Female "Biopics": The Good And The Bad (Priscilla, Spencer, Blonde)

[@antiheroines-you-love]

am i going to hell for liking Blonde? 💀 edit I didn't know that "I Will Always Love You" was a Dolly Parton's song, plz I repent

[@3434-c1t]

Most likely

[@cupcake7333]

Plausibly

[@froggy_6716]

Well…sorta kinda

[@cristalblackstar8177]

Maybe...

[@Thedirtysmellyhippie]

Yes and no your opinion is just an opinion but it’s a very questionable one

[@dietdrpepper15]

The thing wrong with Blonde is that it’s more interested in abusing this singular character in every way possible, recreating her life moments(movies/pictures), while ignoring how smart/well read/business woman she was. The most insulting thing is how beautiful it was, great filmmaking and how great Ana did, but to film repetition abuse of a real life woman without balancing it out with her actual strong choices and character.

[@chloe41120]

Yeah, the biggest argument for why the film sucks is that it came off as really glamorizing her downfall and torment...never her triumphs and her depth.

[@DanaJaneWriter]

@@chloe41120 the movie does not suck and not every story should be about female empowerment

[@surette2012]

@@DanaJaneWriternot wanting a misrepresented and hyperbolic iteration of a real person’s life and legacy is requesting empowerment? No. It’s requesting respect on a real person’s life. We shouldn’t try to farm every angst trope out of a person’s life and use their fame and name to sell fanfiction books. It’s also having an expectation of Nuance + Accuracy and not artistic schmoozing that tries to convince the layman viewer that they’ve caught the pulse of this anomaly of an actress and this is somehow realistic enough to reflect a part of her. Acting like we aren’t already swamped with media of tragic female leads that always die or spiritually dies at the threshold of adulthood. Infantilized, used and gazed at. Women are always in a glass coffin, forever young and all their tragedies paraded. That’s been entertainment for a millennia…and requesting more varied art isn’t automatically asking for pretentious and badly written female empowerment. With Marilyn, it’s reducing her to vignettes of every traumatizing milestone in her life (most which are hearsay, untrue or exaggerated.)

[@julijepp]

​@@DanaJaneWriter you're so laughably wrong that I'm genuinely surprised

[@TheFamousRleon]

The film also killed De Armas’s career and shows how poorly receptive she could be.

[@heboy7298]

What offended me about Blonde was the director’s openness about looking down at Marilyn. The film felt like his opportunity to disrespect her at every turn, and label it art. Yes, a woman wrote the novel. Doesn’t make Marilyn any less exploited.

[@efghd2624]

Also the woman who wrote the novel looked down on Marilyn as well, so it's not like he was adapting from the best source to begin with

[@DanaJaneWriter]

Art should not care that you got offended )

[@antiheroines-you-love]

i have heard about it but i also found an interview where he says he didn't know much about her but now after warching her movies he believes she is a brilliant actress. i can't imagine hating somebody and doing a whole ass beautiful movie about them that's some mental gymnastics

[@efghd2624]

@@antiheroines-you-love he's also said that no one watches her movies, that one of her most famous movies was about being a "well-dressed whore", and that he's not concerned about being respectful because she's dead anyway. Beyond that comment about her acting, there's basically no admiration or respect for her in anything else he had to say about her. I don't know why he chose her, but in most interviews he expresses no concern with who she was as a person and only interest in her trauma and suffering because of what she represented and no other parts of her life. He falls into the same trap of only wanting to engage with her larger than life image, not the actual person underneath. That's a weird way to want to portray a person who had an entire life and a lot of depth and complexity. Why reduce a person's whole life to their worst moments and traits (or more accurately, an assumption of her worst habits and traits)? Which is why I think a fictional character would've been better to portray what he wanted. If he was purposely adapting from a fictional story, and not at all interested in accuracy, why make it a biopic? What's the point of attaching it to an actual person if you're not concerned with who they actually were?

[@antiheroines-you-love]

Yeah I agree with all your last questions.

[@joyscd]

it’s just the fact that blonde is based off a real person that makes me dislike it had it been a fictional 60s movie star i would’ve been more ok with it

[@brianawilder2770]

it still would've been awful tbh; the egregious sex scenes scenes, script, and infantilization of a woman through a man's point of view

[@antiheroines-you-love]

yeah i get it

[@jazzclarke7128]

@@antiheroines-you-lovethere have been multiple fanfiction adaptations that changed the characters to be completely fictional(think 50 Shades and After)had this movie been based on the book but not about Marilyn I believe it would have been much more accepted

[@jazzclarke7128]

adding that I know 50 Shades was never about real people(was about Twilight)but the characters were changed regardless and that was my point

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

It had decent cinematography, which was wasted on an otherwise unhinged, tasteless film.

[@AamuAurora]

Blonde could be an acceptable movie if it wasn't about a real person being retraumarized and slandered on the screen. I just can't look past the fact that the director-who openly despises his subject- humiliates it and creates an alternative reality, presenting it as facts. The other biopics are more regarded because they treat their heroines with respect and compassion, not like a piece of meat to be devoured for viewers' pleasure. Paradoxically, Blonde is a film counterpart of HBO's Idol where the misogyny and voyeuristic cruelty destroys the entire seanse. With the difference, Monroe was a real person who's never been respected, even in death. For me she's proof that women can never win because even those who fullfil all of the expectations in their respected fields, are still punished for their perceived perfection and ftshized for the pleasure of sdists.

[@Azulagirlboss]

Nah, girl. “Blonde” IS expIoitative & voyeuristic. Yes, it’s a “fictional” character but they used Marilyn (and Norma)’s names & likeness. Can you imagine being depicted the same way Marilyn was in this film long after you’re gone? Putting you in entirely fictional three somes, saying that every decision you make is from an underlying daddy issue, etc. It’s horrible 😒

[@sobekmania]

Obviously, you've received a lot of backlash on your opinion of Blonde, and while some of it is warranted, I think as long as you acknowledge the film's major flaws, you can easily talk about the aspects of it that you like. The point you made about Blonde being disliked because of its cruel depiction of a real movie star actually did make sense -- the audience, including me, despises the film because it strives to abuse and subjugate its focal point rather than build her up -- but your statement about Andrew Dominik "just writing the script for a story that already existed" is not necessarily true. Just because the source material for Blonde was insulting to Marilyn doesn't mean that the film had to be either. Dominik could've easily displayed self-awareness and made a film criticizing the perception of Marilyn as nothing beyond a sex symbol, but he failed to do so and instead cemented his status as one of the many men who, to this day, fetishizes Marilyn. It's a problematic film, and I hope that you're just as conscious of its issues as you are of the qualities of it that you like.

[@lenan5913]

I don't think Blonde can be consumed in a vacuum, or shouldn't be. Marilyn was exploited her entire career. A d then o er and over again in death, down to her final resting place. Blonde, I hope, is the final straw for audiences consuming Marilyn Monroe media. None of the works made about her since her death scratch beyond the sirface of the persona she portrayed in the media, and everyone's obsession with her beauty. As far as Blonde, if it was about Marilyn or a fictional character, the SA scenes shouldn't have been filmed. Nothing, in my opinion, good comes from explicitly displaying r*pe in media. No matter how artsy. But it is so much worse when the subject is a woman who's entire life has been riddled with sexually exploitatio . We the public never got Marilyn's feelings on her trauma so it feels just as exploitative to consume that trauma so explicitly just as people have consumed her sexually. And a note on the last thing you said. You might not be an empowered girl boss, but funny enough, Marilyn was. Which is yet another aspect of her life that gets overlooked. At the end of the day, I hate that a fictional retelling of Marilyn's life was made, again. I read the book and didn't make it past Chapter 3 because of how the author wrote about a child being SA'd. And watching the SA scenes in the movie left me disturbed and upset. Trauma porn, like any porn, can easily be exploitative when the subject doesn't give an audience permission into the worst parts of their lives. It's probably why Priscilla fell so flat and why Spencer and Blonde were so hated. Priscilla set clear boundaries in her book and with Sophia Coppola when she gave her the rights to the story. But Diana and Marilyn aren't offered the right to privacy and agency in their deaths, much like their lives.

[@aliendeathrocker]

Well said.

[@kaim0nd]

So, you don't like Priscilla, but you liked Blonde? Now ma'am...

[@Thetommywestphalluniverse247]

Personal taste being what it is and all….FINE, but only disliking the one film that was actually made by a woman, and stanning the one made by a man who actively despised his subject matter….okay 😂?

[@antiheroines-you-love]

@@Thetommywestphalluniverse247 are we stanning all movies made by women now? Women can make bad movies too you know

[@ggdytg1405]

Women can do no wrong, we support womens rights and wrongs

[@kyliebolding1875]

​@@ggdytg1405this is an incredibly toxic and flawed way of thinking. good luck with that...

[@JRTK1992]

Kinda like she’s allowed to have opinions. Idk tho

[@cherubmius]

as other commenters have stated, you could have been more tactful with your language when you touched on the subject of mental health issues, and your review of blonde was needlessly condescending and dismissive. i tried my best to be open-minded because i normally find your videos insightful, but i fear you missed the mark here.

[@rockiesuebeestoner614]

sameeee

[@91oysters]

Yeah the blasé and highly offensive characterisation of people living with mental illness was wildddd

[@SweetCake8]

Blonde was one of the worst films I've ever forced myself to watch

[@nyx9951]

Agreed 👍

[@patrickbraue4644]

While it is based on a fictional novel, Blonde is about Marilyn Monroe so studios and audiences who watch it will think it is a factual biopic because most people won't do the work researching it. It's historical inaccuracies are glaring and at times insulting. It makes you think her life was endless suffering when it wasn't. Marilyn never wanted to be defined by her worst moments (especially since most of the ones depicted in the film didn't actually occur). Also, you were wondering about nudity in Marilyn's life. She famously slept nude and walked around her home nude. When asked if she slept in anything she famously said, "Of course I do, Chanel No.5". She used Daddy as a term of endearment (mainly for Joe DiMaggio) in a joking way, but so did many women of the time. It was a common nickname/term of endearment.

[@CooksFSH]

Dolly isn't doing a cover, it's her song!

[@DaniFromNowOn]

I have to say, I feel pretty disappointed in how condescending and dismissive your review of Blonde is. I have no particular issues with the movie itself, but it feels like the writer of the original book, the director, and everyone who enjoys the film get weirdly defensive over the movie. Which makes sense if a movie is really important to you and it's getting trashed, but it doesn't seem like the movie has that much significance to you. Even weirder, you spend far more time dismissing criticism of the movie than talking about what you enjoy about it, unlike the other two sections. Some specific things I noticed was- 1. The reason why people took umbrage with the sexualization of Marilyn's body in the film is not because you can see her chest. There is a tendency in film to show and sexualize women's bodies, while not showing the same amount of attention to men's bodies. Dismissing it as "well, its just part of a woman's body, what's the big deal?" feels like a weird dismissal of a very well-known phenomenon. 2. The lingering on Marilyn's face as she's being assaulted _is_ sexualizing it. People who fetishize that kind of assault want that shot, they want to see the devastation and hurt on a woman's face as she is violated. That is the problem. And again, this is not a new or fringe idea, it's very widely understood. It would be different if it was just one scene, but the director makes intentional choices about how to shoot a scene and why, so the extensive use of this technique obviously brings the question up as to why it was so important to Marilyn's character. 3. "I don't need content warnings, I can just close my eyes", again, needless condescension. No, I don't care about trigger warnings, I don't look into things before I watch a movie because, as you say, I can just close my eyes. It's just a needlessly defensive way to frame the issue. When I clicked on this video, it was up for 2 minutes, because I really enjoyed your content. The rest of the video was totally fine and again, I have no personal stake in Blonde or Marilyn Monroe and am perfectly fine with people liking the movie. But your defensiveness regarding the criticism the movie got reads as almost...personal? It's fine for you to like a movie and believe that people didn't get it. But given your comments and fundamental lack of understanding as to what these criticisms were even pointing out, I gotta unsubscribe.

[@immortan-valkyrie90]

I definitely recommend the channel Be Kind Rewind, she has an excellent review of Blonde that addresses everything you touched on here.

[@cherubmius]

exactly

[@ClementineDaydream]

hm interesting, I didn't take how she said that part as her being defensive.

[@annacarollina7703]

You've said it all... honestly

[@kahldrialeighsun1208]

The over the top misinformation & anti-abortion agenda Blonde had in it is so in your face it's impossible to misinterpret. This wasn't an attempt to show the emotional toll of making a difficult choice for a person, it was punishment. The zygote in her body would be so small it would be a clump of cells in a sac yet they portrayed it like a fully formed infant complete with a voice asking mommy not to murder it! I don't know much more extreme you can get. It was religious propaganda to put it mildly. They punish her the entire movie for being sexually active, or just a sexual being at all. Some of those events had real crossover in her life like getting abused for the dress over the vent but it's the way it was portrayed. It wasn't centering her perspective. It was like watching the torture porn of Jesus from Mel Gibson's passion of the christ. Every frame of that movie I could feel the director breathing down Ana's neck. It gave me the ick in a visceral way. It genuinely boggles my mind how anyone enjoyed that. Ana did act well. It was technically well shot. But all of that feels like admiring the cutting technique of a serial killer? I know that's a strong analogy but I feel it's warranted. In the states women's rights are being stripped back & it's not an exaggeration to say they are dying as a result. If we don't push back against this narrative it literally costs lives. We already had maternal death rates so high we ranked lower than over a dozen developed countries BEFORE they overturned 40 years of established law with RoevWade. There are better ways to illustrate the after effects of choosing to end a pregnancy. Women & those with a uterus face such an uphill battle for bodily autonomy as it is. Especially now. To disregard the real harm this movie does & supporting the men who make it is not a take I can support. This saddens me. I very much enjoyed your content. Unfortunately I have to unsubscribe.

[@BezddDakota]

um.... I Will Always Love You was originally BY Dolly but Whitney made it more popular.

[@annacarollina7703]

It was also included in the soundtrack because Elvis denied recording it wasn't it? I remember seeing people say it's a very pointed pick for an ending song

[@antiheroines-you-love]

oh shit didn't know

[@hrtsforzi]

@@antiheroines-you-lovedo some research next time 🥴

[@coco_clementine]

@@annacarollina7703Elvis sung it to Priscilla after the divorce

[@please_im_a_staaar]

I thought that maybe the severe height difference between the leads in "Priscilla" was meant to emphasize that she was just a kid when she started dating Elvis and that she's a small part of his life, but he's a huge part of hers. But to be fair you gotta be like 180cm/5'11 feet tall to not have a huge height difference when standing next to Jacob Elordi.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

yeah that's what i said, but i also felt that they looked kinda weird next to each other

[@please_im_a_staaar]

@@antiheroines-you-love yeah, I think anybody would. That man is hella tall. 💀

[@DoubleDSheree]

Was that not the whole point? ​@@antiheroines-you-love

[@lltrtwtch]

dolly's i will always love you is not a cover because she wrote it + Elvis asked Dolly if he could cover it and she denied him, which to me adds weight to the final shot

[@antiheroines-you-love]

didn't know that, interesting

[@ClementineDaydream]

She only denied him bc his manager, Colonel Parker, wanted full rights to the song. She couldn't accept that but was sad about it as she really wanted Elvis to cover it. She's talked about this specifically several times in interviews.

[@maggiephilson1667]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that was disappointed in your review of Blonde. Not because you liked it, but because it came off as condescending and dismissive of the very legitimate criticisms the film has gotten. The fact that it was about a real woman who was and still is exploited and misunderstood quite frankly pissed me off. I get that it was based off of a fictional book, but from what I could tell it didn’t seem like they made a point about that as much as Spencer did. From the reviews of Blonde that I saw it felt very gross because it came off to me as an excuse to show a traumatized woman. So many rape scenes and scenes of her nude for what purpose? Not to mention that why would it leave out true and empowering things about her like the fact that she had her own movie production company and that she donated so much to charity organizations. But no let’s show her getting raped and having a threesome.🙄 To me Blonde came off as fetishizing women’s pain and trauma. I don’t know if that was their intention with it, but that’s how it felt.

[@yikesgal4117]

The only female biopic I’ve seen so far that I feel is accurate or true is Gia (1998), it shows off Gia Carangis struggles off great and Angelina Jolie portrays her well, unlike many others I honestly feel that it doesn’t glamourise or exploit her issues, even if it does have moments of beauty it uses them at perfect moments and uses them tastefully, something which I find that many other biopics fail to do.

[@maggiephilson1667]

Agreed. I love Gia.

[@dajajaja]

For me it's Whats Love Got to Do with It (1993) based on Tina Turner's escape from her abusive husband/band member Ike and her rise back to fame as a middle aged solo artist. Will never not be mad that Angela Bassett was robbed for the Oscar that year.....the best portrayal of a person I'm really familiar with that I've witnessed.

[@Ashley-vs8nu]

I second Tina. Tina actually was a part of making the film and directing Angela Bassett.

[@leximichelle6022]

oh gia was wonderful. i cry every time i watch it

[@yugen8195]

liking Blonde over Spencer is definitely an interesting opinion.

[@Seagirl441]

I'm not angry about you liking a movie or disliking another. But more as a piece of constructive criticism: you should've researched more, this video felt really messy and the way you talked about certain subjects was a little bit irresponsible. Blonde wasn't disliked as a piece of art on itself, it was disliked because of the caricature it made of Marilyn Monroe, probably the most misunderstood famous person in recent times. I think you could have conveyed the idea of liking it as a piece of media but being aware of its flaws, we don't need to defend everything that we like, or feel touched by. And also I want to mention the fact that the woman who wrote the book actually looks down on Marilyn, it doesn't come from admiration. That's my criticism of the video, as someone who enjoys a lot your essays and understands that maaaybeee this wasn't much of an essay and more of an opinion piece. Also I think that an actually good female biopic is La Vie en Rose by Oliven Dahan. Because it makes its main character feel like a real complex human being, and it's actually very accurate to who Edith Piaf was.

[@CaityFoxx]

I love your channel but this was incredibly disappointing. You cannot give an accurate opinion on biopics, even if they are based on books, without first knowing the subject of the film. You admitted yourself that you were unfamiliar with all of them and yet disregarded every bit of valid criticism the films received, mainly Blonde. It's fair to say you enjoyed the movie as simply a movie but you can't dismiss valid criticisms if you do not know anything about the source. I was also disappointed in your sanitized take on 'pro do whatever you want'. Please say pro-choice with your full chest, especially right now, on a feminist channel. I never comment and I'm not trying to be mean, this is merely a criticism.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

Can't we just enjoy and feel art without analysing it too much? that's what i was trying to do here, just openly discuss my first impressions of the movies and I knew i was opening myself to a lot of criticism. It's not a deep analysis and i said it at the beginning of the video. I'm confused... 'pro do whatever you want' is clearly pro-choice and sorry but it's weird that you are telling me how to express my thoughts and what language to use.

[@ubiifuruuu]

she said "i'm pro whatever you decide to do with your body", that is literally pro choice

[@AthalieM]

First of all, is "accurate opinion" even a thing? An opinion is definitively not factual, that's why it's an opinion. Second, do you really want to say that someone can't have an opinion on a biopic unless they're well versed on its subject? That's a slippery slope I don't think most of us would want to go down.

[@farnesetbh8487]

@@antiheroines-you-love except it is that deep, blonde is just another example of taking a woman's life and exploiting it...

[@Mizuki101Ikuto]

they're beating ur ass in the comments lmaoo😭

[@jewelcloud836]

You found the Anne boleyn references and delusions cringe in Spencer, but liked blonde..

[@beyondthisnormalrealm]

I’m sorry but is Elvis not a predator? Like you acknowledge the age gap and the ages. Age gaps aren’t the biggest problem but the fact that he’s a grown man dating a 14 year old child but some of your talking points kinda make it seem like it’s not. Weird honestly….

[@disappearinghills]

And the way she low key justified it by saying she’s “mature”😳

[@cristalblackstar8177]

They met when she was 14 but the he leave and met again when she was 18. And get married when she was 21.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

@@disappearinghills 😐

[@Rotting12]

@@disappearinghillsthat’s not really what she said

[@goopwithahat7142]

@@antiheroines-you-lovewrite your damn script better or better yet research

[@ninanadine1185]

When you said that you didn't know anything about the people in the biopics, and then didn't do any research yourself, I realized this video was going to go down hill. Yes your entitled to your opinion, but it was jarring for you to dismiss Priscilla, a movie based off a book that Priscilla herself wrote, and comparing it to a fanfiction trope. Your lack of research really shines through here. But I gave you the benefit of the doubt, since this video seemed to veer into more of an opinion piece. But when you got to your review of Blonde, I laughed since I was so in shock with your review. For someone who wrote a beautiful video on "female revenge" to have you blatantly say that you liked blonde, even though it was so disrespectful and misogynists was surprising. Even worse, to justify it, you gave yourself a superiority complex by saying "If your easily triggered by theses topics, you should look up these warnings before hand, I personally don't need warnings, when I can close my eyes and look away" and "i was able to separate the art from the artist." Even if the movie was not made about Marylin, it is still clearly trauma porn. You say you like things that traumatize you, well congratulations, you like trauma porn of fictionalized versions of real woman. If you did your research, you would realize the woman who wrote the marlyin manroe book by joyce carol was still exploitation a women's death and suffering. Don't read the book, its untrue, and do your own research. Overall this video felt like it missed the point. hard. I would suggest you put more time and care into these books, and put more effort into the women who star in these biopics

[@babaksenia2532]

You don't seem to have a very deep understanding of..... any of these things. Sorry, but this video was frustrating to sit thru.

[@PorgWitch]

I’m very surprised you mentioned Priscilla being “more mature than Elvis “ when it’s incredibly important to note the predatory nature of their relationship. As someone who was groomed multiple times, a big defense the men used was how “mature” I am. That’s a defense a lot of groomers use. Which then places the blame on the minor who was taken advantage of.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

i was describing their characters, i wasn't defending the age gap.....my god

[@goopwithahat7142]

@@antiheroines-you-love well too bad. Maybe be more compassionate instead of stuck asshole all the time? Maybe your mental health is all “me me me” hope you find a therapist

[@chromatics2004]

There’s a lot of reasons why I didn’t like blonde but in short terms, Marilyn Monroe was exploited throughout her entire career and even in death. Blonde feels like a mockery because it’s literally making a spectacle out of her suffering. The woman is quite literally dead and she still can’t escape😭

[@msjkramey]

That is absolutely NOT what mental health issues are like. It is absolutely not "me, me, me" and blaming other people for your problems Do you say someone with a genetic disease makes it all about them and blames other people for their illness just because they mention it's an inherited sickness? Do you talk that way to someone with a broken leg after a car accident, even if the accident was somehow their fault? I hope you show more care and concern than that. So why not do the same for mental health problems?

[@TheRealHelenaDeluca]

Yeah that bit was so rude

[@meanbean6011]

​@helenagackowska8398 I think it's realistic. Do you think a person who's constantly anxious and on n edge all the time is going to be in a great mood, and ready to be thoughtful and attentive to other people? Do you think a person who's experiencing paranoia and psychosis is going to a be trusting, loving person when they leave the house? Do you think a depressed person who wants to die is going to have the energy to be an attentive friend, parent, or lover? I don't understand people's obsessive need to moralizing mental illness. To act like it nakes a person smarter, more empathetic, more humble, more thoughtful, or more kind. Mental illness takes away the best parts of you, bit by bit. It ates away at your ability to ne with other people, to be there for them, just like it destroys your ability to live with yourself.

[@TheRealHelenaDeluca]

@@meanbean6011 I understand the point she was making but 'me me me' is rude and doesn't explain that point properly/appropriately.

[@julianuribe9734]

​@@TheRealHelenaDeluca/videos If you understood the point, then why does it matter how she said it? She explained as properly as one can do in a 20 minutes commentary on 3 different movies. She wasn't deffending her tesis for her post doctorate in psychology. I don't understand this need in tip toing around mental health issues. You can have a mental disorder, but you can also be an asshole, and saying it as such doesn't invalidates your struggles.

[@ti1286]

Omg look around. This is a video about cinema on youtube. You got triggered and it is easy to vent and attack the author from comment section. But she’s not the root of all evil in the world. Just someone (who’s not claiming to be a pro in mental health) being uncareful on a youtube video essay. You’re frustration is totally justified and I even agree with you, but it is completely misdirected. How much time did you spend on that comment? And do you feel any better now?

[@degelle]

I see that you're drawing a lot of hate here, but I see your perspective on Blonde because it seems like it's your first in depth exposure to her life and celebrity. What stings (for me) is that the film and the book it is based on is wildly inaccurate. Almost everything you see never happened, and the way Monroe was and behaved was quite different (same with Spencer, actually- the real Diana was bright, mischievous and so many other things). Once you start learning more about Monroe's life, her work and watching/listening to interviews it becomes clear just how off the mark Blonde actually is. That version of her isn't real. It's a grotesque fantasy of sexualized female martyrdom. It didn't help that the director referred to her as a whore while promoting it either, which outed his actual feelings towards her. The abortion scenes and the talking fetus were also his idea. They weren't in the book. It's all very strange. I'm not angry with you, not offended and will not be unsubscribing. I'll still be here. If you end up doing a follow-up on the Monroe mythos I bet it would be thoughtful and well done. In spite of what happened to her she was a savvy businesswoman, passionate about her work to a fault, had a lot of "don't fuck with me" energy and accomplished a lot during her life.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

Thank you, I actually thought of that, that my opinion might change after i get to know the real person and if it does then great. We as humans should be allowed to change our opinions but on the internet it seems imossible.

[@degelle]

Keep your head up. This will pass.

[@kyliebolding1875]

​@@antiheroines-you-loveyou are allowed to have opinions, people evidently get very defensive and angry when you take a different stance. love your stuff, keep going.

[@the_wisecrack9472]

just wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation for this incredible channel. Your content means the world to me, and I can't thank you enough for the invaluable knowledge and perspective your videos provide. Through your channel, I've had the opportunity to learn more about the world and see things from different angles, enriching my understanding and broadening my horizons in ways I never thought possible. Moreover, your narration skills are truly remarkable, and the editing of your videos is top-notch. It's evident that a lot of effort and dedication go into each piece of content you create, and it definitely doesn't go unnoticed. Once again, thank you for all that you do. Your channel has made a significant impact on my life, and I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be a part of your audience.💕💕💕

[@mommymarz]

sofia coppola’s marie antoinette was epic. i’ve never cried watching a biopic as much as i did marie antoinette empathizing w her character. as far as elvis & me, 1988’s tv movie directed by larry peerce, starring dale midkiff & susan walters is amazing in showcasing elvis & priscilla’s love & chemistry. that tv biopic was also based on priscilla presley’s book elvis & me. i was 13 when i saw it back in 1989 & it gave me hope that i’d be able to marry one of the band members of a group i liked back then lol!

[@jstillperfect9070]

Blonde to me was dumbing down Marylin’s legacy. The entire movie was basically a pro-life film with little of Marylin’s actual accomplishments. I liked the Pricilla film bc I feel people never really heard her story before plus Pricilla was heavily involved with the movie so I feels very personal.

[@mefia97]

Priscilla gave me the strength I needed to leave my abusive relationship

[@surette2012]

I agree that films that centre trauma, suffering, tragedy, angst, mental illness and taboo topics are a genre of their own and we’ll always have that: requiem for a dream, helter skelter, perfect blue, black swan, the red shoes etc. as long as we suffer as a species we will commodify and create spectacle to it to assign meaning. It’s a neutral thing…it’s just art. However, When real life people’s legacies are rewritten or have a sad filter on it…I don’t like it. When it’s voyeuristic and reductive and it gives me about the same as a ao3 #angst #hurtnocomfort fic written by a 15 year old, then I start questioning what demographic they’re seeking. There are countless memoirs and books dedicated to marilyn. Even her real life friend in her small inner circle, Norman roster, wrote in such lovely prose (likely because he was a poet) about her and didn’t shy away from her faults, but still recognized the candid Marilyn wasn’t just shambling through life bumping into every trauma checkpoint. It’s one thing to have upsetting beats in the plot or have mature themes…it’s another to be incredibly cringey, juvenile and tone deaf in regards to the writing. The content might’ve even worked in a more capable writers hands, but it was all incredibly pretentious and surface level. I don’t really see how anyone can source entertainment from this unless they are completely missing something and just like watching any avatar for suffering crying on the floor to relate to. It misrepresents Marilyn and, again, is reductive. I don’t think anyone would appreciate the hypothetical that if they were famous enough to have a film made with their likeness use… having it just be vignettes of your worst moments (that are hyperbolic and untrue in most places.) Wouldn’t feel good or ethical. I don’t think artistic liberties should be used to reframe people to utter misrepresentation. I’m SURE many that aren’t familiar with Marilyn had a ball and like a good downfall story with a pretty bygone actress. Marilyn has been a vessel for these kinds of dramatizations within this Parasocial hell for too long. She said: “just don’t make me a joke.” Well, we threw gas and a match on that…

[@nikkismodernlife]

i am used to meticulous research from you but this video was so disappointing. a single 15 second google search could have showed you that i will always love you was written by dolly parton. you could have used better words (and i am saying that as another non-native speaker) when you spoke about mental health. you over-generalized both diana's mental health and the relationship between priscilla and elvis. please do your research the next time

[@guimrtns]

wow i'm surprised you did not enjoy priscilla. i follow your channel for awhile now and thought you'd love it. lol i don't think it was as great as everybody insists, tho i felt the movie did good mostly with its anti-fairytale take on their love story and how it portrayed one woman's growth

[@antiheroines-you-love]

anti-fairytale take, yeah i see that and it was good at that but the growth ....i didn't feel that

[@disappearinghills]

Your take on mental disorders is actually disgusting. Your condescending view of it being a “me me me” issue is shallow as hell, and you make it sound like people choose it. Honestly I was super excited to watch this video but it ended up being very disappointing. You gloss over the age gap between Elvis and Priscilla, making it out like her “maturity” justifies it, and it’s clear you didn’t take to value the very real criticisms of Blonde.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

wooooah didn't say anything about that "maturity justifies the age gap", don't out words in my mouth. Also the comment about mememe is coming from a person who struggles with mental illness

[@sawyerk641]

I think criticizing the portrayal of mental illness on screen, and the amount of accountability the film chooses to have them contend with, is valid personally. That's what I took the "me me me" to be about, but idk.

[@savannahkelly5108]

People crying over the 'me me me' comment have either never suffered with a mental illness, never loved someone with mental illness, or have never removed themselves from the echo chamber of the internet to talk to a real human being or a doctor. Illness like this is never the fault of the sufferer, but should their actions become reprehensible, they have to face that fact or continue to destroy themselves and others. The internet constantly encourages this mentality towards the mentally ill of 'there's nothing wrong with you and you're perfect as you are you're not doing anything wrong' and it is killing the opportunity for so many to actually seek help and understand that their illness is affecting other people. Mental illness is real sickness. Like a cancer or any physical ailment more times than not the symptoms are visible, and they are ugly. This is life. This is sickness. If you want to keep playing victim all your life and feeling destroyed over someone making an accurate assessment of a classic symptom of many mental disorders then fine. Martyr yourself. Encouraging others to do the same and not think critically about their behaviors or consider help, is utterly disgusting.

[@oravenheart]

I watched Spencer and Priscilla. Priscilla is visually beautiful but boring. It took me a few days to watch because I kept going to do other things and forgetting I was watching it I really wanted to like it. I enjoyed Spencer. I don't know much about the royal family and don't know how much of it is real but it feels to me like this could have been real. everyone in this movie is very human.

[@ClementineDaydream]

exactly. the ONLY thing Priscilla has going for it is aesthetics. So bland and boring otherwise.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

@@ClementineDaydream i am glad i am not the only one who found it soo boring

[@mrooneyfox]

I feel like the Amy Winehouse biopic is going to be much worse than these three films. The trailer made it look like such a travesty.

[@momosmojito]

not liking priscilla is ok, obviously it's your opinion and it's not for everyone, however you liking blonde is what rubbed me the wrong way. This video as a whole was you being dismissive and ignorant, you really missed with this one and it's embarrassing on your part.

[@butterontoast3657]

Wow, this video really missed the mark. Very weird energy throughout, from the way you discussed mental illness, to the way you brushed over the predatory nature of Elvis and Priscilla's relationship, to the way you discussed blonde. Kinda hit me out of left field.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

Do you really think i am for 14teen yo dating a 24 yo??????so if i said age gap = bad what would have changed? the movie is still boring

[@butterontoast3657]

@antiheroines-you-love I said the way you spoke about it and brushed over the topic was a bit weird, making me question how you felt about it, due to your delivery. I don't care that you don't like the movie, you're allowed to find something boring, that wasn't really my issue lol.

[@ggdytg1405]

​@@butterontoast3657 i think it was hard for her to go in the depths of their relationship since the movie lacks depth itself, we didnt see the real struggle and the ugly that comes with such age gaps, we just saw bunch of cheesy pretty scenes

[@goopwithahat7142]

@@ggdytg1405no she literally said how she’s glad they made Elvis not predatory. Like what the fuck? She genuinely does not care about victims

[@roflomaozedong]

The ending of "Spencer" remembers me, a lot, the ending of Tarantino's movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Because both movies are dreamy naive feelsgood ending rewriting history in an optimistic/idealistic/utopic manner. Very good video, I liked and subscribed.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

I have recently watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, you are right ....they are very similiar in "rewriting' the stories a bit

[@ΕλισάβετΒιδάλη]

Although i don't agree with many parts of these reviews, or your definition of what being triggered is, I like your non convetional opinions, you don't repeat the same talking points as most youtube critics. Please don't feel the need to modify or limit yourself and your honest opinions on your channel!

[@efghd2624]

Blonde would be an ok movie if were about a made up person, but if you look up what Marilyn Monroe actually went through and what she had to say about her own life its just a very disrespectful depiction of her. Ana de Armas' performance was the only element of actual care for Marilyn. The director AND author of the book kind of hated her, which is why there's all that trauma porn of her getting punished for her "bad decisions". Also, in real life she very much was a "boss babe" and a very savvy business woman, which makes it even more of a shame that this was the story told. If they wanted to take that many liberties, they should've just made up a character that was inspired by her. Biopics aren't the same as fictional stories, so it doesn't really make sense to me to watch them in a vacuum or treat them like fiction, because they couldn't have gotten made without the real life context that inspired them. I'm not offended by your take, sometimes people just like different things, but I do think it could've been better informed.

[@haleyraven8490]

The second I read “am I going to hell for liking Blonde” I stopped watching lmao. Yes 🤣

[@antiheroines-you-love]

i knew the risks

[@kieren6900]

I think what’s interesting about this video and the reactions to it are really the cultural understanding of things like mental health from the creator vs the viewer and the disconnect. The “if I see something I don’t like I just look away” comment when talking about triggers was what made me notice it. A trigger is something that messes with your emotions and mood. Makes it harder to control how to interact with others and also do anything for awhile because it just pushes you into this extreme zone. Looking away doesn’t fix it nor does it help you get over triggers which btw internet. Is. The. Point. A warning only serves to tell you if it’s coming so you can prepare or decide not to engage. It’s this missing context in, I’m sure a lot of places, with the creator vs the viewer that gives people a sour note because it goes against the well informed feminist perspective I think this channel goes for. I think if this style was to be attempted again (which it should. It’s interesting to hear the opinions of others and important to understand people’s views outside your own bubble.) the creator should probably put MORE emphasis on the video exploring their feelings and opinions (and yes we must acknowledge they did that at the start but I think more focus on that is needed.) I hope this channel continues. The creator seems rightfully upset as there’s lots of comments. Some of them poorly worded. It may be best to disengage for awhile and reflect on this later with a clear head.

[@clown-cult96]

“Spencer” really thought they were doing something with those Anne Boleyn scenes and it had me SHRIEKING

[@hypnoticfig6085]

What you said is 100% true, people hate Blonde because its Marilyn Monroe, no one would care if it wasnt. She is such an important icon and extremely loved by so many, its incredibly hard to watch someone that means so much to you be unnecessarily tortured in a creepy inaccurate fanfiction, It feels really hurtful, and ick. i love depressing movies too and would have probably liked Blonde if it was about a random chick, but Marilyn went through enough, i dont want to see her hurt more when its not even true... its simply gratuitous

[@SaltRiverAmyJean]

This is 100% how I felt while watching that movie. It broke my heart for her

[@antiheroines-you-love]

yeah i understand

[@lowfistarlet]

I think I would still dislike the movie even if I was with a fiction character instead of Marilyn. I’m tired of male directors fetishizing women’s pain/ exploiting their actresses for the sake of plot. Notice how biopics about male stars do not have this same amount of nudity and properly balance the good points of their life with the bad.

[@sunrope77]

​@@lowfistarlet I agree; I felt like I was just watching someone's bdsm fetish being passed off as a film.

[@miriahherzog8326]

I just love hearing your voice.

[@SoVidushi]

Good video, I love hearing your takes. You seem to have an original perspective on things, whether it agrees with the popular opinion or not may vary. I appreciate that.

[@MissSugarPink17]

I just want to let you know, I absolutely adore your videos. I get so happy when I see you uploaded a new video. ❤

[@gold.berrry]

Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You." ❤

[@georginavictoria6455]

a lot of biopics and the criticism surrounding seems centred around portraying the person as this poor martyred angel too good for this world type in a way that is quite condescending. I wish biopic criticism was more centred around how flat and uncanny valley-ish some of these portrayals are and not that the director didn't idolise your fav enough or emphasis how much of a poor baby downtrodden genius they were. Blonde was quite shit though.

[@barbara.v]

For me, who sees every thing about Diana, really like me "Spencer". I think that in every film, documentary or serie about her is she "being so nice and so victim", it's refreshing to see Diana a little rebel in her gold cage. She have feelings and inner issues and she is not just the Princess of the Poor like everyone wants to see in every film, it's a woman in the 90's with money and privileges too. And yes, I'm chilean but doesn't like me Pablo Larraín or Kristen Stewart, I am just tired of the "victim female", in the case of Marilyn Monroe and Diana of Wales. Of course they have her inner issues, it's a entire contry that wants to see more and more you until your destruction, everyone can come crazy in this context even if you have all the possibilities in the world. "Spencer" it's good, not excellent but entertaining, "Blonde" it's more of the same every film... I hated it. I don't wanna see Priscilla, but I really doubt that Coppola wants to project "2 adult kids", it's a girl with a adult men in love with his mother, a predator. I think that you messed with 2 female roman empires and have no idea about it, but you decided to talk about anyway. You review it's irritant in so many levels that I can't stop give Like to anothers commentaries

[@umms7845]

I love your videos, You make me proud to be a complex woman!

[@kirrrprprpa3031]

thank you so much for expressing your thoughts on Blonde! when it first came out i really liked it, it was an amazing cinematic experience, and, as you said, i felt really touched by it. But all reviews that i found on the internet were so cruel to this movie, they did not even try to understand it, it was just upsetting. and god, now hearing your thoughts on it feels so validating, i love that you really express your own opinion and not just repeating what everyone is saying, thank you so much for this video!!

[@olgakasyanova6862]

you are the best, for real it is so satisfying to find an unpopular opinion you 100% agree i cried all Blonde long and i think it has so much mercy and dark truth about trauma

[@GST6647]

People are taking the 'me me me' comment author made an insensitive statement towards people suffering from mental illnesses while it's the opposite. Saying that people lose part of their discretion, they perceive other people as a threat and worry for their safety, self to an excessive extent when they are mentally unwell means those may NOT be the persons original traits. Now, if she had instead judged the characters' actions without taking into account her mental conditions, that would have been insensitive and a pointless placement of morality as well. Obviously, the comment can also not be applied to every mentally ill person out there, she meant it about Diana in the movie, about her actions and mental conditions and she perceived it all with a good deal of compassion even if the wording might be casual.

[@MamaGator]

I grew up getting so many Marilyn Monroe comments & jokes because we share a last name. I feel a lot of shame now about that because it actually made me feel angry when people brought her up to me. I had no idea where it stemmed from, I was always a little wary of people taking my looks too seriously but it was beyond that. I’d roll my eyes and just be so annoyed at her, as if she slighted me somehow. It was all patriarchal bs. But she was a lovely woman. Seriously just a lovely person. The more I learned about her growing up, the more I genuinely wish she had found more peace. It will always make me sad that Blonde happened to her on top of everything else.

[@ninanadine1185]

wow im surprised by this one, this is the first video you have a bad take!

[@von8786]

This might be the first video of yours I couldn’t agree with or get through, just seemed like it had a lack of research and understanding

[@ella-qo1eq]

blonde was literally a mans fanfiction of marilyn monroe it was so untasteful

[@nellievaughn7755]

I am so excited you uploaded.

[@Bunnidove]

Disappointed in you, in this video...

[@antiheroines-you-love]

😔plz don't be disappointed, i will cry😭

[@longlivebeans]

I get where you’re coming from with Blonde but you really didn’t have to be such a smarmy contrarian about it lol.

[@antiheroines-you-love]

ahhahaha

[@alliemarie2005]

I hated Blonde it felt wrong to do to Marilyn’s memory. It was like trauma porn. It would be great to see a more accurate biopic of her life.

[@ruliak]

Wow this was unexpected, you gave me a lot to think about and appreciate.

[@PrincessKLS]

I do think Priscilla is a better “Elvis” movie compared to others. I do think it addressed the grooming thing to a certain extent.

[@diorballerina]

idk back when blonde was announced,I was excited because the trailer looked amazing but then seen the movie for myself I really didn’t like it.I mainly didn’t like blonde because of the way they portrayed Marilyn,i felt grossed out in the first 10 minutes and I don’t think I have a very weak stomach.i respect your opinion but you could have maybe talked about another biopic,maybe gia from 1998

[@ch3rrylein]

she has a gia video up already

[@diorballerina]

@@ch3rrylein the video is about gia as a person not the biopic I was referring to

[@allysonreneeelyse]

I’m not a fan of biopics, film imitates life but it can not truly, to the full extent, capture the complexities of a real person and the entirety of their life in a matter of a couple hours. And it’s an injustice to the person it’s about to water down their life and experiences to fit a 2 hour time slot. IF someone feels the urge to make a biopic I personally prefer ones like Spencer that take place during a short, specific time frame and a specific event. That way it can be more flushed out. But I just think Hollywood in general should drop this Biopic kick it’s been on, get creative and write new stories

[@rhibacon]

I agree on “Priscilla” in the fact that they put such a big actor for Elvis when the movie was about her. Yes Elvis was a more known person but in THIS movie she was the main character.

[@bwuuny]

i absolutely love your channel, it’s so hard to find amazing pieces of content that are surrounded around the art of movies. i love ♡ thank u

[@rooboatdeer22yu51]

I was surprised you thought most of the other characters were logical in spencer. But then again you don't know much about these people

[@antiheroines-you-love]

Ofc some comments were not that nice but I think some of the advice was helpful like don't say personal things to staff, try to put on a mask for the public, i understand she is suffering but she also has responsibilities as a royal 🤷‍♀ ? We all have jobs we hate in real life so it's pretty relatable

[@hrtsforzi]

you lost the idgaf war😂

[@naomimguzman9783]

You liked Blonde but not Pricilla I am happy I am not the only one who is disappointed haha also happy so many challenged you Like many said before , the author of blonde is from a generation that looked down at MM when now in 2024 view Marilyn Monroe read Philosophy and poetry had an IQ score more than Einstein, was in foster care , some believed she was a great actress because her whole persona was an act AND sadly had a very complicated life. (Why so many people love her now) The actress of blonde was so disrespected to much so she was being haunted by MM lol if that’s not reason to hate that movie I don’t know what is Also that director admitted to putting so much gore to look down on women and the lives we live I loved Priscilla because yeah it wasn’t drama but you know they told her side of the story with respect but it was hers I said this before but I am so glad many people told you wanted you needed to hear

[@Lu-wy3re]

I really liked this video! The "me me me" comment was a slight misstep in phrasing, sure. Imo it was very clear that you meant something along the lines of that being a part of what a mental illness makes you. Which is completely true. I mean ffs, you even backed it up with the exact (albeit understandably brief) explanation I was given by very a very competent psychotherapist. Youre not missrepresenting mental illness, youre talking about its weirder effects. I suppose mental illness is one of the most volatile topics you could talk about on the internet but I like this channel exactly for its bolder takes. Makes it feel more like a random person giving their authentic opinion in an entertaining way. Similar story with the predatory thing... once they had a relationship, aka once they were both above the age of consent, Priscilla seemed more mature than Elvis. Contrasting the missmatched maturity to what the missmatched age would imply is interesting! In this case (again) it was phrased in a way that one could understand really wrong if one wanted to. Thats just how the internet works I guess, if something can be misunderstood it will be. Anyway cant wait for the next upload!

[@DanaJaneWriter]

I just really love your take. You've made my day, thank you

[@kelpie2851]

Blonde was horrible, but I respect your opinion

[@pointofinterest9084]

I loved these glimpses of Norma Jeane in Blonde. That even despite us creating all these rumours about Marilyn Monroe, character Norma played whole adult life, rumours which were much more interesting to public than real Norma Jeane, she existed. She was good actress, whom we never wanted to see as a good actress, treating her as simplistic. She had much more beauty and grace, that we ever cared, because we were hungry for sexy. She was smart, but she was Blonde, so the dumber she would look, the better it would go down the throat of public. Maybe she would've been a good wife and mother, but whenever she married anybody people interested in profiting off her immediately created rumours and tension, cause she must have been that antidote to wife. And in the end, she was real person, but all we cared was her persona and only in death she could be free from all that burden we put on her. Quoting other biopic, "What killed her? It was love." Desperate crawing of love and affection, to be noticed, to be accepted. What she asked in return broke her. Eventually everyone loved and wanted that thin shiny shell she grew around herself, that's probably too much (and age of social media proves that).

[@evamarkovic203]

I also liked Blonde the most out of these three movies, and while it is not accurate depiction of Marilyn Monroe's life, it may be an accurate depiction of women's issues. It's like a mirror, the plot reflects back questions we have about our own lives. That makes it so moving imo. I appreciate your take💜

[@antiheroines-you-love]

thank you

[@chandonkey-kong9744]

No because I have the exact same opinions as you on these films. I didn't like Blonde the first five times I watched it, until I realized how heavily I relate to Marilyn. Yes, I believe Marilyn Monroe's story needs to be left alone and that we should show respect to her and also acknowledge her great achievements. At the same time, Blonde is my favorite book, and I recommend that the people who disliked the movie read the book, so that they can't understand what the director (somewhat poorly) tried to get across. There's some subtleties that are not at all noticeable in the movie that are explained in the book. I also wasn't interested in Priscilla, as I felt like it had nothing to really say, and had no message. Spencer was additionally in the middle for me. I love your channel, keep making great commentaries ❤

[@Rory_Slay]

I love ur vids.. I recently just watched "The Beguiled" (2017) and seeing how messed up it was, I thoughy you already have a review abt it.. But I wanna request that you do that movie pleaseee

[@jesusangelespinosasalgado9430]

I will say... I'm not a Sofia fan entirely and her vision doesn't click with me quite often, like very white feminism (hate to say it) like Greta Gerwig, which I don't have anything against, but is just not for me from their vision... One who I truly believe does the same but working beautifully is Jane Campion. For me the perfect biopics are two of hers, An Angel at my Table and Bright Star... I recomend you guys

[@ssakuurita]

The wrong thing about Blonde is that they portray a woman (whatever if it is Marilyn or not) through all her relationship with MAN, and the lack of credibility about a rich person suffering ALL the time, just lost me, and the pro-life propaganda... It is also so weird how her face, even her hair, looks perfect all the time, even when she's at the hospital and having a mental breakdown. If that's not glamorizing mental illness, idk

[@rowanjoy419]

The problem how someone else put it, when you put a women abuse in the screen you are not macking people who sick in the head, go like "oh I see this is awful", actually you are giving them more material and making the normal sane people feel uncomfortable.

[@marcor7044]

Respectfully, I see why people can like Blonde, on a technical level it's amazing and Ana de Armas knocked it out of the park. But I must respectfully voice my grievances about it; I'm a huge fan of old movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and I know it's supposed to be a fictional biopic but it chooses some very weirdly specific details from real life to include, such as basing every shot of an existing photo/scene of her life/movies. I do also like movies that make me feel bad but honestly watching it I was just frustrated because it just felt like the movie was just repeatedly showing her suffering without letting us know enough about her to know how much this affects her

[@lauren1779]

I agree with you 100 percent on blonde

[@seriousros7280]

I very very rarely watch films again but I thought Blonde was so exceptionally brilliant that I've watched it twice. It is made lovingly, it is a love poem to Marilyn. Sensitive and beautiful like the woman it portrays.

[@weeb3277]

have you done May (2002)? i think you should...

[@antiheroines-you-love]

no i will think about it i love that movie

[@ИринаМ-ю1е]

Did you really say "The cover of IWALY by Dolly Parton"? Or did you mean "The cover of Dolly Parton's IWALY"? Because it's HER song and it's her who sings it in the end. She and Elvis were buds and he sang this song to Scilla when they were leaving the court.

[@elle3839]

As a princess Diana fan (whos seen alot of her interviews) I personally hated Spencer. And im a fan of k Stew as well. I had high hopes but Stewart portrayed her as really unlikable I think, not that Diana wasnt a brat sometime lol but I didnt see the good qualities and strength Diana was very well known for. All I saw was a crying victim feeling sorry for herself and I didnt find her performance compelling. I cringed really hard when shes screeching Tell them Im not well! Also Stewart didnt reach out to anyone who knew her in real life to prepare, which was also a mistep I believe

[@jessicaboyd3539]

I don’t even know what to say about the mental illness comment. That’s incredibly hurtful but also very very wrong, NPD can do that but there’s an entire DSM with the hundreds of other mental illnesses. I’m not sure why anyone would characterize all mental illness like this. Considering how much I usually like your content I’m surprised.

[@merppppp]

Liking Blonde when it was based off a fictional “biopic” where her abuse and her struggles were romanticized and exploited; not to mention the fact they filmed on the exact same place where the person had died. Disgusting. YES, they made fun of her. YES, they diminished her. This is just sad. But sure, artsy.

[@GG-zv3rj]

Came to the comment section to say how much I agree with your assessments on all of these movies and seeing all these comments criticizing you - you all need to chill the hell out 😂

[@Retrogradegirl]

Even though the book and movie blonde ate fiction the marketing implied it was the real Marilyn. Also because of her chilhood she had a strong desire to be a mother but couldn't she had several miscarriages.

[@JamesHussey-te8mt]

Ok you review mysterious skin

[@JamesHussey-te8mt]

It’s a beautiful film about two boys who are SA at 8years overcoming trauma about what that does to a person out of affect people in different different ways

[@antiheroines-you-love]

i love that movie and the book but i make videos about women and girls so i can't

[@JamesHussey-te8mt]

Ok , thanks for answering and I think your video on biopic was really good I too enjoy blonde The visuals were really nice to look at in the movie

[@Rotting12]

@@antiheroines-you-lovewhy only make movies that show women? That movie shows what pedophilia and acts of SA do to people, mainly women. It may portray two men/ boys but its a common experience for girls/ women

[@madelineb6989]

Thanks for coming to Blonde's advocacy. It is one of the most honest portrayals of abuse and a raw, staggering work of empathy. One of my favorite pictures in recent history. Great video as always. Can't wait to see Priscilla.

[@AthalieM]

so for those who cosign the critiques of Blonde (and I'm not saying I don't, or wouldn't - I watched maybe 10 minutes and couldn't stand it so I shut it off. I did however read the whole huge ass book about 15 years ago and I thought it was worthwhile as a literary speculative exercise) - what biopics on women would you recommend?