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Jessica Chastain's new project slammed for similarities to Hidden Figures

Movies February 9, 2017
After Deadline reported that Jessica Chastain is working on a TV series about overlooked female astronauts, some people noted the similarities to Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures and asserted that the show is an attempt to focus the conversation on white women.
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· Feb 8

Jessica Chastain To Produce, Potentially Star In 1960s NASA Event Series From ‘Sully’ Writer & ‘Copper’ Producer

Jessica Chastain Teams With Todd Komarnicki & Christina Wayne For 1960s NASA Event Series
Jessica Chastain and Sully writer Todd Komarnicki will launch Mercury 13, a TV series about NASA's first female astronaut program.
deadline.com
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· Feb 9

Jessica Chastain might star in a TV series about female astronauts shut out by NASA in the ’60s

Jessica Chastain Developing Series About Female Astronauts
She’s the latest A-list woman to get into event-series production.
vulture.com
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· Feb 9
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Here, I fixed that for you.

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· Feb 9
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is it gonna be entitled "Schmidden Schmigures?" 🤔

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· Feb 9

Do y'all see what's going on here?

Jessica Chastain might star in a TV series about female astronauts shut out by NASA in the ’60s
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· Feb 9
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When Black women do something extraordinary, someone always has to ask, "Well what about white women?" As if we forgot that they exist.

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· Feb 9
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Mae C. Jemison, Stephanie Wilson, Joan Higginbotham - that's the movie I want to see

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· Feb 9
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wow

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· Feb 9
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I am beyond annoyed.

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· Feb 9
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they're not even TRYING to be slick about it. So blatant

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· Feb 9
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"Oh wait it made MONEY? With BLACK women? Well get a load of THIS"

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· Feb 9
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Basically white women after Hidden Figures, to he honest.

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· Feb 1

Thank you, Katherine, Mary and Dorothy. This , let’s bring to light the accomplishments of all 🚀.

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