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Jane Campion SLAMMED For Dragging Venus & Serena Williams Into Her Critics Choice Awards Speech!
14.03.2022 - 21:03 / perezhilton.com
It’s been a while since we witnessed someone lose all their goodwill as fast as Jane Campion.
The director of Power of the Dog has been on a winning streak lately. Not only is her film an Oscars favorite, picking up a ton of awards in the lead-up to the big night, she was also celebrated for her viral moment calling out Sam Elliot’s comments on her movie. Speaking to Variety on the Directors Guild Awards red carpet, she said:
Everyone. Was. Cheering.
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Sadly, just a day after being crowned Twitter’s new queen for her scathing response, she went viral again… and not in a good way. The 67-year-old accepted the award for best director at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, and her acceptance speech oddly singled out Venus and Serena Williams. At first she praised the sisters (who were in attendance as producers on the award-nominated film about their father, King Richard), saying it was an “honor to be in the same room” with them. But then, after highlighting the male-dominated directors’ category, she looped back around and added:
You can watch the entire cringe-worthy moment (below):
There’s a lot to unpack here, to say the least. First of all, while the Williams sisters might not literally compete against men on the court, they obviously have experience fighting for themselves in a white — and male — dominated industry. But more importantly, why would Jane drag them into her speech at all?! The comparison is apples and oranges, and she could have made a very gracious speech highlighting the very real misogyny in film without ever mentioning anyone else’s name… let alone two completely unrelated women who are NOT directors and were NOT involved in
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