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    Federica Polidoro, the journalist who interviewed Ayo, Julia, and Andrew for “After the Hunt,” makes a statement


    Federica Polidoro, the journalist who interviewed Ayo, Julia, and Andrew for “After the Hunt,” makes a statement

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    2. Comfortable-Load-904 on

      Literally a word salad of nothing, she still did not address the issue of why she posed the question to only Andrew and Julia in regard to MeToo, BLM and excluded Ayo who is a black woman. She’s just upset about being called out and isn’t sorry in the slightest, also glad to see the old chestnut of I have black friends/family make an appearance.

    3. Psychotic_Humon on

      I forgot exactly how the question was phrased, but from my perspective it seemed she was asking how the industry is better now that the BLM and Me Too movements are “dead.” It was a very odd question, and I’m not sure how she thinks it could be interpreted besides racist and misogynistic, since it was implying that the activist movements were inherently harmful.

      The main problem, however, was her leaving out Ayo, the one black woman there. Asking the white man is once again baiting for him to say how “harmful” the movements were. Andrew Garfield ofc responded in the best way possible, acting confused and fully turning his body to direct it to the 2 woman, not giving the interviewer what she wanted. Why would you not want the black woman to have a say in a question about BLM and Me Too, that is, if it’s just asking “uncomfortable journalism questions.” Specifically excluding her in any context made zero sense, unless you’re purposefully being racist.

      She didn’t want the opinion of the black woman, because Ayo, as she responded despite the exclusion, of course advocated for how important those movements were, and how they are still going on making more progress to make the world a better place.

      Nothing about the question was “journalism.”

    4. justine2323 on

      Classic. All parties were clearly put off by the question. The question itself was bad, and it doesn’t take a journalist to make that assertion. No self reflection, or clarification of the intention, just threats of lawsuits lol. Typical.

    5. violetmemphisblue on

      I absolutely think it is awful that this journalist is getting rape/assault/death threats. That is disgusting and no one should be subjected to that.

      I also absolutely would love an explanation for the intention of her questions thesis (which was that MeToo and BLM were “over”) and would *really* love to know why she clearly stated the question was for Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts, fully omitting Ayo Edebiri. Neither of those things are explained in this note.

      There could be a decent explanation! English is clearly not her first language, so maybe when she said the movements were over, she meant that they weren’t the “hot cause of the moment” (touched on in their answers). I tried to be generous and thought maybe she was directly addressing a change in the film industry, which Garfield and Roberts were present for in a way that Edebiri wasn’t…

      But her whole “the real racists are the ones who see racism” line and the argument that she was just asking hard questions makes me feel like actually, she just sort of sucks.

    12. coffee_n_pastries on

      Ma’am you excluded a black woman from a question about me too and BLM and then doubled down when they gave you the opportunity to correct yourself and ask all of them. You knew exactly what you were doing. Go away.

    13. Riqitch on

      Ew, what a rotten “apology” that does nothing but take the mask off this misogynoir-perpetuating person

      EDIT: Personal attacks and death threats are never okay, but still, the rest of that statement is still awful especially that “the real racists are the ones who see racism” part 😬

    18. LiberalBanter on

      “No, you are the real racists! I have black friends!”. What a ridiculous statement.

      Imagine being a journalist knowing that the US president is in the Epstein Files and is invading black cities. Then having the audacity to ask “but did MeToo and BLM go too far?”.

      Anti-wokism has rotted many brains.

    21. Immediate_Event985 on

      “I have collaborated for over twenty years with numerous national and international publications….” so you’re saying that you have enough experience that you should’ve known better than to be a fucking racist in your interview? and you chose not to?

    23. NurseDream on

      Someone loop me in on:

      * Why was this questions asked to begin with? Does MeToo or BlackLivesMatter relate to the movie in any way?
      * Why does this journalist think that MeToo and BlackLivesMatter are over?

      Regardless of it being involved in this movie, I have a few take aways

      * The way she starts out with “What we lost during the politically correct era” in regards to MT/BLM is literally indicative of her racism and sexism
      * The way she labels these movements as “Hollywood” fads is again indicative of her stance on these movements
      * Lastly, SPECIFICALLY excluding a black female from a question about black and female movements is AGAIN INDICATIVE OF RACISM AND SEXISM BYEEEE

    26. s_deezy on

      it’s always racist white people who love throwing around “the real racists are people who see racism everywhere” when in reality racism, is in fact, everywhere and perpetuated by this exact type of person.

    28. weirdaldankbitch on

      Her question asserted that progressive movements were over and art is liberated for it, it was inflammatory and uninformed. The choice to pose this “question” specifically to the white cast members is illustrative of her own bias. Also she was wearing sunglasses while interviewing people? Rude. Sue me!

    29. sunmicon on

      ah yeah. the classic mediterranean response: “actually, YOU’RE the racist” when pointing out a micro agression / racist behavior.

    30. adultdolllover on

      Not only is she racist, she’s an idiot too. She thinks people are mad at her over the question (which, granted, was dogshit) and not the fact that she purposely excluded a Black woman. She’s so damn racist that she barely even acknowledges Ayo in this statement when that is literally why she’s being called racist!

    35. ekpyroticflow on

      I’m not racist, the real racists are those who cry “racism.”

      Anyway I won’t address why I targeted a Black Lives Matter question to the two white actors and explicitly excluded the Black actor sitting next to them.

      Yeah, Federica, your statement basically reinforced every snap judgment of you.
       

    36. wanderrslut on

      Hey. Yes. Hi. I have a question.

      Is it crack? Is it crack that she’s smoking? Because what the hell kind of response is this?

    40. buttsoupb4rnes on

      So she knows journalism is about asking questions with respect and still managed to do the opposite. With sunglasses on like she’s at the farmer’s market too. Got it.

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