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How would you rehabilitate Rachel Zegler who went from Hollywood darling to a SCANDAL-ridden star
by Anonymous | reply 164 | September 3, 2023 4:55 PM |
Start taking singing lessons and be a Broadway replacement. Theatre queens will bring you back to life
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 20, 2023 9:04 PM |
This is not scandalous. She expressed an opinion that many disagree with.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 20, 2023 9:05 PM |
R1 rumors are she’s doing Evita; Sondheim said she sings like a nightingale
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 20, 2023 9:11 PM |
Serious answer would be for her to delete Twitter
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 20, 2023 9:14 PM |
Her knees are repulsive.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 20, 2023 9:15 PM |
I hate twitter hate trains but she really is the epitome of entitled and disagreeable. Especially what she said about her Snow White male costars....she was practically lobbying for his scenes to be cut.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 20, 2023 9:17 PM |
R3 over my argentinean ass
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 20, 2023 9:18 PM |
Why bother? She's just going to put her foot in her mouth again within a few months anyway.
[quote]'We have a different approach to what I'm sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because we casted a guy in the movie,' Zegler responded.
Casted. Jesus Christ.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 20, 2023 9:22 PM |
Her career is like a Roach Motel....she can check in....but she CAN"T CHECK OUT!!!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 20, 2023 9:22 PM |
I'm thinking of reimagining E.T. with Rachel. Good move?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 20, 2023 9:25 PM |
Her skin isn't as white as snow.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 20, 2023 9:25 PM |
Post-modernism/critical theory without a bit of inclusive hope/positivity just leads to everyone hating each other.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 20, 2023 9:25 PM |
Cut her down to size
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 20, 2023 9:26 PM |
I think she should leave show business and go to college.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 20, 2023 9:27 PM |
First, she was a good idea, then she became a business, now she's become a racket
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 20, 2023 9:35 PM |
I really don’t get her casting as Snow White. She is too ethnic white. Isn’t Snow White suppose to be white as snow.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 20, 2023 9:39 PM |
Wasn't she whining about not being invited to the Oscars a few years ago. Ugh. Go away.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 20, 2023 9:47 PM |
Leave Rachel ALONE!!!!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 20, 2023 9:55 PM |
R6 what was she saying?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 20, 2023 10:16 PM |
Put a fork in her, she done
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 20, 2023 10:54 PM |
The only thing I know about her is that all the conservatives and Incels hate her, because she was cast as Snow White while being partly Hispanic, and apparently she posts actual opinions about stuff online. So the conservatives hate her because she's an uppity Hispanic, and the Incels hate her because she's an uppity female.
So, what's she done that a sane person could object to?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 20, 2023 11:15 PM |
She's a theatre kid, that's a big one. She whined about not being invited to the Oscars until she got production shut down so she could go. She mocked the mental health of Britney. She shit on a film she was in, saying she only did it for the money. And she's shitting on a beloved film, while making a live-action version of it. God, if she hated Snow White so much, why did she even want to do it?
She desperately needs media training.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 20, 2023 11:47 PM |
Launch a porn career on OnlyFans.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 21, 2023 12:36 AM |
R22, none of that is particularly noteworthy.
From the limited information at my disposal, as of now I'd rather hang out with her than you.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 21, 2023 1:14 AM |
R17 I don’t get how the lead of a film nominated for that many Oscars including Best Pic wouldn’t get an Oscar invite. Mainly when they invite A list tv stars with nothing to do with film. I don’t know much about her but that she was right about.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 21, 2023 1:27 AM |
She needs to pull a Lea Michele
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 21, 2023 1:34 AM |
r25 She still wouldnt come to one of your crappy breakfasts.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 21, 2023 1:38 AM |
R27 We don’t do Gen Zers in my home. A one night fuck fest but that’s about it. Millennials and older only.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 21, 2023 1:40 AM |
Make her blond and dye her skin white...only way now
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 21, 2023 1:47 AM |
Encourage her to be the next AOC
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 21, 2023 1:49 AM |
It’s funny because in the OP’s pic she looks a biracial black woman. A young Lena Horne. Race is so arbitrary. I can’t wait until the future when we are all one race.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 21, 2023 1:52 AM |
I think she's quite pretty but she's a class-A cunt.
Most anti-woke stuff is just fascist bullshit, but this spoiled brat needs a lesson on professional behavior.
There are plenty of ways to criticize the story of Snow White without shitting on your employers/costars.
Go work on a soup line and learn a little humility, you self-obsessed bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 21, 2023 1:59 AM |
R32, you're still coming across as a far bigger asshole that she is.
You are coming across as the kind of asshole who thinks that brown people and women need to be put in their place, and not even these bitches are running to join your cause.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 21, 2023 2:02 AM |
R33 I don’t understand why she would take the role and then bash it’s premise. It doesn’t make sense. Because that’s because she is fake. She wants the money and adulation of being Hollywood star. This movie will probably fail miserably because of that mouth of hers. And if I was a soap or C lister who finally got a big break in the supporting cast this ho would get a serious beat down.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 21, 2023 2:07 AM |
Nope, R34, you're still coming across as a massive cunt, and have failed to prove that she can provide you any competition.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 21, 2023 2:12 AM |
If you hate Snow White, then either explain why you played Snow White or don't play Snow White. I have no banner to fly for Snow White. The character could undoubtedly be seen as a racist trope. Giving giggly interviews about how you think your male costar should have been cut from the film is not the way to do this.
Oh, and "You are coming across as the kind of asshole who thinks that brown people and women need to be put in their place, and not even these bitches are running to join your cause" - yeah, eat a bowl of shit. In fact, laminate a particularly protuberant turn and fuck yourself with it. Scream your father's name when you come. Like old times.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 21, 2023 2:13 AM |
R35 what the fuck are you talking about. I’m gone.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 21, 2023 2:14 AM |
She seems like an exhausting and dramatic 20-something actress. So what else is new? Aren’t most of them like this - they just know to keep their mouths shut to the press?
She’s got a beautiful singing voice and I also think she’s quite pretty. She’ll likely be fine. Most kids her age are similarly self-involved and extra.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 21, 2023 2:18 AM |
R38 Actresses have always been progressive but they didn’t bash the films they appeared in at least not until after they came out 😂
by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 21, 2023 2:22 AM |
R36---that's hilarious Thanks for using protuberant. I'll add it to my vocabulary
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 21, 2023 2:29 AM |
Snow brown haha
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 21, 2023 2:33 AM |
"eat a bowl of shit. In fact, laminate a particularly protuberant turn and fuck yourself with it. Scream your father's name when you come. Like old times."
R36, none of that silliness proves me wrong. In fact, it proves me right about calling you the cunt!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 21, 2023 2:37 AM |
I think the reason she wasn't invited to the Oscars for WSS is because she was on location for a shoot and couldn't get away. Then she started bitching and was given a break from shooting and a ticket to the Oscars. Or she wasn't invited because everyone hated her.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 21, 2023 2:57 AM |
I think she needs good PR! I know PR!
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 21, 2023 2:59 AM |
Who cares? Dime the proverbial dozen.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | August 21, 2023 3:21 AM |
It’s funny because Snow White is actually about a jealous older woman trying to murder someone who is younger and prettier than her. An old school idea that men desire younger women and old women become spinsters.
A theme they’ll probably STILL keep in the story because they’re all too dumb to realize how ironic it is to try and make a feminist movie out of that.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 21, 2023 3:55 AM |
I find it fishy that the girl went from nothing...literally, no professional experience to starring in 3 major movies, at least 2 of which have been flops. Apparently her family has connections and they fished her out of a private prep school ...poor oppressed Rachel
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 21, 2023 3:55 AM |
I have no idea who this person is. Is she a drug addict or something?
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 21, 2023 3:57 AM |
Disney is really screwing up its brand with these live action remakes
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 21, 2023 3:59 AM |
R21 she outright said that her male co star's (I assume her NOT love interest) role in Snow White was so unimportant and redundant "it might even end up getting cut"...she said this to the hollywood press with a smirk...on the red carpet...
Also quite dishonest of you to imply that only MAGA men hate her....look at social media....many women including myself dont like that she's equating wanting love and romance with weakness.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 21, 2023 4:03 AM |
r46 "It’s funny because Snow White is actually about a jealous older woman trying to murder someone who is younger and prettier than her. An old school idea that men desire younger women and old women become spinsters."
Thats not an old school idea bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 21, 2023 4:29 AM |
The Wicked Queen had zero interest in male desire. She was a pathological narcissist and beyond that a witch who, it is implied, derived at least some of her power from her beauty. She could have given a shit about being a spinster.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 21, 2023 4:32 AM |
"[R21] she outright said that her male co star's (I assume her NOT love interest) role in Snow White was so unimportant and redundant "it might even end up getting cut"...she said this to the hollywood press with a smirk..."
Oh for fuck's sake, even from your bile-filled description it sounds like she was trying to make a joke! Because yes, in the original, the prince's role is tiny. He's probably got less than five minutes of film, and even if his part is greatly expanded the guy who plays the prince will probably be 10th on the call list.
Gawd, get a life. There are so many genuinely evil people in the world, why pick on a kid who is annoying at worst, when you could be picking on Marjorie Taylor Green or Elon Musk? You sound like a bunch of high school Mean Girls picking on the classmate who can't afford designer makeup, and I'm embarrassed for you.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 21, 2023 4:34 AM |
R53, who are you? Her agent?
No one is equating her with Elon or MTG. And it is possible to criticize more than one person at a time. I can also walk while chewing gum.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 21, 2023 4:37 AM |
No, R54, I'm just someone who loathed high school mean girls, whatever age and sex they are.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 21, 2023 4:45 AM |
r54 Telling the truth about someone isnt being mean. Dont you have somebody more worthy to white knight for Mr Zegler?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 21, 2023 4:54 AM |
I take issue with '..white as snow'. That was Mary! You know, as in, ...had a little lamb? Not Snow White.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 21, 2023 5:04 AM |
She’s very opinionated and at that young age she is going to have some bad takes for sure. i give her for speaking her mind without giving a fuck.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 21, 2023 5:11 AM |
^i giver her PROPS
by Anonymous | reply 59 | August 21, 2023 5:11 AM |
I know it’s you.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 21, 2023 5:15 AM |
R58 agree. She is as least as palatable as Leah Michelle.She's very young and green but has talent and pretty enough so far. Maybe she'll do a Julia Roberts and stumble onto that blockbuster movie that will let her retire happy. Remake of Sound of Music anyone??
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 21, 2023 5:16 AM |
"She’s very opinionated and at that young age she is going to have some bad takes for sure. i give her Props for speaking her mind without giving a fuck. "
Its worked out well for me!!
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 21, 2023 5:16 AM |
Yeah R58 I think it's easy for a hot, young, white adjacent, chick to speak her mind. It's not that stunning and brave, if she were an ugly dude, non white, I bet people would hate her even more.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 21, 2023 5:18 AM |
I hate her because she sucks but wont swallow.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 21, 2023 5:20 AM |
My stalker must loathe the fact that I have never FF’d on this site. Not once during my entire time here. And yet I always know it’s him. I’m a genius. But maybe that’s the end goal. He wants me to know it’s him.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 21, 2023 5:49 AM |
She's beautiful and apparently can sign, she should stick to that.
I guess she thinks she's smart and the world needs to know her opinions. As R46 points out, the Snow White tropes aren't me-tooish but rather female jealousy stuff. And if you have a problem with that, don't agree to appear in a fairy tale.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 21, 2023 6:06 AM |
The antiwoke mob needs something to freak out about and Barbie is old news so this is it. Zegler isn't smart enough to say "we've updated a classic in a way that a new generation will find meaningful while retaining the suspense and poignancy of the past.":
So what? I don't need to defend her or participate in the right's paranoid little fire drill. She's insignificant and so is her movie.
The investment people--mostly women--make in hating Amber Heard, Meghan Markle and Rachel Zegler is beyond me. Sure, they suck. Wny isn't saying that once enough? Why does this become a group activity and a cottage industry for youtubers.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 21, 2023 6:59 AM |
Because it's fun trashing very privileged people who make millions who say very stupid ignorant things. Especially for us people who lead hum drum lives. No harm to them and laughter for us.
Notice Disney has said nothing. They are behind this. They want us to know this is a Barbie movie.
And she nice and pretty. But get the very best Hollywood stylists to work on her and she looks sensational. All women should have such money.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 21, 2023 7:18 AM |
And she is nice and pretty.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 21, 2023 7:19 AM |
J’accuse her of posting while brown and/or female
by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 21, 2023 7:41 AM |
So she won’t be singing “Someday My Prince Will Come” or “I’m Wishing” in the remake?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 21, 2023 8:02 AM |
R52 Agreed....she wanted to remain the most beautifull more of as a trophy than because she had any fears of not attracting men...there's nothing in the story that implies it was about men.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 21, 2023 12:41 PM |
R67 its not the anti woke mob though...again, look at social media...she's pissed everyone off...no one related to the film has even defended or spoken up for her.....you keep trying to twist it to be that....god forbid any progressive be liable for criticism
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 21, 2023 12:44 PM |
I wonder if she has the Aspergers.
She reminds me of Jenna Ortega, another good Aspie candidate.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 21, 2023 12:45 PM |
That would explain why Spielberg liked her.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 21, 2023 12:48 PM |
Did she ever suck Ansel Elgort's fat pinga?
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 21, 2023 12:48 PM |
R58 she didn't just "speak her mind"...she trashed her co stars importance to the fucking press....and I dont think she did it out of bravery but quite the opposite, she's so entitled and sure that everyone is going to lick her asshole that she felt no filter was necessary.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | August 21, 2023 12:48 PM |
She might be entitled (like many 22 year olds) but she also seems quite awkward and nervous and says the wrong thing out of ineptitude rather than any kind of malice. She doesn’t seem cruel or homophobic or destructive. I really don’t understand the pile on.
And who knew people were this interested in some Snow White movie? My god.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 21, 2023 12:56 PM |
R53 how the fuck can you have an opinion of something you didnt watch..I did....it wasnt a fucking joke....here you are, please stfu
by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 21, 2023 12:57 PM |
R57 Taking offence at „white as snow“ is so limited. It‘s a damn German fairytale. Her skin is noteworthy because her hair is „black as ebony“. The contrast is very rare which makes her so strikingly beautiful. Americans are offended at every shit nowadays and it spills back over to Europe. It‘s not healthy. If Schneewittchen is too offensive for Americans to handle, Disney could just stop taking our fairytales. Disney is like someone ordering a French meal at a restaurant and then complaining that there is no ketchup. Have your ketchup, but please, can‘t Disney create stories of their own?
by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 21, 2023 1:25 PM |
[quote] Her skin is noteworthy because her hair is „black as ebony“. The contrast is very rare which makes her so strikingly beautiful.
Tell me about it!
by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 21, 2023 3:46 PM |
DOES SHE FEEL PRETTY?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | August 21, 2023 4:11 PM |
Lol, Turning Point USA, r79....really???
by Anonymous | reply 83 | August 21, 2023 4:17 PM |
Has she seen Elgort's engorged member?
by Anonymous | reply 84 | August 21, 2023 4:46 PM |
Have her star as Divines 'son' Crackers in the reboot of Pink Flamingos. She must do the oral and the chicken scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | August 21, 2023 5:03 PM |
I don't know why her PR people didn't tell her to shut up about attacking the old film.
No one wants to hear what an Xer has to think about the politics of movies of the past.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 21, 2023 5:12 PM |
The West Side Story remake is cursed.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 21, 2023 5:14 PM |
Wasn't West Side Story a big flop?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | August 21, 2023 5:19 PM |
"[R67] its not the anti woke mob though..."
This shit absolutely DID start with the anti-woke mob and spread from there, and every mean-girl bitch who joins in with bashing her for tiny things is cooperating with their racist-sexist agenda! Seriously, this shit started when the same girl who'd played Maria was cast as Snow White, and all the conservative assholes started making jokes about "Snow Brown" and screeching that white culture was being decimated, and they started with bitching about the casting and then moved on to hating on Zegler herself. They found it easy to hate her because she spoke her mind, which is not how they believe a woman should behave, so by constantly bitching at her they convinced each other that this awkward girl is a horrible person.
And they've convinced you bitches, too, and some of you bitches are taking the chance to act like high school mean girls again. Well, just so you know, you really ARE proudly carrying on the world of all the alt-right racist and incel assholes who started the Zegler-bashing. Think about that before you hit the keyboard again.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | August 21, 2023 6:00 PM |
OMG, she dissed the animated 1937 version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?!!!!
Is everyone ok?
DL cunts, please unclench. Since when have the opinions of a 22 year old meant so much? If being a 22 year old actor sharing opinions with no filter constitutes a scandal, then the word has lost it's meaning. I thought I was coming here for some juicy gossip, and all I get is this kid making some tepid comments about her upcoming movie? It's silly to lose your shit over something and someone so inconsequential.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | August 21, 2023 6:23 PM |
r90 her casting was ridiculous. This is a Medieval fairy tale in what is now Germany.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | August 21, 2023 6:30 PM |
I would rehabilitate her by telling her she's untalented, unattractive, entitled and that she should quit showbiz altogether.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | August 21, 2023 6:33 PM |
her pussy sad stinks
by Anonymous | reply 94 | August 21, 2023 6:40 PM |
This is what happens when you give fame and money all at once to twenty somethings: they fuck it all up because they've never had to deal with money and responsibilities before. I don't know if it was sexual or financial but something got her the lead in WSS with no resume and it wasn't her talent.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | August 21, 2023 6:48 PM |
I love how she says "we directed" and "we wrote" - bitch you have no level of education and you didn't do a fucking thing!
by Anonymous | reply 96 | August 21, 2023 6:52 PM |
r90 Really Rachel, the best you can come up with is "if you don't love me you're a racist"? And no, it didn't start with Snow White, she's been saying dumb shit that has gotten her into trouble since WSS.
BTW, your boyfriend is gay.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | August 21, 2023 6:54 PM |
She has a lot of work booked and completed so she won't be on the street immediately. She is an asshole but it's distressing this has become a thing.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | August 21, 2023 6:54 PM |
R98: Yes she has time but she’s in trouble if Snow White flops after WSS.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | August 21, 2023 6:57 PM |
Is r90 The Brown Bear?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | August 21, 2023 6:58 PM |
tempest/teacup
by Anonymous | reply 101 | August 21, 2023 7:00 PM |
r101 If it was a one-off, perhaps, but it's becoming a pattern of behaviour from her
by Anonymous | reply 102 | August 21, 2023 7:08 PM |
[quote]If it was a one-off, perhaps, but it's becoming a pattern of behaviour from her
Well, drag her to the village square and stone her, r102. You'll feel ever so much better.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | August 21, 2023 7:33 PM |
R89 a gigantic flop, despite Moreno shit talking Natalie Wood and Ansel doing his best to shag every girl in the audience.
R86 precisely, it's just insulting to have kids thinking their way is the right way and everyone that came before is wrong. There's much smarter ways of getting your point across without being condescending or demeaning. Plus it sounds like a she's just playing to a certain perspective, expecting to be congratulated for being so bold & progressive.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | August 21, 2023 9:44 PM |
The Spielberg WSS was magnificent but Netflix and COVID basically killed the year-end prestige picture as a thing. And that’s how it was marketed.
Prestige pictures marketed as big summer events (Elvis, Oppenheimer) did well.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | August 21, 2023 9:55 PM |
I know DL hated Elvis, but I thought it was a wonderful movie. And Elvis was before my time so I didn't have the background that a lot of Dlers have about him.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | August 21, 2023 10:51 PM |
I don’t mind her being an idiot because she’s young, but damn, she’s freakish looking. Like she has a squashed head.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | August 22, 2023 12:14 AM |
Covid had shit to do with WSS flopping....37 movies made more money that year....
by Anonymous | reply 108 | August 22, 2023 2:02 AM |
She is an insurrerable bitch. Off with her head.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | August 22, 2023 2:04 AM |
It is very very ironic that when the new WSS came out all the latinas especially DL icon Rita complained about a white woman playing a latina in the original but now we aren't supposed to say we've got a latina playing snow white. Oh no no no.
And you really are a gaping asshole R90. You clearly feel anti white racism is fine and dandy. She called the whole thing weird, weird, weird, that Snow White should be about woman's empowerment and the prince is a stalker. She should be scraped off the bottom of a shoe and left in the gutter. But to be fair Iger is behind all of this and a royal scepter should be shoved up his ass until the top pierces his glued on toupee.
And I liked Spielberg's WSS seeing it twice in the theater. Thought blabbermouth Rachel was very good. And I hate his movies except for Duel.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | August 22, 2023 7:23 AM |
Christ on a cracker, you can't rehabilitate someone's image if only 2% of the population even knows who they are.
Enjoy your tempest in a tea pot.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | August 22, 2023 8:08 AM |
I just remember she was the one who complained about not being invited to The Oscars
by Anonymous | reply 112 | August 22, 2023 8:52 AM |
COVID was absolutely the reason WSS flopped because it was marketed toward older audiences at the holiday season and the older audiences never returned to the theaters after COVID. Everything marketed as prestige during the October-December window post-COVID has flopped. Tár, Fablemans, Banshees of Inisherin. The reason is that Netflix has trained audiences to see these films at home (Irishman, Mank, Roma, The Power of the Dog.)
The reason TPOTD lost in every category but Director at the Oscars was industry hatred of Netflix.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | August 22, 2023 11:31 AM |
The film was NOT just marketed at older people, especially not with it's "woke" reimaging. If anything a reimagined more progresive take on a classic the older people already knew was probably not the best way to reel older people in. Millenial/Z-ers were just not interested, they either had never heard of WSS or had because they already saw the original and saw no reason to see it again. Also, musicals are usually a bust, especially with younger crowds, just look at "In the heights" of the same year. Young people also don't care about Steven Spielberg, and the cast was virtually unknown except for the male co star who was in a Me Too Scandal.
It might be true that older people were not going to the movies as much, especially then, but I highly HIGHLY doubt that a small spike in the over 60 crowd (much of whom already go far less to the movies) would have propelled the film from #38 to top 10 of the year.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | August 22, 2023 12:12 PM |
R113 Also how was WSS marketed as "prestige"? A family friendly remake of a lavish musical about a love story directed by Le Spielberg is "prestige" lol? A film that was promoted everywhere, the posters papered on every possible space? The films you mentioned (The Fablemans, Tar, etc) have zero in common with WSS except one of them having the same director....those WERE marketed at niche audiences, there is no way in hell WSS ever was.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | August 22, 2023 12:21 PM |
ROFL woke reimagining? The film had interracial romance and a transgender character in 1960 and NOW it’s woke?
by Anonymous | reply 116 | August 22, 2023 12:36 PM |
[quote] reimagined more progresive take on a classic the older people already knew
WEST SIDE STORY IS A REIMAGINED PROGRESSIVE TAKE ON THE CLASSIC ROMEO AND JULIET THAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNEW, YOU RACIST DINOSAUR ELDERGAY FREAK
by Anonymous | reply 117 | August 22, 2023 12:39 PM |
I'd remove the electrodes from her hair.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | August 22, 2023 12:42 PM |
And WSS was marketed as a prestige drama
Look at the theatrical trailer
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DANCING, THE CHOREOGRAPHY, THE MAMBO
They did not market it for the age of TikTok
by Anonymous | reply 119 | August 22, 2023 12:45 PM |
R116 tell that to Spielberg and co who kept going off his mouth about how they did everything they could to curtail it to today's sensibilities.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | August 22, 2023 12:49 PM |
There is nothing prestige about that trailer R119 and I'd like to remind you that a 3 hour R rated prestige film in theaters now has made 800 million worldwide...
by Anonymous | reply 121 | August 22, 2023 12:54 PM |
Elvis’s music is even older than West Side Story and young people went to see that. Why? The trailer is in their language. Their language isn’t that hard to understand, it’s the same language of the MTV generation, just packaged a little differently.
West Side Story was marketed as a slow moving, sentimental drama. They forgot that a musical filled with fantastic dancing filmed innovatively may actually be something young people would like.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | August 22, 2023 12:55 PM |
“ a 3 hour R rated prestige film in theaters now has made 800 million worldwide...”
Because it was marketed as a blockbuster to be seen on the big screen. Previous “scientist” films like The Imitation Game or The Theory of Everything were marketed as fall prestige pictures, and while they did not do badly they did not make much of an impression. Oppenheimer was a simple case of If You Build It, They Will Come.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | August 22, 2023 12:59 PM |
"Because it was marketed as a blockbuster to be seen on the big screen."
That may have helped but Nolan being a director and the "Barbenheimer" phenomenom also helped.
I dont think it was lack of trying to get younger audiences that did WSS in....I just don't think they had the finger quite in the pulse. And it was already an up hill battle already....Idk what they could have done to sell a sentimental, family friendly musical of them olden days to the under 30 crowd.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | August 22, 2023 1:07 PM |
Zegler is a opinionated, and there's nothing wrong with that. However when you join in the attacks on another actor who then gets fired from a job for expressing opinions that are not popular, it's not surprising to be held to the same standard.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | August 22, 2023 1:13 PM |
Actually The Imitation Game did do well, 233 ww, but Oppenheimer is doing 3 to 4 times that.
The Imitation Game was a Thanksgiving release and received the traditional awards bait rollout (Telluride premiere, etc). The kind of world in which The Imitation Game or The Shape of Water could do well in the fall no longer exists. You can still launch a gonzo scifi art picture (Everything Everywhere, $141 ww, March opening) or a talky drama about a WWII scientist (Oppenheimer) but you cannot do it as a fall prestige picture. That audience has abandoned theatergoing.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | August 22, 2023 1:14 PM |
R125 Thanks for freeing the thread from the clutches of the Barbenheimer freaks but whho is being held to the same standard? Did Zegler join in some sort of attack? I think her problem is that she's been told how cute she is her entire life and has never been told to shut the fuck up.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | August 22, 2023 1:18 PM |
Zegler joined in the criticism of Gina Careno who was then fired from the Mandalorian.
Not sure that Gina is an especially pleasant person but if you dish it out you've got to expect some back.
This article explains what happened.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | August 22, 2023 1:32 PM |
Thank you. Magats hold grudges forever.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | August 22, 2023 1:45 PM |
[quote] Also, musicals are usually a bust, especially with younger crowds, just look at "In the heights" of the same year.
In the Heights also had a controversy because apparently the Latinos in it weren't the right shade of beige.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | August 22, 2023 2:06 PM |
She has an unlikeable quality about her that I can’t quite put my finger on and her social media comments are not helping her case. She was very outspoken in condemning Gina Carano and now her costars in the film which is petty.
My favorite Disney film is Snow White and I do not appreciate this masterpiece being reimagined and much less using an actress who does not even match the description visually of the original character.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | August 22, 2023 3:13 PM |
So go watch the cartoon. Disney has to make money for its stockholders, and Greta Gerwig has to keep making masterpieces. It's a right-wing fantasy that everything in the world must mirror their values.
I cherish the idea of watching Rachel Zegler in an NCIS bit part ten years from now and kicking herself every day of her life.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | August 22, 2023 4:43 PM |
r91, you're actually the one losing your shit here.
Calm the fuck down.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | August 22, 2023 4:49 PM |
Is this like the one with Julia Roberts or the one with Charlize Theron which had a sequel with Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastian?
I don't really remember any of them but what's the point of casting Chris Hemsworth if he doesn't take his shirt off?
by Anonymous | reply 134 | August 22, 2023 4:58 PM |
r132 If Disney wanted to make money for their stockholders they would rewrite, recast and reshoot this steaming piece of crap. Gerwig....masterpieces....somebody is off their meds.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | August 22, 2023 5:13 PM |
"Is this like the one with Julia Roberts or the one with Charlize Theron which had a sequel with Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastian?"
Those films were "Mirror, Mirror", with Julia Roberts as the Wicket Queen, and "Snow White and the Huntsman", with Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart. "MM" had a bit of camp value, mostly due to the costume designer, but was pretty terrible overall. I rather liked "SWatH", it was very atmospheric and Theron was awesome, even if Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth were not.
The sequel to "SWatH" was the one with Blunt and Chastain joining Hemsworth, it was godawful. I forget what it was called.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | August 22, 2023 8:40 PM |
Disney did just fine with Barbie and will do quite well with Snow White since the Datalounge's audience of right-wing gays and middle-aged British crones doesn't count for all that much.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | August 22, 2023 8:49 PM |
WB made Barbie you freaking dumbass.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | August 22, 2023 8:50 PM |
[quote]. It's a right-wing fantasy that everything in the world must mirror their values.
Snow White is a German story that takes place in the Middle Ages. Why can't the cast reflect that?
by Anonymous | reply 139 | August 22, 2023 8:53 PM |
Because, R139, the movie is being sold to modern world audiences, not to Medieval Germans.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | August 22, 2023 8:58 PM |
r140 that is such a bullshit excuse.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | August 22, 2023 9:01 PM |
r140 who grew up watching the animated Disney version not some live-action freakshow.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | August 22, 2023 9:09 PM |
R140 here, and it's not a bullshit excuse, it's how movie studios make financial decisions, and casting a leading role is a financial decision!
Because you bet your ass that a movie studio head cares more about increasing ticket sales in Asia and South America than it does about historical accuracy, but then, the studio heads care more about the color of the walls in the staff breakroom than historical accuracy, because no studio head who's ever lived has ever given a mouse's fart about historical accuracy.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | August 22, 2023 9:16 PM |
r143 Asian audiences actually prefer whites.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | August 22, 2023 9:17 PM |
Put her in a Broadway show and watch her implode.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | August 22, 2023 9:22 PM |
r143 Because you bet your ass that a movie studio head cares more about increasing ticket sales in Asia and South America
Asia and South America are socially conservative regions. They would prefer to spend their money on film that doesnt offend their sensibilities.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | August 22, 2023 9:33 PM |
R146, how, exactly, does casting a girl with some Hispanic ancestry affect South American sensibilities? Or Asian?
So far as I've seen, it only offends the sensibilities of those with white supremacist tendencies. The rest of us are aware of the existence of light-toned foundation makeup, so we aren't fussed.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 22, 2023 9:36 PM |
Its not SW baboso, its the 7 freaks instead of dwarves. And the goofy changes to the story.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | August 22, 2023 9:44 PM |
R146 The Chinese market is incredibly important. I don't know if they are white supremacists. But any hint of homosexuality has to be cut and black faces have to be made smaller on a Star Wars poster to minimize their presence. And Iger is very insistent that here Disney be a major proponent of diversity and inclusion but as a businessman when it comes to the Asian market it is a very different story. It makes too much money.
The live Mulan was famously filmed in China right next to a concentration camp for Muslims which was known and Iger didn't care. And considering their atrocious crushing of human rights he built Shanghai Disneyland anyway. He is also a very vocal opponent of the current strike despite having hundreds of millions in his portfolio from Disney. I imagine it might take decades for Disney to come out from under the debts of his buying sprees including 71 billion for Fox all of which I'm sure he took huge commissions for brokering the deals. The recent movies have bombed, attendance at the parks is down('Maybe we were too aggressive with price increases.' Duh Bob, ya think?) and stocks are famously way down.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 31, 2023 1:24 PM |
R140 again with the idea that it's exclusively the right eye rolling their eyes at this shit. It's "modern world audiences" that are, in fact, rejecting it.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 31, 2023 1:36 PM |
I think it's pretty clear that Disney's recent and current leadership are just fine with leaving the company a destroyed, smoldering husk, just so long as they can squeeze out every dollar first.
At this point, I'll be surprised if there is still a "Disney" ten years from now.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | August 31, 2023 2:02 PM |
Proud to patronize nothing with the Disney name on it. The live-action Mulan story is disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | August 31, 2023 3:09 PM |
I think Disney should do a remake, er, reimagined Spin and Marty series for Disney Plus featuring those two fabulous twinks Spin and Marty fucking and sucking through their summer camp adventures with Roy and Jimmie as their "counselors."
by Anonymous | reply 153 | September 1, 2023 5:30 AM |
Disney has turned into the circus with freak shows front and center.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | September 1, 2023 3:31 PM |
I can't keep up with this place. One day it's Yay, Team Disney Suits! vs Scarlett Johansson (weirdly); then Yay, Team Disney Suits! vs DeSantis (understandably); but now its Disney Suits, boo! hiss!
by Anonymous | reply 155 | September 1, 2023 3:52 PM |
She needs to release a sextape with Dylan Mulvaney.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | September 1, 2023 4:06 PM |
I didn’t realize she was Latina. I just thought she was a white girl with brown hair. Zegler isn’t a common Spanish surname.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | September 1, 2023 8:53 PM |
She's half Polish.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | September 1, 2023 8:55 PM |
And her real name is Standella Kowalski
by Anonymous | reply 159 | September 2, 2023 12:03 AM |
And she's as Puerto Rican as Natalie Wood was. Half Columbian half Polish.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | September 3, 2023 9:30 AM |
I'm already sick of this Snow White remake and it hasn't even been released yet.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | September 3, 2023 9:39 AM |
I wouldn't rehabilitate her. She could get a job as a barista or tour guide. They've already canceled the other projects they had planned for her.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | September 3, 2023 9:46 AM |
R160 right? I mean, yes, she has 50% latina (not PR-ican) blood in her....big deal, her family is rich and super privileged and she speaks like a gen z valley girl...I watched a snippet of WSS and her "puerto reeecan" accent wasnt any better (in fact I honestly think it was worse) than Natalie Wood's. Get me a Maria who actually doesnt sound like a white interpretation of what nuyoricans sound like, then we'll fucking talk.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | September 3, 2023 3:23 PM |
Can you name all the movie stars who came out of Bergen County, N.J.?
by Anonymous | reply 164 | September 3, 2023 4:55 PM |