before his banishment - however you interpret his actions and motives. But simply to say that when it comes to grooming and abusing pre-pubescent to early-pubescent girls (oh this has been a disturbing essay to write) - Criston wins the "Creepy Even By Child Brideros Standards" Award.

So... is Criston the Step-Dad Who Stepped Up? Sure, if your Step-Dad is Humbert Humbert or Woody Allen.

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me: [spends all day thinking about the beatles’ interpersonal relationships, engaging online with beatles related content, etc. (crazy-making)]

me: hey i should do something different like watch a movie, haven’t done that in a while

the movie:

me: right. okay.

[angeljane18]

After reading the interview CW did I’m further instated on the opinion that I could not care less about knowing the details of celeb personal relationships unless something really bad/illegal is going on. However, jumping on either to paint the bad guy is just wrong. Separating for wanting different things and recognising that you are no longer right for each other is one of the most common and normal reasons for breakups, most divorced couples I know site that form of reason. Both are valid in their experiences, him taking in a big opportunity that would provide not just security for him, but for his children and their future is valid, her not wanting to uproot her life and career away from her home is valid.

It’s a rock and a hard place, and people are flawed in their relationships. People saying she implies an affair seem to be one who are connecting random dots to support something they already think happened. They work together well professionally, which is more to be said than many other couples.

This moral scandal over a private divorce that has proven to work out for those involved is just annoying, we have woody Allen marrying his daughter and this is what people get upset about

[bisluthq]

Regarding Blake/Justin, I do think each person's history does provide some insights.

Blake got married on a plantation (and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe only Ryan has publicly apologized for it). Her defunct lifestyle website published a story called The Allure of Antebellum (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/10/76178/blake-lively-preserve-antebellum-shoot). She's been in a Woody Allen movie. We just saw that interview from the Woody Allen promo cycle were she was rude to the interviewer. If it was a one time thing it could maybe be excused as her having a bad day, but then we have this interview from a few days ago were she gave a very tone-deaf borderline rude answer about people possibly wanting to talk to her about their experience with DV. And as we know she is using this promo cycle to promote her haircare brand etc.

Also, there was rumored beef with Leighton on GG, there was rumored beef with Anna Kendrick on A Simple Favor, and now there is beef with Justin. At some point it becomes a pattern...

I'm not saying she is evil, but at the very least she is very ignorant and self-centered, and not nearly as nice and wholesome as her public persona would have us believe.

When it comes to Justin, I don't know the guy so maybe something comes out tomorrow that proves me wrong, but he's been focusing on deconstructing toxic masculinity for years (his very famous Ted Talk, video series, podcast, books). And he hasn't shied away from leading by example by talking about his issue with body dismorphia or having struggled with a porn addiction. His previous movies were basically about people living with illnesses, to being awareness to those topics. And he seems to have maintained good connections with his past cast members (including Sabrina).

He's also been involved in charitable efforts for a long time (like Skid Row Carnival of Love). And he is actually promoting this movie as a movie about DV.

Was his decision to adapt that book a mistake? I haven't read it, but from what I've heard about it, probably. But based on what is known about him publicly (as I said, I don't know him so I have no idea what happens behind closed doors) he does seem to be a pretty wholesome guy generally.

I mostly agree with what you’re saying with one big caveat: Blake and Ryan apologized together. They issued a joint statement and then he elaborated on it further in an interview and said “we” so I don’t think it’s fair to say she didn’t apologize. We can say it’s a bit weird and says a lot about their dynamic that he seems to do most of the talking for them both, but all that’s giving is trad relationship and he’s the bigger star and stuff lol. I think they both should’ve known better and DONE better but I also don’t get the sense that Ryan’s off apologizing for that and feeling bad while learning how to be a better person and Blake just dgaf. I think they both did genuinely feel a bit bad about it but I don’t think either has taken like a class on race relations or anything. I think if Ryan cared more about this kind of thing, he’d be… making sure he’s producing works by marginalized creators and using his platform to broadcast marginalized voices/scripts that would struggle to get made and casting marginalized performers. He doesn’t do that. So like… yea. I’m not into even subtly implying he’s “better” than her, especially since he seems to control a lot of her life.

Re her and leighton, multiple people have said it was less of a feud and more that they just weren’t friends. They were colleagues. CW wanted to promote them as irl besties because CW loved that kind of promo - everyone was meant to be besties or dating off screen and they had clauses that made it difficult to publicly date anyone not on the network like that was an actual thing they did - and blake and leighton never fucking were besties off screen but that doesn’t mean they full on Kim Cattrall x SJP hated each other.

I do agree that she’s ignorant and self-centered and super fucking privileged and tone deaf, and I think her husband makes most of her decisions for her and kinda runs her life lol but obviously she could change that if she wanted, so that’s her choice.

Justin seems like a decent enough guy, just not imo as smart as he thinks he is, but also not as stupid as I thought and he’s about to give those two a serious run for their money in terms of public perception like… as he should.

Blake and Ryan are def not as wholesome as some people online like to act and re Justin obv we don’t know but he doesn’t appear to be a Disney villain (or even like idk Hollywood high on power levels of shitty - that seems more Ryan).

[destinyc1020]

I dont think leo and tom can even be compared. Leo was doing some incredible work prior to titanic and he played into and capitalized on the young heart throb image after titanic. Im not sure you could call leo typecast after titanic. Leo after titanic was a hot commodity, danny boyle , speilberg, woody allen (nasty ass white man) were seeking him out along with the fact that marty was interested in working with him right after titanic, its not until gangs of new york that they were able to work together. Plus titanic and spiderman films while both blockbusters are different in that one of them is a franchise and they existed in two different contexts and fame being something different than it was in the lste 90s and esrky 2000s. Its not until he teamed up with speilberg and marty who both were able to channel his talents and present him with great scripts that allowed him to expand as an actor. I think leo saying no superhero films is probably b/c he doesnt like superhero films or that the contracts disney gives out was both long term and didnt give you ( the actor) any power in addition to the crazy amount of fame.

Tom is on a decent trajectory he just needs to team up with directors that know what to do with him and give him the space to learn and improve.

Tom nor leo aren't typecast. B/c tom played an iconic role it has been hard for people to see him as anything else. At the end of the day, tom likes certain roles and plays them b/c its what he knows. Tom should take more risks with his choices imo ( by risk I mean try different genres like horror, rom-com, sci fi, or take on character that are more morally complex and not always redeemable etc and go outside box)

Tom and Robert pattison I think have much more similarities and robert did alot to get out of the twilight image.

Thanks Anon for bringing more insight to the whole Leo thing.

I mean Leo was an Oscar Nominee at like 19 right? For What's Eating Gilbert Grape?.....Which he probably should have WON imo 👀, but you know how the Academy is about awarding YOUNG, attractive male actors an Oscar so early in their careers lol 🤭 It's a tale as old as time lol. I think some of those old wrinkled men in the Academy are just JEALOUS tbh lol 😆 😅

Anyway, Tom started off his film career on solid footing with "The Impossible". Truth be told, Tom's acting in the film probably should have garnered him am Oscar nod as well (he was so GOOD for such a young guy! If Anna Paquin could do it.... ), but again.... 😵‍💫

Anyway, I think most of Tom's projects have been good decisions. Maybe CW (which is Sci-fi btw) probably wasn't the best decision, but I honestly can't name any other film that I would say he should remove from his filmography and should have never done.

I don't think Tom HAS to do a horror film or a rom-com in order to get out of the superhero "bubble" some have put him in.... Leo has rarely really done anything other than drama in his career, and he's done just fine. 🤷🏾‍♀️ He's only more recently been going more outside of his comfort zone imo. But you're right in that Leo has chosen very different roles where he's playing very different people, even if they are in the same genre.

Robert had a hard time too getting out of the "Twilight" bubble as well. He even said he hated that franchise rofl 🤣 😂

But it CAN be done! I think these two older actors are proof that you CAN get out of that "bubble". I would also add Tobey and Andrew in the mix as well. They too had to eventually break ppl's minds free of the Spiderman association.

It can be done 🙂

[ntgospel]

“The Chosen – Os Escolhidos” terá exibição de episódios novos no cinema

Confira a novidade em https://ntgospel.com/noticias/fe/the-chosen-os-escolhidos-tera-exibicao-de-episodios-novos-no-cinema

“The Chosen – Os Escolhidos” terá exibição de episódios novos no cinema

A série “The Chosen – Os Escolhidos” (The Chosen) – drama histórico inovador com mais de 770 milhões de visualizações em seus episódios – chega a sua quarta temporada sob direção e roteiro de Dallas Jenkins. A produção, que acaba de ter cartaz e trailer divulgados, contará com exibição dos dois primeiros episódios da nova temporada em cinema, a partir de 21 de março. A distribuição será na Paris Filmes em parceria com a 360 WayUp.       

Confira o trailer da nova temporada de The Chosen:

Baseada na vida de Jesus Cristo, interpretado por Jonathan Roumie, a série tem sido bastante elogiada por sua alta qualidade técnica e pela adaptação da história bíblica. É uma das mais vistas nos streamings Prime Video, Peacock e Netflix e já acumula mais de 12 milhões de seguidores nas redes sociais oficiais da produção. Em dezembro de 2023, The Chosen também se classificou como o segundo drama mais assistido e a quarta série não-original mais assistida na Netflix Brasil.  

Distribuída globalmente pela Lionsgate, a história é vista através dos olhos daqueles que conheceram Jesus, tendo como pano de fundo a opressão romana em Israel do primeiro século. A produção retrata uma visão íntima da vida e dos ensinamentos de Jesus.

The Chosen – Quarta Temporada

Reinos em conflito. Governantes rivais. Os inimigos de Jesus se aproximam enquanto seus seguidores lutam para acompanhá-lo, deixando-o sozinho para carregar o fardo. A quarta temporada promete partir de onde terminou, com o final emocionante da caminhada sobre as águas na última temporada.

Os episódios de estreia também serão liberados nos cinemas da América Latina, Reino Unido, Polônia, Austrália e Nova Zelândia por meio de uma parceria entre os distribuidores. Após o término da temporada completa nos cinemas, The Chosen anunciará a estreia em plataformas de streaming, incluindo o aplicativo “The Chosen” e outros aplicativos móveis.

As três primeiras temporadas estão disponíveis gratuitamente no app e nas principais plataformas de streaming. Para assistir The Chosen, acesse: https://osescolhidos.tv/     

Sobre “The Chosen”

“The Chosen” é um drama histórico inovador baseado na vida de Jesus (Jonathan Roumie), visto pelos olhos daqueles que o conheceram. Tendo como pano de fundo da opressão romana em Israel do primeiro século, a série de sete temporadas oferece uma visão autêntica e íntima da vida e dos ensinamentos revolucionários de Jesus. A quarta temporada estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 21 de março de 2024.

Com mais de 200 milhões de espectadores, “The Chosen” é um dos programas mais assistidos do mundo. A série se mantém como uma das mais populares nas plataformas de streaming Amazon Prime, Peacock e Netflix, além de ser uma das mais bem avaliadas semanalmente na The CW. O que começou como um projeto financiado por multidões, agora acumula mais de 770 milhões de visualizações de episódios e mais de 12 milhões de seguidores nas redes sociais. “The Chosen” é uma produção independente escrita, dirigida e produzida por Dallas Jenkins e distribuída globalmente pela Lionsgate.

Sobre a Paris Filmes

A Paris Filmes é a maior distribuidora brasileira independente e atua no mercado de distribuição de filmes no Brasil e na América Latina, destacando-se pela alta qualidade cinematográfica. Além de ter distribuído grandes sucessos mundiais como as sagas “Crepúsculo” e “Jogos Vorazes”, o premiado “O Lado Bom da Vida”, que rendeu o Globo de Ouro®️ e o Oscar®️ de Melhor Atriz a Jennifer Lawrence em 2013 e “Meia-Noite em Paris”, que fez no Brasil a maior bilheteria de um filme de Woody Allen, a distribuidora também possui em sua carteira os maiores sucessos do cinema nacional, como as franquias “De Pernas Pro Ar”, “Até Que a Sorte nos Separe”, “DPA – O Filme” e “Turma da Mônica”. Nos últimos anos a empresa esteve à frente de importantes lançamentos como “John Wick”, “La La Land – Cantando Estações”, “A Cabana”, “Extraordinário”, “Marighella”, “Meu Nome é Gal”, “Jogos Vorazes – A Cantiga dos Pássaros e das Serpentes”, “Jogos Mortais X” e “Minha Irmã e Eu” – primeiro filme nacional a bater a marca de 1 milhão de espectadores pós-pandemia.

[gydima]

TWIGGY & WOODY ALLEN My Generation (2017) dir. David Batty

[clunelover]

I might have already said this but I find it chilling how different Woody Allen’s voice is on these taped phone conversations vs. in movies and public appearances. The nervous stammering and nebbish affect are totally fake and I find that very creepy.

[stagandsteer]

I saw the name woody allen and I'm really curious about what was said

it was a quip by him that the writer was quoting, not Richard. “Eternity is a very long time, especially toward the end.” I guess it’s a play on talking about Eternals. I still haven’t translated the whole thing.

[helicarrier]

Look, we’re all very impressed with Andy’s new toy. Toy Story (1995) | John Lasseter

[lazy-cat-corner]

All Tom Hiddleston did was smoke a cigarette and he stole the show in Midnight in Paris send post

[cumaeansibyl]

If anyone was getting slapped on that stage, though, it should've been Woody Allen

[nine-fifteenths]

Also imagine thinking that man's warped depictions of human interaction take place in "romantic worlds". The way his character in Annie Hall treats the women around him made me sick, and that's without even getting into his personal life.

I don’t understand why so many ppl in the industry praises Woody Allen

[earlysummer1951]

ANOTHER WOMAN (1988) dir. Woody Allen

[xwhitenoise]

he can just self-publish his shitass book, stephen, you don't have to worry about the poor sexual predator being ~oppressed