
Teyana Taylor on the criticism that One Battler After Another over-sexualizes her character: “Is that not what Black women go through? We are fetishized, especially by creepy motherfuckers,” she said. “This movie should spark debate.”
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She’s missing the point. The *movie* she starts in sexualizes her in a way that feels demeaning.
People really need to *watch* movies these days.
My biggest problem with this wasn’t that it wasn’t an accurate depiction, but that’s *all* the character was used for in the film. I felt the black female characters generally were one-note, which is a script and direction issue and not a performance issue. Perfidia’s novel counterpart is a fully realized character with interiority so it’s not like there wasn’t source material to draw from. It also felt like a missed opportunity for utilizing the amazing Regina Hall well
Something something media literacy, something something showing a thing doesn’t mean endorsing it.
I always perceived it that it was Lockjaw who sexualized her and she just used it to her personal benefit.
People doing something provocative and then claiming it’s to start a conversation <<<<<