The academic, author and cultural critic analyzes the four versions of the tragic love story and finds one a "feminist landmark" and Bradley Cooper’s to be "a misogynous disgrace."
Camille Paglia: Sexism and the 'Star Is Born' Films (Guest Column)
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| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 21, 2019 5:11 AM |
[quote]What the script has stingily left to Gaga to play is not leading lady material. Her performance has never belonged in the best actress category because Cooper demoted her to supporting actress from the start.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 20, 2019 4:40 PM |
Oh now she's a feminist?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 20, 2019 4:43 PM |
Particularly outrageous amid the overpraise of Cooper's film has been denigration of the previous, 1976 version, with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, [bold]from whose performance Cooper heavily borrowed. Except[/bold], that is, for Kristofferson's robust sexy allure: With his greasy hair, hobo beard and chronic slump, [bold]Cooper scarcely manages more than two facial expressions (dull and duller) throughout.[/bold]
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 20, 2019 4:43 PM |
Someone wants to lick Barbra's clit.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 20, 2019 4:49 PM |
Automatic F&F.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 20, 2019 4:55 PM |
What am I, Camille, you poor frumpy darling? Chopped liver?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 20, 2019 5:02 PM |
R6 And me whom the story is rumored to be based on. I've already seen all the invisible rabbits he had to offer!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 20, 2019 5:08 PM |
Not bothering to read it. Just came to ask why this personification of trite banality is still around.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 20, 2019 5:19 PM |
Good lord. That Barbra in op is sure ugly. Couldn't she have dubbed someone more pleasurable to the eye
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 20, 2019 5:21 PM |
Why does anyone still hire this woman?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 20, 2019 5:25 PM |
R6 did not read the article because Camille does mentions Constance Bennett in 1932's "What Price Hollywood?".
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 20, 2019 5:27 PM |
But Paglia did not see the film or account for its place in the line-up. Cukor's film may well be the most "feminist" of them all.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 20, 2019 9:24 PM |
DUH, CAM!
The "star" in "A Star is Born" redux, is directress Bradley Cooper in his directorial debut!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 21, 2019 5:11 AM |