I used to be a proponent of Z’s team intervening and unless it’s actively threatening her life or those she loves lives- like you said it would on bring more attention to it and none of these people complain about her it’s not like they’re open to changing their minds about her as an actress.
Perhaps it’s optimistic or delusional of me but I’d like to think that many within the industry learned from what happened to Anne, what happened to Jennifer Lawrence, what happened to Rachel Zegler- why are we letting a this group of people dictate who we cast when they were never going to watch the film anyway or engage with it in a nuanced way? With the hatred towards Z - it’s segmented and subjective. Keith isn’t the first peer of hers that I’ve seen engage with that nor will he be the last. Every actor has a peer that will publicly not like them as is their opinion. I have no issue calling it deeply unprofessional even if you’re one of the greats. I hope that he and the David guy from west side story can stick to their views and not be hypocritical by working with her. For all these people who say “Oh she’s bad. Oh she only gets roles because she’s thin. Oh she only gets roles because of her husband.(really?) Oh she only gets roles because she’s light skin /biracial (which can be nuanced but why isn’t it applied to her light skin/biracial peers too when they’re criticized for their acting?) Oh she’s a nepo (resorting to lying) Oh she does favors (disgusting) Oh she must have something bad beneath her. Oh she must only like being famous and she doesn’t actually like acting. Oh she doesn’t care about her craft.”
My question to them is this: Why are so you invested in hating an actress that no one made you watch her work, no one made you engage with her work, no one made you engage with people who do like her work? You’re giving an obsessed anti bordering on stalker. Why are you determined to lie about someone? Why are you determined to bring her down? For what? You’ll just do it the next actress who gets big.
I know it’s a hard pill to swallow for them but there are people who’ve been on the record going into detail why they like her as an actress besides us fans. Her peers, directors, writers, critics, crews behinds the scenes, etc. Even if people see her as the “lesser” actress, most people would rather work with someone who is kind, down to earth, hardworking, and treats everyone with respect regardless of their position in the film or show on a consistent basis.
The hate can get overwhelming. Admittedly I’ve taken a break from social media after people decided to compare her to her peers. It just gets exhausting to see the same popular point get brought up over and over again. But if you look for something negative, more than likely you’ll find it. I think if you do have a critique as a fan of Z’s acting- I think there’s plenty of people within our fanbase and people who are rooting for Z but wouldn’t call themselves fans or people who are neutral, can offer a lot of nuanced opinions about things they’d like to see her do, people they’d like to see her work with, genres they’d like to see her do that highlights her strengths. Just like no one is going to have the same ranking of her performances and I’ve seen people be more critically nuanced than some certified critics out there. For example- I know there are people who loved her as Tashi but didn’t like her as Emma. I feel like I’m one of the handful that would say Tashi is my favorite performance of her’s and Rue would be third. I know there are people who consider Emma to be her best performance. I’m sure there are people who prefer MJ to the most. Heck- while I love her as Chani, I still get surprised by people who say that’s their favorite performance of her’s and that’s cool because we all have different opinions and have very introspective things to say why we did and didn’t like a performance.
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