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Scarlett Johansson realizes playing a trans man might not be such a great idea after all

sudshr47 July 13, 2018

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Scarlett Johansson is rethinking some things.

The actress has dropped out of the upcoming project Rub & Tug, following heavy criticism for her casting as a trans man.

“Our cultural understanding of transgender people continues to advance, and I’ve learned a lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and realize it was insensitive,” she wrote to Out.

“While I would have loved the opportunity to bring Dante’s story and transition to life, I understand why many feel he should be portrayed by a transgender person, and I am thankful that this casting debate, albeit controversial, has sparked a larger conversation about diversity and representation in film.” Read more…

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Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ gets one step closer to reality with a new director

sudshr47 July 12, 2018

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Marvel’s Black Widow just got one step closer to emerging from perpetual pre-production purgatory.

The studio has reportedly set Cate Shortland, the Australian filmmaker known for dramas like Somersault, Lore, and Berlin Syndrome, to direct the standalone superhero adventure.

Shortland beat out around seventy other candidates in the grueling search for the perfect director. She’ll be the second female director behind a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie – joining Anna Boden, who’s directing Captain Marvel with Ryan Fleck.  Read more…

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Trans actors explain why Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Rub & Tug’ role is like a slap in the face

sudshr47 July 4, 2018

The controversy over another bad Scarlett Johansson casting decision continues to reverberate as several prominent transgender actors have spoken out about her upcoming role as a trans man. 
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Scarlett Johansson apparently learned nothing from the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ controversy

sudshr47 July 3, 2018

It was a little over a year ago that Scarlett Johansson found herself embroiled in controversy over Ghost in the Shell, in which she plays a Japanese woman in a white woman’s (android) body.
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ cast play a hilariously awkward guessing game

sudshr47 April 25, 2018

Just because you’ve worked closely with someone on a movie doesn’t mean you know everything about them.
In the clip above from Jimmy Kimmel Live!, five of the Avengers: Infinity War cast play a guessing game with each other. Basically Kimmel read…

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Scarlett Johansson brilliantly called out James Franco during her Women’s March speech

sudshr47 January 21, 2018

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As one of the many women who began Time’s Up, the initiative advocating for women in all industries financially and otherwise, Scarlett Johansson was invited to speak at Los Angeles’ Women’s March—and she used her moment on stage to call out a number of issues, and one person in particular.

“How could a person publicly stand by an organization that helps to provide support for victims of sexual assault while privately preying on people who have no power?” Johansson asked before delivering the punchline to a not-so subtle dig.

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Marvel is finally, maybe, eventually making that Black Widow movie you asked for

sudshr47 January 11, 2018

That Black Widow movie you’ve been asking for just got one step closer to reality.
Variety reports that Jac Schaeffer has been hired to write the film, which would star Scarlett Johansson as the spy-turned-Avenger.
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Scarlett Johansson makes perfect return as Ivanka Trump on ‘SNL’

sudshr47 December 17, 2017

Last week’s Christmas cold open didn’t really count, and neither did last last week’s, so let’s ignore them for now to focus on Saturday’s special Christmas message from the Saturday Night Live White House, starring Alec Baldwin as everyone’s fav…

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