Roe McDermott on Misogyny in Showbiz?

Brid Hegarty

I heard a talk with this one on the Matt Cooper show about the Don't Worry Darling flick, and had a few thoughts about it.

They were discussing how the director, Olivia Wilde, made a offensive remark to an actress who starred in the film. So McDermott comes out by saying "there's always an element of misogyny when we pitch women is showbiz against each other and delight in them tearing each other down". Cooper said "hang on, Olivia Wilde made the 'miss flow' comment about Florence Pugh, it wasn't some man who made it". McDermott very confidently replied "and it could have been taken out of context" and then continued rambling. Cooper left her off, but I wish he'd followed through and asked "what do you mean 'taken out of context'?". She quickly deflected to saying "we have to remember men behave badly on film sets all the time and get away with it". She went on to claim that we overlook the more serious misdemeanours of men and not women. The example she gave to back this up, was about how nobody is taking any notice of the fact that Shia LaBeouf (an actor who was meant to be cast in this flick) recently admitted that a film - that he's critically acclaimed for - about his father abusing him, was all a fabricated story.

I'm just wondering here as I don't no much about sexism in showbiz. But I'd be inclined to assume that men and women's misdemeanours would be quite different and hard to compare, and that this lady is just looking out her own head. How much truth is there to such comments.

lol at listening to this hypocritical sexist with her creepy brother.....isnt all her opinions formed on tv/movies on how it meets her "diversity quota"

The Last Word has drastically gone down hill over the last few years, Cooper is a pale imitation of a journalist he used to be

CGI_Livia_Soprano

Roe McDermott was very quiet when her brother was accused of totally-not-immoral behaviour. In fact it was so morally sound he released a statement telling everyone how above-board and fine it was.

I still find it more than a little hypocritical that someone who loudly proclaims that she gives women the benefit of the doubt regarding sexual assaults/abuses of power from authority figures kept so quiet when that particular incident emerged. No “I believe all women,” no articles about vomiting over her keyboard or animalistic screaming into the night. Silence. Probably for legal reasons, Roe, yeah?

I don’t think someone like her is a viable spokesperson for the underprivileged women who get trampled over by the various “boys clubs” some poor women in Ireland end up orbiting nowadays.

She is basically the product of the same privileged classes in Ireland those boys clubs come from (the National media, rugby clubs, UCD/Trinners, etc) and when it got close to home she decided to shut up shop and circle the wagons to protect her own. I’ll listen to a real feminist on these matters, not some dilettante who dropped the facade as soon as it got icky.

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matt cooper hasnt been worth a shite in twenty years tbh, an absolute wet rag of an interviewer who thinks it's his job to make sure every discussion ends in a draw

NIMAN

Thanks for reminding me why I rarely listen to The Last Word any more.

buried

So what you are telling me here is that there are negative aspects and stories involved in the auld 'Showbiz' racket? Well colour me f**ked, that's some groundbreaking $hit

CrabRevolution

She's built her career on calling everything racist, sexist, homophobic etc, so why would she stop now...?

I still don't mind the Last Word, but long ago started turning off when McDermott came on. There must be a point where a "review" of a film/series fails to actually meet the definition of a review. Her "reviews" consisted of letting the listener know how many female, black and gay people are in the film/programme.

Gusser09

Roe needs to look closer to home. The fox is in the hen house.

griffin100

She manages to drag almost every review of any program or movie she does down to this level and sees misogyny in everything. I heard the interview referred to by the OP and iirc she referred to Olivia Wylde leaving her partner for Harry Styles as not being a big deal and doing no harm, forgetting of course to mention the kids caught up in the breakup. Repugnance must be a family trait.

Gusser09

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She's just an odd individual and utterly hypocritical. She was all over the me too movement for years as was the brother. Went very quiet for obvious reasons. Now that there are no implications she really needs to clarify her position around his behavior. I know that she hasn't done anything wrong and legally either has the brother but they had both hung their hat on the moral hobby horse of the me too movement. It's comical that she would be allowed a platform without being questioned on this.

Brid Hegarty

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I'm not up to speed on what the brother did, but weren't his lawyers able to prove, that the girl in question, was over the age of consent?

Hers is a very vapid type of feminism.