Kneel!“ The Great Demon King"Kai has arrived!
Here she comes!
Thor 3: Twilight of the Gods
Here she comes!!
The Lord of the Rings
She really came!!!
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett, who can bend the world, has come with an "anti-feminist" drama "Mrs. America" with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 96% and a Douban score of 9.2!
Mrs. America 2020
Anti-feminism?
The play recreates the story of the 1970s when conservative female politician Phyllis Schlafly led a "boycott affirmative action" that changed the contemporary political landscape of the United States and successfully aborted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which represented the highest achievement of the feminist movement at that time.
Who would have thought that the first time our big devil appeared in an American drama, he would actually play this "anti-feminist" with a historical real archetype in the play?
Cate Blanchett, Phyllis Schlafly
After all, Kai has always been the leading soldier in the film circle who actively advocates for the women's movement! In particular, during the 71st Cannes Film Festival in 2018, when he was the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit, he not only publicly encouraged female filmmakers in interviews, but also participated in feminist rallies and gave moving speeches to publicly oppose the inequality between men and women in the film industry.
It seems paradoxical for a living "liberal feminist pioneer" to play a "conservative anti-feminist."
It is said that when Kate decided to take over the show, she was also questioned by her mother, "How can you play such a character?" (Implication: You're not crazy, are you?) ）
Stills from "Mrs. America"
Sensitive topics, public opinion pressure, etc., were surprised and clear at the moment when this drama was broadcast:
Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett, is a typical conservative woman in the play, but highly educated with lofty political ideals and political ambitions.
However, in the United States, where the affirmative action movement was gradually declining in the 1970s, social inequality doomed a female politician to be unpopular. In the play, for example, Phyllis Schlafly is treated as a secretary when she participates in male-dominated meetings.
Sadly, Phyllis Schlafly doesn't feel "discriminated against" in the face of such inequality between men and women.
If you look further down, you will find that there is no absolute "black and white" here. Phyllis Schlafly was extreme in the politics of the Affirmative Action Movement, fearing that women would lose the protection of men. At the same time, Phyllis Schlafly has always encouraged the women around her to find their own value in life.
Against ERA
Encourage women to bravely walk out of unhappy marriages and find self-worth
In contrast, the era calling for "the elimination of all differences between men and women" (which clearly stipulates that all men and women have equal legal power and are legally bound anywhere in the United States) does not mention the concept of "men and women are exactly the same", which means that a series of bills implemented in multiple states to protect women's rights, such as the Minimum Wage Act for Women Workers, will all be invalid. It was this imperfect concept of equality that led to the emergence of an opposition rallied by conservative forces such as the lower middle class (mainly housewives) led by Phyllis Schlafly.
In addition, the side line also focuses on the campaign story of Shirley Chisholm, the first black member of Congress and the first black female presidential candidate. Although "Mrs. America" is only 9 episodes short as a mini-series, we can not only understand the background of the development of American society and culture at the end of the last century, but most importantly, we can reflect on the crux of the "feminist movement" from the historical process of women's struggle for their own rights and interests, as well as from anti-feminist women.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a dressing detail (knowledge point) in the play. In the '70s, women who supported the ERA wore pants, especially jeans, while conservative women represented by Phyllis Schlafly wore skirts.
This is because the pants represent women's freedom. Because in the 1930s, Women in the United States were required to wear a dress to enter Congress; in the 1960s, female students were also required to wear skirts in public schools. In 1972, the U.S. government passed Chapter 9 of the Education Amendment, which allowed public schoolgirls to wear pants to school.
Liberals
conservatives
In the final analysis, the core of "Mrs. America", which seems to be "anti-feminist", is still calling on women to shout for themselves and speak up for themselves.
This coincides with Kate's long-standing vocalization of women, and the script does not seem to be wrong!
Hollywood's "Big Devil"
Cate Blanchett, who can be called the "Big Devil", naturally has no words to say about her acting skills. Just from the perspective of the award history, not only the Oscar queen, the Oscar actress also did not let go, the Golden Globe Award film queen also took three times, the nomination is too many to be clear (the Oscar was nominated 5 times).
77th Academy Awards
"She can do anything, she can be anyone, and changing her image is like changing a T-shirt."
Julian Rosefeldt, director of the art film Manifesto, who has worked with Kate, said.
Because, in this short art film based on more than 50 artist manifestos, Kate Blanchett alone plays 12 very different characters (no mistake!). 12! ), simply a god.
Manifesto
It is no wonder that in the star-studded Hollywood, Kate, as an Australian actress, can win awards and fight for box office, literary and artistic business all-round Hold, and the road is wide enough to run the train.
Heaven, 2002
Most of us know Kate from the noble, fairy queen of the Lord of the Rings series in 2001. This role also laid the foundation for our perception of Kate's "queen style".
As everyone knows, before that, Kate won her first Oscar nomination for the noble and dignified Queen Elizabeth played in "Elizabeth", and won the Golden Globe Award and the British Academy Film Award in one fell swoop.
Elizabeth, 1999
In addition to the "Queen's Wind", feminine like the noble and elegant Catherine Hepburn in "The Aviator"; Like Carol in "Lily Love", carol who can bend people by spitting a smoke ring; cool and handsome like Lu in "Concealing the Sky: Beauty Plan"... Let you have no idea where the limits of this woman's acting skills are!
Carol
"Hiding the Sky and Crossing the Sea: Beauty Scheme"
Because there is no limit to "drama essence"! The spring acting skills of "straight and bent" are not enough, and there is no pressure on gender anti-string.
In 2007, in "I'm Not There", the woman dressed as a man and starred as the famous artist Bob Dylan. With the acting skills of "God Restored" and the super cool men's appearance, the fans who have not been optimistic about her Bob Dylan have admired her.
I'm Not There, 2007
In recent years, Kai has begun to indulge in villains again. From Hela the god of death in "Thor 3: Twilight of the Gods" to the arrogant and vicious "stepmother" in "Cinderella", the villain charm between the hands and feet makes people love it to the point of not stopping.
Cinderella
Thor 3: Twilight of the Gods
Walking "paperclip"
Blonde hair, blue eyes, three-dimensional full facial features, can be beautiful and cold, not smiling and domineering, with alpha temperament, can simply be called walking "hormones".
Especially Kai Zong, who wears a suit, please ask which girl does not want to scream! Many fans say that Kai is always a walking "paperclip", because raising his hands and feet can bend people.
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It's not enough to have a charming look. Watching her interview is simply a moving "dan hand", super open, meat strip grimace to come ~ ~
Kai Zong, who is talented, good-looking, and interesting, is still a typical representative of early marriage (flash marriage).
In 1996, Kate met her husband, Andrew Upton, and after only a few weeks together, Upton proposed to Kate, and Kate agreed without hesitation. The next year they got married, gave birth to three boys together, adopted a girl, and the family lived happily together for 24 years now.
Sure enough, it was the "Great Demon King"!
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