"I’m definitely attracted to stories about female characters, and characters THAT I CAN RELATE TO" Sofia Coppolahttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/sofia-coppola-beguiled-power-dynamics?utm_term=.tfMWAZPKp …
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Coppola explains erasure of slavery from her film saying 1/ She loves women's (read: White) stories. 2/ clearly only relates to White women.
"At the heart of the story, it’s really about the power dynamics between men & women THAT ARE UNIVERSAL." White people = default of humanity
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1/2 On character Hallie, a slave, removed from her adaption: "I didn't want to brush over such an important topic in a light way"
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2/2 "Young girls watch my films this was not the depiction of an African-American character I would want to show them." Protect White Women
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"Power dynamics" exist only btw (cis) men & women. Yet erasing Black women slaves is gender power. 1/ White women benefited from slavery
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2/ White women today continue to benefit from slavery. Eg being in control of a story set in slave times & removing enslaved women is power.
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When Coppola says she wants to protect "young girls" from depictions of historical context of slavery, she means her White audience.
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Fact that Coppola removed the only Black woman character shows she has latitude to envision the story in a new way. Erasure not only option
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Slavery would tarnish Coppola's famous visual aesthetic beauty. But it's a story of sexual violence. Slavery "too political." Too ugly.
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"I would love to have a more racially diverse cast... It didn’t work for this story." White women never seem to find a way to include
#WOC.
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Cat glare is much needed and appreciated!
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