“The only people that interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn, like roman candles across the night.”
I was a big slut, but I’m not any more. There’s always going to be a part of me that’s sloppy and dirty, but I like that. With all the other parts of myself. Can you say the same about yourself fucker? Can you forgive? Are you any good at that?
Tiffany - Silver Linings Playbook (via srakate)
Leonardo DiCaprio cut his hand while the cameras were rolling on the set of Django Unchained and kept moving through the scene, never breaking character, and his real-life bloodied hand made it into the final version of the film. During one take of that scene, DiCaprio unintentionally slammed his hand into glass, creating a gash that later required stitches. But that didn’t stop him from doing his job. As his hand bled quite visibly, DiCaprio kept going, even using the hand as a new dramatic prop. At one point he smears his bloodied hand over Broomhilda’s face in an act of evil dominance. And Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) looks horrified as he does it. (Perhaps Washington wasn’t acting!) And that was the take that director Quentin Tarantino kept in the film. (Source)
Just saw Pitch Perfect and I actually liked it. The film is about a group of female singers who become friends. You think what’s not to like, right? But then this really bugged me. Ester Dean plays Cynthia, the only lesbian in the group, and she is this stereotype of lesbian who is always trying to take advantage of her friends. That’s not funny. This scene was not funny either. Cynthia was always checking Stacie (Alexis Knapp) in very inappropriate ways, she even felt up her boobs once. It’s not cool to represent lesbians this way, ok? It’s not funny. Queer women can have female friends, too, and respect them. Queer women are not always horny and will take advantage of your vulnerable situations just to touch you or abuse you.
So, Pitch Perfect, ugh. The rest of the film is awesome, so funny, has female leads who are funny and get along. Why the fuck did you have to do this shit?
And may I also add that her blowing the rape whistle is supposed to be the “comedic relief”?
First of all, piggybacking on what OP said, it makes lesbians look like aggressors who are always trying to feel up their female friends despite unwillingness. Apparently to the point where someone believed her to be attempting to commit a serious crime.
And second, the rape whistle being a comedic relief thing makes it look like rape isn’t serious. This scene was obviously meant to be silly—and as not-silly and unfunny as it was, the point was also to make the rape thing seem silly. Like, “Oh, haha! The lesbian is groping her! So like, rape and stuff! She’s blowing the whistle while making a funny face. LOL.” No. The so-called horny lesbian trope and rape are not punch lines. Stop.
will you call my name?
As The Breakfast Club fanatic I am, this scene was just too much for me. Really, I can’t even put into words how much I loved it.
