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    Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets Where There’s ’10 Women and 75 Men’: ‘It Just Gets Boring’
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    Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets Where There’s ’10 Women and 75 Men’: ‘It Just Gets Boring’


    Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets Where There’s ’10 Women and 75 Men’: ‘It Just Gets Boring’

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    1. cmaia1503 on

      “There are a lot of people with platforms who are able to speak up with relative safety and say this has happened to me, and the so-called average woman on the street is saying #MeToo. Why does that get shut down?” Blanchett asked. “What [the movement] revealed is a systemic layer of abuse, not only in this industry but in all industries, and if you don’t identify a problem, you can’t solve the problem.”

      “I’m still on film sets and I do the headcount every day, and it is still, you know… there’s 10 women and there’s 75 men every morning,” the actor said. “I love men, but what happens is the jokes become the same. You just have to brace yourself slightly, and I’m used to that, but it just gets boring for everybody when you walk into a homogeneous workplace. I think it has an effect on the work.”

    2. Hypervisory on

      When there’s people who name their children in honour of Roman Polanski, bad characters tend to continue to exist.

    3. katsock on

      Shouldn’t she be using her status and influence to NOT be on those film sets? It’s crazy to use that as an argument for her side. Like don’t work on those sets.

      I do not deny that consumers have power here. But so does the superstar with all the money she could ever need.

    4. Single-Newspaper-899 on

      That’s not oppression, that’s called making movies. Turns out hauling equipment, rigging lights and doing 18-hour stunt days doesn’t always attract equal numbers. Shocker

    5. Old-Meringue3590 on

      Didn’t she work with Woody Allen in the film Blue Jasmine. *eyeroll*

    7. legendary_sponge on

      Because half the country elected the same dickheads that perpetuate the patriarchal bullshit

    10. LatterTarget7 on

      If it’s a healthy environment I don’t really see the issue with more men than women on a set. It’s not automatically a bad thing.

    11. FennelDull6559 on

      In my experience film crews are still a lot of men but theres plenty of talented people who are not in that category.

      However the higher tier shows, the ones that a talent like cate blanchett would be working on. They hire experienced HOD who hire experienced crew who tell the same jokes and stories and are more likely to be men.

    12. corndogs102 on

      I mean, those guys are just doing their jobs. Im sure it does happen but overall the film industry isn’t a male dominated space because women arn’t getting hired for them as much. It’s not a me too thing ether.

    14. Brother_Clovis on

      If that’s the biggest complaint she has, that still sounds like a pretty great job.

    15. Andrew1990M on

      She’s right, there’d be more than 10 women on Woody Allen’s sets, or Polanski‘s. 

      Those guys really know how to respect a person, right Cate?

    17. Big_13eezy on

      Yeah, the minute the me too movement started to cool, I think most of us thought…

      “The minute they get a handle on this, it will get a whole lot worse.”

    18. Gold_Repair_3557 on

      Even as a man, I could never work in a space that was majority men. It’s really not that pleasant. I work in a woman dominated field now and it’s so much more lively and the conversations aren’t nearly as seedy.

    19. DoubleGG123 on

      I mean, by her saying “It just gets boring,” she is basically admitting that she does not see acting as a job. Is the production company making the movie supposed to prioritize hiring people who are the best at accomplishing the job, or are they supposed to hire people to entertain Cate Blanchett while she is on set? What is she even complaining about here, being bored? God forbid Cate Blanchett gets bored while doing a job she gets paid to do.

    20. Coveted_AF on

      Ohh no I make millions but have to work with some men wahhh why can’t I be surrounded by pussy wahhh oh that’s right because they’re not the ones making most of the movies wahhh wahhh

    21. chiefgareth on

      What did “me too” have to do with the amount of men working on film sets?

    22. grynch43 on

      Well I just lost all respect. Great actress but obviously a moron. Me Too was about sexual assault, not men having jobs.

    24. CharacterMaybe7950 on

      Presumably she’s furiously campaigning against the majority of women in healthcare and teaching.

    25. Major_Priority1041 on

      Me too was about un attractive men being accused of inappropriate behavior towards beautiful woman. That kinda killed a lot of credibility.