Why does everyone hate Cate Blanchett on here now for being "pretentious"?

I used to love Cate and still consider her the best actress below 60 out there but that Critic's Choice speech....dear lord. It was patronizing (to other women) bursting with privilege and hypocritical. And I say it as a woman.

I think a lot of the hatred for Blanchett here is just trying to make the Best Actress race more of a competition than it already is. It's a lot of hyperventilating over things she said in speeches that doesn't matter at all.

I don't think it comes from passionate Michelle Yeoh fans, though, because there isn't a lot of love for Everything Everywhere All at Once on this site compared to elsewhere online. Maybe it's from Meryl fans who don't like that another actress is going to join her as a three-time Oscar winner, and at an age young enough that she has a good chance of surpassing her.

How was her speech "bursting with privilege and hypocritical" R1?

I didn’t find it as hypocritical or bursting with privilege either. It reminds me of when people went batshit over Jane Campion last year. It seems that the public cannot handle a woman in the arts who isn’t overly soppy and “endearing.”

OP, she talks about the patriarchy so Republicans DLers think she's "woke"

Hint - most intelligent women tend to be on the liberal side. How many women getting their PhDs at Yale are running around screaming "God hates fags" and voting for Trump?

I agree she's the best female film actress under 65 right now.

Most of the hatred directed against her here is because she's a blonde white woman who is widely admired.

R6, if you think people here hate her because she's a blonde white woman you should read the vitriol aimed at Viola Davis. Republicans here hate black people. They hate the white people who are "woke"

Republicans think being intelligent makes you "woke" or uppity

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Oh stfu R7, it's not a Republicans hate for Cunty Cate. She comes off as pompous, fake, so so fake. Viola too they're all in the same basket

Her brand has become over exposed.

Cate is besties with that man JLC that tells you everything you need to know

Have always been a Cate fan since I saw Notes. Her LOTR character is one of my faves . However, looking over social media I have noticed a lot of young female fans posting about her. When did this happen and where is it coming from?

She needs to be brought down a few pegs

She doesn't come off as genuine. It almost seems like she is always in acting mode.

Thank God she didn't play Lucille Ball in that movie.....Nicole Kidman was bad enough.

r15: Had there been a sequel, it was well known she would have played Gale "My Little Margie" Storm in "Being the Albrights."

R8, talks about white supremacy while using Republican talking points (woke)

I'd say using Republican talking points while pretending to care about racism is self-serving and hypocritical

R3, from the Sydney Herald about cate's speech This about sums it: Many applauded her, but others also saw the comments as uncharacteristically myopic, especially as she clutched her latest trophy while making them When film is a hit, that exposure makes people like Blanchett among the most influential humans on the planet. Not only does it lead to multimillion-dollar contracts to sell expensive face creams and perfumes, as Blanchett does; it paves the way to address governments and powerful organisations, like the United Nations, on serious issues, as Blanchett has.

Decide for yourself.

R18 this criticism can be applied to every single actress and actor. All of them. Why single out Cate?

R8 Holy shit, get off datalounge. Are you from deuxmoi?

You Don't Own Me, Giorgio Armani.

Cate gained a heap load of lezzie fangirls since she did Carol and now it's even worse since that Tar movie

What happened to her Australian accent? She now sounds like a British man.

Maybe because she says things like this...

"I look for the great noble failure, I think, at this point in my life. When I began reading the script {for Tar}, I fortunately have a 26-volume of the Oxford English Dictionary.

When one Oxford English Dictionary just won't do.

This bitch ruined Notes on a Scandal. She was about as believable as a middle-class Islington teacher as a three-dollar bill. Luckily Dame Judi saved that film with her deliciously wicked performance.

And who could ever forget her sick Judy Garland joke during her GG awardS speech for Blue Jasmin?! She's absolutely horrible.

What did she say about dear Judy ?

R25, damn that ho for daring to speak intelligently huh?

Almost no one remembers that Judy Garland joke but you, R26. We do remember your ridiculous claim that Hollywood would never forgive Blanchett for making a joke about Garland.

How well did that prediction pan out?

R28, Using 25 cent words from an Oxford Dictionary does not equal intelligent speaking.

Her remarks about Judy Garland --

"Thank you {to} my extraordinary agent for plying me with vodka in the same way that Judy Garland was probably plied with barbiturates. Thank you, thank you."

Classless Cate.

R11 she is also besties with DL Fave Julia Roberts.

R30. Cate is well read .

And yes using 25 cents words as opposed to your penny words makes one sound intelligent.

It is obvious from hearing her take on various topics that she is not just your typical Hollywood actress

R3 It's just very very easy to be all "Wouldnt it all be lovely if us women could just sit around discussing our great characters instead of competing against each other" when you have a closet full of awards (well deserved imo). Also, the idea that women would be happier not engaging in some perceived nasty patriarchal competition....because as far as I know, she mentioned this specifically about women...when maybe that's not necessarily the truth for all of us. Yes, why don't we just sit around in a circle over some herbal tea while our cycles sync up instead...that totally shatters the stereotype about the competiveness of women. And the whole line about how "All the women, down to the ones in tampon commercials, I'm sure you're all wonderfull" or whatever.....maybe some appreciate that, I just find it patronizing. Maybe some of us suck. It was just a coma inducing sugar infested tounge bath meant for my female heart to go pitter patter and it had the exact opposite effect.

Add to this that she has actively campaigned for years to win awards and it's just too much.

Now I will say, I don't disagree that who wins awards is not the be all and end all and there should celebration of all the great performances every year. I also don't think Blanchett was really intending to make a really serious political speech and some people took it more seriously than it was intended. I genuinely think Blanchett was trying to be gracious but her privilege just made her not kind of blind and not quite in touch with reality.

I don't think blanchett ia too keen on her lesbian 'fanbase" she was asked about it recently amd gave a strange response of whatever that means These lezzies are wasting their time. Blanchett is not ready to be your icon.

CB's recent awards speech was not so well received because it is hypocritical and didn't come off as genuine. She wanted to be woke, probanly felt guilty about these black actresses staring at her and she quickly said some BS. If Cate was genuine about sleaking on inequality she would address racism in Hollywood

Blanchett is a very talented actress. She's not particularly interesting as a person and that's fine. I don't watch awards shows or much celebrity television. She does seem quite typical for an educated actress, enough brains to grasp a script - even a complex one - and the ability to take direction combined with her innate talent for performing and she's a great success. She's not necessarily smarter or even better than other actresses but she does have a wider vocabulary and she tries very hard.

The real problem with Blanchett is that she's cold as ice and that comes across.

I think people have always been cool towards her. Maybe the lesbians like her, but she is very stiff and can’t do comedy or be a romantic lead. Much like dear old Glennie.

I saw her on the Actors Studio (?) and she came off very robotic. Her techniques sounded like math equations.

She is a cold fish. Zero sex appeal

I would be honored if she played my grandma.

She has aged weirdly and looks like a completely different person. Cate needs to ease up on the face procedures

Actresses like Cate Blanchett are one of the reasons the Academy Award are shit.

She’s almost irrelevant at the box office but she makes great movies (I guess) and she’s a critic darling.

And it drives zero people to watch the show.

You could look at the last few years of winners and the average person is like who the fuck is that?

Lol.

No one watched “Tar” but she’s going to sweep award season.

But sure let’s blame black people and wokeness for why people don’t watch the Oscars and award shows anymore.

Didn’t she say let’s stop the televised horse race for actresses? (While feverishly campaigning?).

R43 So the Oscars should be a popularity contest, not an award for best performance of the year?

R37 I agree with everything you said but I think (especially today) it’s very unusual for a female celebrity to come across as cold and intellectual, so that’s why Cate inspires distaste from certain people. It actually makes me like her even though she’s such a hit or miss actress. Like Bette Davis, when she’s excellent (such as in TAR, a movie I’ve seen memed a ton on Twitter so SOMEONE must have watched it) there’s few better, but when she’s awful, it’s painful.

R45, the Oscars have ALWAYS been a popularity contest and not at all an award for Best Performance of the year.

Where have you been, living under a rock all this time?

Didn't listen to her speech. No nothing about it.. I can't stand her. makes my skin crawl, her and Glenn Close. I don't like that not feminine thing, whatever you want to call it, creeps me out big time.

Ugly.

R45 The Oscars has always been a popularity contest. It’s just that these actors are not popular anymore.

The Oscars are just like local elections. Politicians put their name everywhere so people recognize the name so when people go to vote, they vote for them despite not knowing who they are.

It’s the same shit at the Oscars. That’s why they campaign.

“Tar” is Oscar bait and Oscar bait doesn’t even work anymore.

R44 Yes and she called award shows a patriarchal pyramid. Cause you know, women don’t compete and everyone should get a trophy.

That’s why you have to respect the older generation of actresses. Was it Elaine Stritch who won a few years before she died and basically said fuck the other nominations, I WON!!!

Look at how Joan and Bette fought over the Oscars. Now actors are just TOO cool to win. As award shows are dying because it’s a bunch of actors with zero star power today lol.

I have a story about her. A few years back my friend who worked as a cashier at a supermarket always told me how she has a celebrity who shops at her store and she has checked out her groceries several times. She couldn't give me a name and when I asked how she knows this person is famous, said her coworkers told her. This is seaside mind you, so I chucked it off as some dlister, Top of the Pops or X factor type celeb. She always talked of how sweet this person was and how she helps her to her car with the groceries etc My friend is a middle-aged mum. She doesn't follow Hollywood. One afternoon I went to pick my her up after work, spotted her helping a thin built woman with her grocery cart. I walk up to my friend waiting to the side for her to finish helping this person. I wasn't really paying attention until i heard the voice thanking my friend, It was Cate Blanchett. She was so pale looking, looked massively disheveled. It even looked like she was wearing pajamas bottoms. I remember saying oh wow, she smiled , thanked my friend and drive off. This was over a decade ago.

We’ve always hated her

R51 Was that in Australia?

R53- No I'm in the UK

Tar is not Oscar bait. If you’ve seen the movie you know it’s very far from it. It’s a well crafted movie about a complex character and it actively questioning very popular liberal notions about MeToo and “cancel culture.” Because it’s an arthouse movie for adults it’s Oscar bait?

Promising Young Woman was Oscar bait. Nomadland was Oscar bait.

But then again, what can you expect from the deuxmoi morons on datalounge now? In the Cate / Michelle Yeoh thread somebody thought Lydia Tar was a REAL PERSON and that Tar was a biopic, so that’s why Cate is a lock. I’m not making this up.

I assumed Tar wasn't actually about the paving industry.

Cate was never popular. Never will be. She’s tolerated at best.

The best Cate Blanchett story is from that flight attendants message board which stated she emitted noxious farts in her sleep.

R59, what do you speak of?

Cate Blanchett has never been popular then she stayed playing lezzies on screen and boom, she has grown a weird fanbase

Box office poison!

I am not a fan but I do know three people who know her - two professionally and one personally. None of them know each other.

They all rave about her.

She has become tiresome and ubiquitous.

I love her.

Americans find her pretentious but she’s just well educated, which they’re not used to.

Cate Blanchett is a fake and a phony like every other white woman in Hollywood.

R66 Australians find her pretentious too.

Recent speeches aside, she's regarded in Australia as a limousine liberal / chardonnay socialist and has been for some time.

I'm a lesbian, and I never liked her. I don't find her attractive in the least. And I hated "Carol."

If I'm going to watch an actress of that ilk, I'll choose Tilda Swinton, hands down. THAT woman can act.

Every year Cate has been nominated she deserved to win the Oscars. She should be on her 8th oscar win by now

Actually she should be given all the Oscars all the time, for all the categories. Sorry I wasn’t fawning enough.

I didn't realize how much her face had changed, but good grief, she is S T R E T C H E D

[quote]When one Oxford English Dictionary just won't do.

Cate is quite right. The Oxford English Dictionary IS in 26 volumes. If you are thinking of it as only one volume you are thinking of the Shorter (though I think even that is two) or the Concise, both of which are heavily abbreviated versions. The full thing does not just tell you the meanings of the words and how to pronounce them, but their entire histories, with changing meanings and pronunciations and examples of the earliest works in which they appeared. If you were in a lot of Shakespeare and other classics (and she has been) and you had plenty of room in your house (and she does) then the OED would be useful, and not a particularly pretentious thing to own. I had professors of Eng Lit who had it in their offices.

I don't think Australia in general has any particular prejudices against her, except maybe that when she left LA she chose to move to England instead of back home. There are probably theatre luvvies (including patrons) who didn't get enough of her attention when she ran the Sydney Theatre Company and are resentful, but the big names of Australian theatre have always appeared to be pleased to work with her, and they either already have overseas recognition or have chosen not to pursue it, so it's not like they're angling for advancement.

Anyone who doubts her talent should try to see the movie Thank God He Met Lizzie (or it might show up as The Wedding Party). It is from very early in her career, and also stars Richard Roxburgh and Frances O'Connor. It proves she has always been a great actress, and also that she looked much better with her original teeth!

Well, at least this thread has given me the LSA loonies who complain about “white women” to F&F.

R68 Are you the Aussie poster who once told us that she is known as "Carbon Cate" in Australia? I thought that nickname was hilarious.

Where can I read these Cate farting in her sleep stories, R59?

R75 Nope, that wasn't me.

That's a horrible photo of her@ R72

Idk but find Cate Blanchett to be a bit more down to earth than your typical Hollywood actress. Perhaps it is because she is foreign, therefore not as fake as these American actresses?

I think if she wins, someone should hit her in the face with a bucket of cold water!

Wouldn't that be lovely?

here's an article on why Cate was dubbed Carbon Cate.

I didn't hate her until I came to DL

I would have had those fixed too.

Damn!

I find her even more beautiful with her "imperfections" , she is someone who grew more beautiful as she aged. I much prefer looking at wrinkly Cate than waxy Kidman

It's just a personal thing with me but I do not like those kind of lines around a woman's mouth and I do not know why but Hollywood loves women, and men, with these big wide mouths which I personally really do not like the look of.

Same with they eyes, wide and narrow and always look devoid of any real warmth or tenderness.

Tar is a ridiculous movie

R87 didn't you already post this in the "Investigation" thread?

Aww fuck'em OP. Cate's great.

I need the link to the site of the flight attendant who wrote that Cate drops noxious farts in her sleep

It’s pre-twitter thread on a long defunct message board for airline staff about which celebrities have been on your flights. Several tabloids mined it for stories over a decade ago.

From memory, bad celebrities included Cilla Black, Geri Halliwell, Nicole Kidman, Richard Branson, Damon Hill, Boris Becker, Bob Geldof, Princess Margaret and Tyne Daly.

Good ones were Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Iggy Pop, Lee Scratch Perry, Uri Gellar, Joe Frazier, Paris Hilton, Boy George, Mariah Carey (!) Prince Andrew (!!) and Sharon Gless.

I found two YouTube videos of Cate on farting but no mention of plane flight sleeping.

OP's beautiful, sensible, and vibrant post really exacerbates my honor and I can't tell you how graceful I am for his commendable words.

I'd hardly describe you as " graceful," Cate.

Cate tries too hard

R88 it's worth repeating

An advertisement for that communist dance show (that gets trotted out around the United States every year or so) called Shen Yun, caught my eye on the subway yesterday. On the little mini poster was a glowing recommendation... From Cate Blanchett, " Oscar winning actress." I don't know what's more amusing, the fact that she's endorsing this odd communist dance cult, or the fact that she insisted on being billed as an oscar-winning actress.

Are you sure r97, I find it hard to believe Cate Blanchett endorses Shen Yun

The photo that I took cut off the Shen Yun name. But if anyone doesn't believe me, look up the dates that it's playing at Lincoln Center and you will see that this poster, with Cate blanchett's endorsement, is indeed Shen Yun.

R97 isn't imagining the Shen Yun poster.

[quote]Why does everyone hate Cate Blanchett on here now for being "pretentious"?

How about because she's pretentious, OP?

No quotation marks needed, cunt.

Calm your tits r101.

R99, Cate Blanchett is probably unaware these Chinese scammers are using her name for fake endorsements

Even if she doesn't know, I find it hilarious. And honestly, something that she would endorse.

They figured CB or her people won't be riding the subway always so why not advertise this , get free endorsement from a celeb

Anyways*

Her endorsement is also on their website. Sorry, the whole thing just makes me laugh. The full quote from her is so pretentious.

R107 o lordy vomitas. Who the fuck talks like that?

Wonder how much she got paid for this. Comes across as a greedy bitch

No one outside DL hates her, OP

R102, you missed a mandatory comma.

Oh, dear.

You were saying, you illiterate cunt?

R110 = lezzie fangurl

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT TAR SPOILER ALERT

I really thought this is what Lydia was conducting at the end, but of course it turned out to be something even worse.

R113 what are you going on about?

Is Cate related to Sia? They could pass for sisters

Cate Blanchett Brings Back Alexander McQueen Power Suit With Blue Sleeves to London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

The power suit is ugly.

Cunts hate cunts.

Cate has become unrecognizable. She seem to be going the Madonna route, poor thing

What the fuck is she wearing? It is an ugly outifit

Cate through the years.

R131, thanks for proving me right that she now looks unrecognizable

She needs to stop tweaking her face. Cate, no more nose jobs.

I'm afraid she's on her way to looking like Ellen Barkin.

I hated her after reading an interview she gave to an Austin paper when she was making a film with notoriously overrated Terrence Malick. She said her father was from Texas. He died when she was 10 of heart failure. Did she reminisce fondly about poor old Dad? Nah, she bitched about how she has always hated Westerns because her father was bedridden for a couple of years and all he'd do was watch Westerns on TV and annoy her. Then the jerk went and died and she and her Ma were broke and they suffered so much. Such a bitch.

Another reason to hate her: she's so fucking pretentious and yet dumb. When she won an Oscar and Daniel Day-Lewis gave it to her, she said getting an Oscar from DDL "exacerbated the honor"!

R124 is regurgitating past DL anti Cate rubbish fodder

R125 hello Cate's publicist!

[quote] Maybe it's from Meryl fans who don't like that another actress is going to join her as a three-time Oscar winner, and at an age young enough that she has a good chance of surpassing her.

I doubt it. That's a real stretch.

R8 got it right. Nobody is asking for Cate to pretend to be an ally, but the patriarchy is not the problem in Hollywood, racial discrimination is. And she should at least acknoweldge this or shut the fuck up about social issues when she goes to collect her little trophies at the podium.

I'm sure a seemingly smart woman like her can see that the patriarchy is not the main issue in Hollywood. Non white actresses do not have the same opportunities as white actresses. The patriarchy did not stop unknown Andrea Risborough from being nominated.

She seems to be one of those unappealing actors like Jake Gylenhaal who keeps being foisted on the public. I don’t find her interesting or appealing.

Bitch stole my look!

I want Michelle Yeoh to win the Oscar. She's such an inspiration.

R124 I want to see this interview! Link, please!

People interview where Cate talks about her father.

^ That necklace is excessive.

Overrated actress, really don't understand the hype about her.

Nothing in that interview at r133 makes any sense. This woman talks in such abstract ways that nothing she says in interviews make sense.

Don't hate Cate. Her performance in Tar was terrific.

r113, I got it. LOL. R114, go watch the movie, it's stream now.

Thank you, R131. She is the opposite of pretentious. A gracious, humble woman.

I like that Gena Rowlands is her oft-cited idol; it shows a level of taste and awareness of film that is surprisingly uncommon among major screen actors.

Pretentious and overrated. You're just an actress hon, not a rocket scientist

Oscars Predictions: Best Actress – Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh in Race Too Close to Call.

R124 it’s not bitchy just honestly. Why would you want to watch films associated with what your dead father watched on his death bed? Sounds reasonable to me.

At the the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre.

The 53-year-old was honoured at the Outstanding Performers of the Year Award tribute.

Cate opted for a Louis Vuitton number from the brand's Spring Summer 2017 collection - a high fashion frock in a asymmetric cut and glittering silver and black tones. The usual dress included one sleeve in black, and the star had her shoulder bared on the other side. She added a pair of black heather boots with a a pointed design and a towering stiletto heel.

Article with pics.

She is morphing into Courtney Love

Cate loves to tease the lezzies

Love the straight sleek hair on hair. Dress is ugly though. Thigh high boots, nice move. She needs to show more skin

Drag Queen chic. Yes mama! Slay bitch

With all these glorified reviews of Cate's performance, its almost like they a trying to force people to love Tar.

One of the greatest performance in cinematic history? Wtf? Are you kidding me?

In one vid, Cate told the crowd she was not wearing any underwear . The words that come out of her mouth are so far removed from her public persona. Such a highbrow visage with lowbrow, potty mouth

Wow R145 that is a truly face made for slapping.

R140 you rang?

Cate Blanchett: ‘I’ve never encountered a character like Tár. She inhabited my dreams.

STFU Cate

Photo @ r154. Yassss Kween, looking hot Cate. SLAY!

[quote] Cate Blanchett: ‘I’ve never encountered a character like Tár. She inhabited my dreams.

Ofc, typical word salad from Cate

In this interview, Cate describes Lydia Tar as enigmatic. The character of Tar is anything but that -- it's easy to see & believe Tar's malignant and mean-spirited/sociopathic behavior throughout the film.

Delusional Cate.

Cate Blanchett hits back at cancel culture and says society will be 'destined to repeat' mistakes if history is airbrushed: 'It's important to have a healthy critique'

She used Pablo Picasso as an example as she said she could 'only imagine' what happened at the time but praised him for creating Guernica, which she deemed 'one of the greatest work of art ever'.

She told Radio Times: 'You look at Picasso. You can only imagine what went on in, outside and around his studio.

'But do you look at Guernica and say that is one of the greatest works of art ever? Yes, it's a fact. I think it's important to have a healthy critique.'

Cate, whose new movie Tar has been accused of being 'anti-woman', also argued that society will be 'destined' to repeat mistakes if we airbrush history.

She said: 'If you don't read older books that are slightly offensive because of what they say in a historical context, then you will never grapple with the minds of the time [and] we are destined to repeat that stuff.'

Cate went on to say that her new movie Tar used cancel culture as a plot device to tackle 'existential' issues.

Elsewhere in the interview, Cate also addressed the double standards women face in positions of power.

She said: 'As a woman, when you don't wield your power – in the way we see men wield their power – then people think you don't know what you're doing, you don't know what you think.'

Cate is totally right. These difficult conversations and healthy critique is required if society is to progress. We can't go ahead and cancel everything or ban books which teach about America's history of enslaving blacks and Indignenous People. However, we must be very careful and not allow narratives of the past to forge ahead. Things which which were deemed conducive to the past e.g raced based science must be cancelled. It can be studied, which is allowed but cannot be glorified.

Cate's statement is just too general. I expect nothing less from a privileged white Australian woman

Here is pro tip for Cate : shut up and act. She knows nothing of what she talks about

So cate is saying that those who promoted a particular agenda however long ago, which has caused great harm to modern society should escape responsibility?

Is she fine with keeping up statues that valorize people who did things that we now deemed are very bad?

Cate Blanchet is anti cancel culture because I bet if we do a search of Cate's family background there are some skeletons lying in that closet

Cate Blanchet is anti cancel culture because I bet if we do a search of Cate's family background there are some skeletons lying in that closet

We have to look at history from all perspectives, the good and the bad . If we don't learn from things we did wrong then we are stupid. For example, pretending slavery wasn't damaging and is irrelevant to people alive now is stupid, saying people should let bygones be bygones over matters that shaped the world is stupid. There are lessons to be learned and peoples voices should be heard and opinions respected from all perspectives. That does not mean we have to agree, but we should have respect.

Of course a supporter of Woody and Roman Polanski will hate cancel culture

Nothing is more pretentious than finding ways not to look pretentious.

Exactly R169, I find it hard to believe Cate Blanchett is anti cancel culture

[quote] Of course a supporter of Woody and Roman Polanski will hate cancel culture

Actually, it's the cancellation of people like Woody and Roman and anyone else really that makes one hate cancel culture, not the other way around.

A bunch of nonsense from a Hollywood attention seeker.

Cate and her Hollywood types are the ones who started this entire Cancel Culture fest with their "Me Too" and cancelation of their bestie Harvey Wiensten

So Cate believes the action of pedophiles, slave owners and the entire lot should be viewed through critical lens? Amazing

R168, is it sad not to have anyone aware of you enough to cancel you?

I would think it would feel liberating.

STFU Professor Blanchett

So I take it that DL is not rooting for Cate to win the Oscar?

I think it's a bit silly of Cate to wade into the murky waters of the cancel culture debate, because there was no need for it in her case.

Some of Lydia Tár's behaviour is so bad that no-one would disagree with her being "cancelled", therefore it wouldn't give rise to a "cancel culture" debate.

Rather silly of Cate to make herself look conservative when that is the very thing that the Academy wants to avoid after the controversy, justified or not, over the Till and Woman King black actresses (Deadwyler and Davis) not being nominated.

Perhaps DL is right and Cate just really loves the sound of her own voice. I still liked TÁR.

"When I was younger, I would wonder why the older actors I admired kept talking about quitting. Now I realize it’s because they want to maintain a connection to the last shreds of their sanity.

"As I get older, I ask myself if I still want to submit myself to the shamanistic end of this profession and go completely into madness," she added. "It’s the King Lear end of the spectrum of what we do, right? So I’m on the proverbial couch thinking, 'Do I want to go that direction, or do I actually want to live a life?'"

R177, see R169

[quote] As I get older, I ask myself if I still want to submit myself to the shamanistic end of this profession and go completely into madness," she added. "

It looks like she is already there. The poor dear.

R175 nothing about this woman is professorial. The intelligence is not there

What is Cate trying to prove with this take?IDGI

[quote] "As I get older, I ask myself if I still want to submit myself to the shamanistic end of this profession and go completely into madness,"

Sure, Maggie smith, judi dench, Helen mirren… all scream madness to me!

She is trying to be different.

I just loved her in her latest movie, Tard.

Can't stand this woman

She is pandering to the MAGA crowd

I always knew there was something off about this albino, possum looking woman

Cate Blanchett Is Wary of ‘Reductive’ Comparisons Between ‘TÁR’ and ‘Carol’

R189, she needs to stfu

Good grief, she sounds both dumb AND annoying.

She is so shamanistic, yeah that’s it.

Stuck up, she has an air.

I hope she loses. I am so sick of her desperate campaign to win.

I certainly don’t hate her. She’s a supremely talented actress. She’s also a class act. DL is not collectively, classy. It’s mostly stupid and as prejudiced as the crowd at a Trump rally.

I never liked her or her acting but then I phucking loathe Australians and their horrid accents.

I skipped a lot because it's close to bed time, and this issue is a lot deeper than I thought it would be. And I don't know anything about Tar. Some quick points:

1. Women have suffered more than any other group throughout history. There, I said it.

2. We kind of do have to view pedos and Nazis and slaveowners through a historical lens. I was watching this art history dvd (BBC) I got from Dollar Tree (The Private Life of a Masterpiece, Christmas edition), and they got to the last segment. It was about a Gauguin painting where he panted his fourteen year old girlfriend as Mary, right after she had given birth. I am squeamish and turned it off, I never finished watching it. Still, it happened, and as far as I know people still like his work. (See point number 1 above)

3. Tar may be boring (as I said, I haven't even read anything about it), but I bet The Woman King and Till are pretty boring too. Till is an important story, but we kind of know all about it already. It's not something that they just pulled out of obscurity. And who gives a shit about an African woman king? Nobody does. We'd all rather watch Wakanda Forever. I mean, maybe I should learn more about The Woman King, but nobody wants to watch that. Like nobody wants to watch softball. You can't force people to be interested in boring stuff.

Most of the Cate haters on DL are probably deuxmoi frauen or morons, reading through this thread. I still think most on this site like her.

Michelle Yeoh is an action star who was in a shitty childish movie which will only win her an Oscar on the concept of her being an old Asian lady.

It has been proven that if you like Cate your parents were brother and sister. So like away.

4. Ooof, just read more about The Woman King, I think I had read some of that already. That sounds like the most "problematic" movie subject in the history of the world. So not only does no one care, but if we actually look closely at it, we are horrified. Do they discuss slavery in the movie? How is it handled? Or is The Woman King character a recognized villain?

R200, the movie tries to briefly acknowledge the issue so that it can be summarily ignored, since the movie was really only interested in doing its rousing feminist action shtick. People did bring it up, but it was usually in a Fox News racist asshole context that no one wanted to validate. That probably explains some of the reaction to the movie in terms of awards. No one wanted to attack it and be on the side of conservative assholes, but few wanted to affirm what the movie did either.

R198 is mostly right, except for one thing: Yeoh isn’t winning. She doesn’t have a role that wins Oscars, no matter how much Oscar voters love the movie itself. It will take a lot to upset Cate with the reception she’s had all season, and mentioning the patriarchy or praising Andrea Riseborough or misusing exacerbate in a sentence ten years ago isn’t going to be it.

She must be concerned about losing if she is on this endless tour and trying to sell her flop movie.

Is there such a thing as overselling it? I fear she has reached that point

[quote]Most of the Cate haters on DL are probably deuxmoi frauen or morons, reading through this thread. I still think most on this site like her. Michelle Yeoh is an action star who was in a shitty childish movie which will only win her an Oscar on the concept of her being an old Asian lady.

Because Asians are so beloved on DL, huh?

R75 She was nick named 'Carbon Cate' by the right wing media (i.e. Murdoch papers).

The reason is because she preached to ordinary people that they need to make sacrifices to help reduce omissions, whilst she flies all over the world to attend to opening of an envelope.

Australians don't mind being told how they can help improve things for a better society but not by people who don't practice what they preach.

She can go fuck herself and when her kids burn up due to a heated up planet she and her husband can thank each other of their contribution.

What omissions does she want reduced, R 205?

Cate is very duplicitous

Viola Davis, for one.

Loved her in The Talented Mr Ripley. I really felt that character.

Aussie Hollywood star delivers Super Bowl sledge and AFL reveal

Aussie Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett has once again shown you can take the woman out of Australia, but you can’t take the Australia out of the woman. Having been born in Melbourne and cut her chops on Australian stages, Blanchett shows she’s as Aussie as it comes. The 53-year-old has shunned the soccer and gridiron brands of football, calling AFL “real football” on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.

Kimmel asked Blanchett if she watched the Super Bowl.

“To be honest, it’s a gladiatorial sport, where I came from we have a football that’s Aussie rules, footy,” Blanchett began.

“They have a similar kind of ball except they don’t have the protection.”

Kimmel asked: “They don’t even have sleeves right?”

Blanchett: “They wear shorts and tank tops. And my uncle used to play professionally for Essendon. And my cousin played in Tasmania where it’s so hardcore they played on gravel.”

Kimmel: “Is that true?”

Blanchett: “Yeah. I mean the Super Bowl, they take a few hits, but you go to Tasmania and they play real football.”

Kimmel: “On gravel, that’s not kidding around.”

Blanchett: “They lose a lot of players but … it’s why the population’s really small.”

Kimmel said he believes Americans see Australian’s like the rest of the world sees Americans “that they’ve got a screw loose and are really flirting with danger at all times”.

“They’re out there, they’ve got no helmet’s on, they’re killing each other in the same way, they’re kicking a ball, they’re totally exposed,” Kimmel said.

Blanchett: “And the hole in the Ozone layer is right over Australia so it’s really, it a very very difficult game. So that was nothing last night Patrick.”

R210 why do you keep posting nonsense . Regurgitating silly talking points for the sake of thread discussion. Yes we all saw Cate on Jimmy. It's not that serious

She comes off as a loathsome snob.

Ha! I’m Tasmanian and she’s not wrong - I remember some ovals being gravel when I was younger.

Cate is Tasmanian?

Nope, her cousin is and he played football here.

Listening to that interview brought back memories of an entire childhood of skinned knees haha.

R215 are you aboriginal?

No, R216. Why?

R217, I googled Tasmania/ Tasmanaian people because I have no idea where or what Tasmania is and google images showed only Indignenous/ Aboriginal peoples.

Lots of nice butts when you watch AFL.

Interesting, R218. We have a really sad history here re: or dealing with the Aboriginal population. Basically a genocide - there are no full blood Tasmanian Aborigines left and proving you have Tasmanian Aboriginal blood here can be a really upsetting process for people.

My family have been here about four generations from myself, based on a combination of free settler and occasional convict stock.

R219 - fucking oath you’re right there! AFL bodies are probably the best sports bodies out there. I’ve had boyfriends where we’ve masturbated each other. while watching AFL haha!

Desperate woman, going on talk shows and promoting herself. Please don’t vote for her!!!

[quote] going on talk shows and promoting herself. Please

R222 that's the entertainment world.

I am hoping she loses.

She won't r224. Tough luck

R214 No. She was born and raised in Melbourne.

Why does she need a third for a movie no one will watch? Vote no on Cate.

I've tried watching Tar for almost a week night and can't seem to finish. Each night I fall asleep before the movie is done. What gives.. . Everyone is raving about this film however, it can't seem to hold my attention

R227, dl sissies are not voting for the best actress category. You're preaching to the wrong choir honey.