{"id":2927,"date":"2018-02-04T17:43:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/02\/04\/jessica-chastain-lays-into-quentin-tarantino-over-uma-thurman-incident-when-did-this-become-normalized-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2018-02-04T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T17:43:47","slug":"jessica-chastain-lays-into-quentin-tarantino-over-uma-thurman-incident-when-did-this-become-normalized-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/02\/04\/jessica-chastain-lays-into-quentin-tarantino-over-uma-thurman-incident-when-did-this-become-normalized-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Chastain Lays Into Quentin Tarantino Over Uma Thurman Incident: \u2018When Did This Become Normalized Entertainment?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/jessica-chastain\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jessica-chastain\">Jessica Chastain<\/a> isn&#8217;t happy with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/quentin-tarantino\/\" id=\"auto-tag_quentin-tarantino\">Quentin Tarantino<\/a>. After yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/03\/opinion\/sunday\/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Uma Thurman interview in the New York Times<\/a>, in which she both accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and blamed Tarantino for serious injuries she sustained while filming &#8220;Kill Bill,&#8221; Chastain took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jes_chastain\/status\/959983660005933056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> to chastise the director for his actions.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/02\/uma-thurman-kill-bill-accident-quentin-tarantino-1201924795\/\" title=\"Uma Thurman Almost Died During a \u2018Kill Bill\u2019 Stunt Quentin Tarantino Made Her Perform: \u2018I Accused Him of Trying to Kill Me\u2019\">Uma Thurman Almost Died During a \u2018Kill Bill\u2019 Stunt Quentin Tarantino Made Her Perform: \u2018I Accused Him of Trying to Kill Me\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I keep imagining Tarantino spitting in Uma&#8217;s face and strangling her with a chain for KILL BILL. How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse? When did this become normalized &#8216;entertainment&#8217;?&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When violence against women is used as a plot device to make the characters stronger then we have a problem. It is not empowering to be beaten and raped, yet so many films make it their &#8216;pheonix&#8217; moment for women. We don&#8217;t need abuse in order to be powerful. We already are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/02\/asia-argento-quentin-tarantino-uma-thurman-kill-bill-1201924816\/\" title=\"Asia Argento Slams Quentin Tarantino for \u2018Kill Bill\u2019 On-Set Accident That Injured Uma Thurman: \u2018F\u2014K Tarantino Forever\u2019\">Asia Argento Slams Quentin Tarantino for \u2018Kill Bill\u2019 On-Set Accident That Injured Uma Thurman: \u2018F\u2014K Tarantino Forever\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Thurman alleges that Tarantino persuaded her to film a scene in a stunt car she wasn&#8217;t qualified to drive, resulting in a serious crash (of which there&#8217;s footage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/03\/opinion\/sunday\/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the original NYT article<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I keep imagining Tarantino spitting in Uma&#8217;s face and strangling her with a chain for KILL BILL. How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse? When did this become normalized &#8216;entertainment&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jes_chastain\/status\/959983660005933056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Directors inserting themselves into a scene depicting abuse is crossing a boundary. How can an actor feel safe when your director is strangling you?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jes_chastain\/status\/959998623823130625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Chastain isn&#8217;t happy with Quentin Tarantino. 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