Optimalprimerib wrote: » I don't get this, this is the trait of the character she is playing. Why did she need to apologise?
Agent Coulson wrote: » I don't understand this world anymore. Anne Hathaway apologizes to disability community amid 'The Witches' backlash
Anne Hathaway is apologizing after her new movie, "The Witches," received backlash from the disability community. The actress took to Instagram with a statement saying: "I have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are in pain because of the portrayal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches." She continued: "Let me begin by saying I do my best to be sensitive to the feelings and experiences of others not out of some scrambling PC fear, but because not hurting others seems like a basic level of decency we should all be striving for." Hathaway said she owes the community an apology and was sorry to see that she had caused anyone pain. "As someone who really believes in inclusivity and really, really detests cruelty, I owe you all an apology for the pain caused," she continued. "I am sorry. I did not connect limb difference with the GHW when the look of the character was brought to me; if I had, I assure you this never would have happened." Hathaway's character in the movie has three fingers on each hand, a condition that's similar to ectrodactyly, a limb disability. A Warner Bros. spokesperson had issued a statement earlier this week addressing the backlash, saying the company was "deeply saddened to learn that our depiction of the fictional characters in The Witches could upset people with disabilities." Hathaway added that she will do better going forward. "I particularly want to say I'm sorry to kids with limb differences: now that I know better I promise I'll do better," she wrote. "And I owe a special apology to everyone who loves you as fiercely as I love my own kids: I'm sorry I let your family down." She concluded her statement by directing followers to the Lucky Fin Project, a nonprofit organization that helps children with limb differences.
MisterAnarchy wrote: » 17.99 to rent a film , thats very saucy.
mikhail wrote: » https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Roald_Dahl_s_The_Witches?id=iaN5_i0PXeA.P
RobAMerc wrote: » hi folks, Any idea where we can get this to watch ? I have Amazon prime but it doesnt seem to be on there ! Thanks
Shelga wrote: » Agree with the poster who said this just looks like a cartoonish kids' movie. Ask yourself- what would Roald think? I think he would hate it. The original movie was great in that the Grand High Witch scared the **** out of most children, including myself. However, it was spoiled somewhat by them having him turn back into a boy at the end :rolleyes: The book was the best.
p to the e wrote: » I mean he's attached to the live adaptation of Pinocchio so that should be, um, something.
pixelburp wrote: » Presumably just making the lead granny-grandson unit black (looks like the time period remains approximately the same) is enough to be "woke" now. It's just a meaningless, lazy reductive phrase if it gets trotted out *gosh* 'cos they made the leads black. And sure enough, as usual veers the conversation off into another tedious broken record about woke this and that... I mean, the film doesn't actually look great and I live in hope Zemeckis rediscovers a pulse in his films again. I actually thought the shift to (what I guess to be) the American South was a neat choice but so what? Woke woke woke woke. The word has lost all meaning.
dan1895 wrote: » What was woke about it? What am I missing?
branie2 wrote: » Woke as well
johnny_ultimate wrote: » The Roeg version had a quirky, grotesque vibe to it that always unnerved me as a kid. This all looks a bit too clean and sanded-down in comparison. But we’ll see what the final product looks like.
