Right? That's so sad. They don't realise that members of their community are walling others out of work.
Same with the metoo movement. Anyone who thinks that was about women's right to being treated better professionally is a moron. It was about older actresses who knew they got into the industry through sexual favours, removing the possibility for younger ones to do the same.
Dinklage is doing the same. Serious dwarf roles are good. Wanting to have those roles is good, he can do that, it's his right to choose what sort of a typecasting niche he wants for himself.
But he is removing the possible roles of other people like him who maybe... want to be creatures and funny people and such.
It's not demeaning for Doug Jones to be known as a creature actor, but it would be a HUGE nono for a person Dinklage's size to be known for the same kind of a specialization. Funny, huh?
It was about older actresses who knew they got into the industry through sexual favours, removing the possibility for younger ones to do the same.
This never, ever gets brought up enough - partly because it goes against the narrative ofc - despite it being as easy as checking IMDB to see the connections between the loudest voices attached to the movement and Miramax/Weinstein.
Yet complaining about groups "pulling up the ladder after them" seems to be all the rage these days yet because it generates the correct type of outrage the media can fuel and focus at the right kind of mindless drone it gets a pass. As do aforementioned loud voices because it's all they have going for them now they hit the wall.
I think most members of their community do realize that, it's just that anyone at or near the top of the ladder has to pretend otherwise to keep getting work. Nobody else gets a voice.
I know that's the best part. He's spitting on his own legacy. The man he once was would shoot who he is now right in the head.
Right? That's so sad. They don't realise that members of their community are walling others out of work.
Same with the metoo movement. Anyone who thinks that was about women's right to being treated better professionally is a moron. It was about older actresses who knew they got into the industry through sexual favours, removing the possibility for younger ones to do the same.
Dinklage is doing the same. Serious dwarf roles are good. Wanting to have those roles is good, he can do that, it's his right to choose what sort of a typecasting niche he wants for himself.
But he is removing the possible roles of other people like him who maybe... want to be creatures and funny people and such.
It's not demeaning for Doug Jones to be known as a creature actor, but it would be a HUGE nono for a person Dinklage's size to be known for the same kind of a specialization. Funny, huh?
This never, ever gets brought up enough - partly because it goes against the narrative ofc - despite it being as easy as checking IMDB to see the connections between the loudest voices attached to the movement and Miramax/Weinstein.
Yet complaining about groups "pulling up the ladder after them" seems to be all the rage these days yet because it generates the correct type of outrage the media can fuel and focus at the right kind of mindless drone it gets a pass. As do aforementioned loud voices because it's all they have going for them now they hit the wall.
I think most members of their community do realize that, it's just that anyone at or near the top of the ladder has to pretend otherwise to keep getting work. Nobody else gets a voice.