Lively/Baldoni Lawsuit Part 2
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Anonymous
Sometimes men who are afraid of being rejected by women can treat women the worst. Because their behavior comes from insecurity and fear. Also their behavior is often very tied up in confusion and frustration over the concept of masculinity, which definitely tracks with Justin's whole history with "Man Enough" and posing as a feminist ally. My armchair diagnosis is that he has pretty old fashioned ideas about male dominance but realized very early on that was not going to fly in 21st century USA, and especially not in Hollywood, so he tried to do an end run around. He'd bill himself as a Sensitive, Feminist Man. He'd be the most sensitive, the most feminist. He'd channel is aggression and sense of superiority into a kind of faux vulnerability, and in doing so, dominate discussions about feminism and make them about himself. |
Anonymous
Wayfarer and Sarowitz are pro Israel. Hope you sleep well tonight. |
Anonymous
They are basically Jewish, so of course. |
Anonymous
A little off brand for Democrat SJWs these days. |
Anonymous
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Here is Justin Baldoni explaining what he was trying to do with a scene in which his character, Ryle, r*pes Lively's character, Lily, in a jealous rage:
"For me what that scene was more about was Ryle feeling like had lost all power and feeling so insecure and jealous that the only way in his mind that he could show her how much he loved her was um and I won't say the word that we used in developing it, but what was essentially to force any love she had for Atlas out of her. So Ryle's motivation, if you're talking about character motivation, or why he did what he did, from the filmmaking perspective and from the actor perspective, was um he was trying to, in his twisted mind, love... Atlas out of her. There's another word we used and I'm sure in your imagination you can go from there." And after that SONY wanted him to stop doing press for the movie because Oh. My. God. |
Anonymous
To be clear, he said this to a reporter at the Dallas Morning News during the early stages of his press tour. Not privately or in text. He said it to the press while trying to promote a move about domestic violence. |
Anonymous
So funny that you think you are a democrat but basically have strong prejudices against everyone. You are the one who is “MAGA” adjacent, the rest is projection. |
Anonymous
Some of you need to learn the difference between actors acting in a movie that has sex scenes and dv, and real life. |
Anonymous
You are aligned with Zionist, racist, sexist, creeps who turn women off and are holding yourself out as what exactly? |
Anonymous
In touch with reality, which is more than I can say for hateful you. Don’t bother responding, I’ve wasted too much time on you and your delusional rants, |
Anonymous
Lol go back to your homophobic rants and supporting these losers. |
Anonymous
| It is interesting that Jamey and Justin managed to marry women far more beautiful and centered than any of the Mean Girl actresses that find them so “creepy.” |
Anonymous
These are not lines he said in the movie as his character. These are words he used as himself when describing the movie to a reporter. He told a reporter that his character, who is an abuser in the film, wanted to "love" Lily's former boyfriend "out of her." Baldoni's words. WHY is he even spending an interview discussing the motivations of the abuser in the movie. This is an easy one. Even if asked directly about playing Ryle or thinking about Ryle's motivations, you as the filmmaker redirect back to the core point of the story, which is Lily and her empowerment and survival. You say "yes it was hard at times putting myself into the mindset to play this character, but it was in service to a story that is about a woman standing up for herself. That is the story we wanted to tell." It's not hard or confusing. It's very straightforward. But he wanted to talk about himself. And he also over-identified with his abuser character and, because he's a narcissist, wanted to discuss that identification and the efforts he went to in order to humanize that character with a news outlet, rather than talk about the protagonist of the film he made. Reading this makes me very glad that Lively wound up making her own cut of the film and found a way to release that one. It also makes it very, very obvious what a massive mistake it was for Baldoni to direct this film and play Ryle. Just a colossal miscalculation. I wonder if he can admit that to himself now. It's very obvious to everyone else. Such a self-defeating act of hubris. He brought this on himself. |
Anonymous
Adding perhaps they aren’t so creepy. Look at who Blake is married to,. That’s creepy. |
Anonymous
OMG! Engage with reality. |