Comments on: Kristen Stewart, Abbie Cornish, Carey Mulligan on “Racist” VANITY FAIR Cover http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Thu, 17 May 2012 01:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: philip http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-487676 philip Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:59:59 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-487676 The cover representation is what most white people, especiall of young white girls, want to see. The magazine is trying to motivate and encourage young white actress wannabes that you can be hollywood actress and you can be on the cover too. Can you balme them? you can only complain about it that why minority actresses are not there? becasue they do not want them to be there. You can speculate as much as you want that minority actress are not getting roles, hence they are not on cover. This is one of the reasons why minortiy actresses are not getting roles, Hollywood film industry would see this cover and many magazine covers where only white actors are there, they could justify their decesions not to give any roles to minority actresses, they would easily can say minority actresses are not famous enough, so they are not giving them roles and magazine industry would say they are not in many movies,so they are not putting minority on their cover. It goes in circles. People do not want to watch minority actors because they are not famous enough in movies or magazine compare to white actresses. White actresses are going to keep silent because they are happy to get more roles, could be richer and famous than minority. It is already competetive within white actresses and there is always new white actresses coming in from all over the world Europe, Australia, white African actresses, so they want to keep it that way. The mag cover captures just like many mags that White males prefer to watch white actresses on movies and mags because they find them sexy and they find minority actresses ugly. Hence the mag only covered young white beautiful sexy actresses to stimulate white males for romanticism and sexual pleasure and and white females to relate them in movies this year. Watch how these white actresses stimulate your senses in movies coming this year cinema near you. This photo sort of look like Nazi sexual selection experiment with white women. I might be wrong. The cover representation is what most white people, especiall of young white girls, want to see. The magazine is trying to motivate and encourage young white actress wannabes that you can be hollywood actress and you can be on the cover too. Can you balme them? you can only complain about it that why minority actresses are not there? becasue they do not want them to be there. You can speculate as much as you want that minority actress are not getting roles, hence they are not on cover. This is one of the reasons why minortiy actresses are not getting roles, Hollywood film industry would see this cover and many magazine covers where only white actors are there, they could justify their decesions not to give any roles to minority actresses, they would easily can say minority actresses are not famous enough, so they are not giving them roles and magazine industry would say they are not in many movies,so they are not putting minority on their cover. It goes in circles. People do not want to watch minority actors because they are not famous enough in movies or magazine compare to white actresses. White actresses are going to keep silent because they are happy to get more roles, could be richer and famous than minority. It is already competetive within white actresses and there is always new white actresses coming in from all over the world Europe, Australia, white African actresses, so they want to keep it that way. The mag cover captures just like many mags that White males prefer to watch white actresses on movies and mags because they find them sexy and they find minority actresses ugly. Hence the mag only covered young white beautiful sexy actresses to stimulate white males for romanticism and sexual pleasure and and white females to relate them in movies this year. Watch how these white actresses stimulate your senses in movies coming this year cinema near you. This photo sort of look like Nazi sexual selection experiment with white women. I might be wrong.

]]> By: lalala xP http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-487054 lalala xP Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:39:31 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-487054 where is EMMA WATSON?? o.0' she must be there!! where is EMMA WATSON??
o.0′
she must be there!!

]]> By: mac http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-487045 mac Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-487045 Let's be honest. It's racism out of stupidity. Vanity Fair couldn't be more vapid and ignorant as a whole, not just in the article. We're talking about the stars of Twilight(really?)and Jennifer's Body(cmon now) that are on this cover. I don't see whats unexpected about an elitist magazine that lacks any actual intelligent content doing something like this. Let’s be honest. It’s racism out of stupidity. Vanity Fair couldn’t be more vapid and ignorant as a whole, not just in the article. We’re talking about the stars of Twilight(really?)and Jennifer’s Body(cmon now) that are on this cover. I don’t see whats unexpected about an elitist magazine that lacks any actual intelligent content doing something like this.

]]> By: Brian http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-487017 Brian Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:39:22 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-487017 I've read quite a few articles complaining about this VF cover. I'd like to make a few points. The age range is teen to late 20's ONLY. Zoe Saldana is lovely and talented, but is 31, so she's outside of the age range for the cover. Talent, a promising future, and an existing body of work were also factors used in determining the cover. Gabourey Sidibe had no body of work prior to Precious, so she didn't qualify. Freida Pinto is mostly a Bollywood actress, not a Hollywood actress, so chances are that VF didn't think about including her. And for the person who mentioned Selena Gomez, talent was a factor and I've never heard of Selena Gomez (or any other Disney factory actor) accused of being talented. I have yet to read any article that mentioned including actresses other than Sidibe, Saldana, and Pinto. Being a film actress also seems to be a requirement, so who else is there? The only minority actress I could think of to include, given the criteria, was Vanessa Hudgens. The problem with her is a lack of talent, though she is good looking and well known. There are a number of actresses with larger bodies of work than Sidibe or Pinto (Hollywood work I mean) such as Ellen Page, Dakota Fanning, and Emily Blunt. Any of those three would have more right to be on the VF cover than Sidibe or Pinto. Finally, why are Stewart and Seyfried on the cover again? Because VF is in business to make money and Stewart is in Twilight while Seyfried has a total of five movies out between September '09 and May 2010. In other words, they are well enough known to sell magazines. If anyone wants to complain about racism, don't complain about VF. That cover is an accurate representation of the somewhat established young actresses in American film. Instead, complain about the lack of roles for minority actresses, which leads to a lack of up comers. I'm sure there are plenty of talented non white young actresses out there, but they are not getting a chance to work since there are so few roles (especially lead roles) available for them. I’ve read quite a few articles complaining about this VF cover. I’d like to make a few points.

The age range is teen to late 20′s ONLY. Zoe Saldana is lovely and talented, but is 31, so she’s outside of the age range for the cover.

Talent, a promising future, and an existing body of work were also factors used in determining the cover. Gabourey Sidibe had no body of work prior to Precious, so she didn’t qualify. Freida Pinto is mostly a Bollywood actress, not a Hollywood actress, so chances are that VF didn’t think about including her. And for the person who mentioned Selena Gomez, talent was a factor and I’ve never heard of Selena Gomez (or any other Disney factory actor) accused of being talented.

I have yet to read any article that mentioned including actresses other than Sidibe, Saldana, and Pinto. Being a film actress also seems to be a requirement, so who else is there? The only minority actress I could think of to include, given the criteria, was Vanessa Hudgens. The problem with her is a lack of talent, though she is good looking and well known.

There are a number of actresses with larger bodies of work than Sidibe or Pinto (Hollywood work I mean) such as Ellen Page, Dakota Fanning, and Emily Blunt. Any of those three would have more right to be on the VF cover than Sidibe or Pinto.

Finally, why are Stewart and Seyfried on the cover again? Because VF is in business to make money and Stewart is in Twilight while Seyfried has a total of five movies out between September ’09 and May 2010. In other words, they are well enough known to sell magazines.

If anyone wants to complain about racism, don’t complain about VF. That cover is an accurate representation of the somewhat established young actresses in American film. Instead, complain about the lack of roles for minority actresses, which leads to a lack of up comers. I’m sure there are plenty of talented non white young actresses out there, but they are not getting a chance to work since there are so few roles (especially lead roles) available for them.

]]> By: George http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-487007 George Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:42:15 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-487007 About half of the "white" actors on Vanity Fair are foreigners. There are a lot of talented Americans, white or otherwise who should be given employment first. It is very interesting that anti-immigration groups such as FAIR or Center for Immigration Studies did not say a word in protest. But let a software corporations hire a few Indian nationals, all hell breaks loose. The true racists here are not Hollywood or Vanity Fair but the anti-immigration groups who happen to have one standard for whites and another for other groups. Disgusting! About half of the “white” actors on Vanity Fair are foreigners. There are a lot of talented Americans, white or otherwise who should be given employment first. It is very interesting that anti-immigration groups such as FAIR or Center for Immigration Studies did not say a word in protest. But let a software corporations hire a few Indian nationals, all hell breaks loose. The true racists here are not Hollywood or Vanity Fair but the anti-immigration groups who happen to have one standard for whites and another for other groups. Disgusting!

]]> By: Jen http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-486642 Jen Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:14:48 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-486642 Kristen Stewart is so overrated just because She's on twilight. She sucks at acting It was painful to watch her on twilight. Where is the real talent? What is happening to this world? Kristen Stewart is so overrated just because She’s on twilight. She sucks at acting It was painful to watch her on twilight. Where is the real talent? What is happening to this world?

]]> By: Brandi http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-486626 Brandi Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:54:01 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-486626 ^ Real classy. What are you, ten? ^ Real classy. What are you, ten?

]]> By: yam http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-486609 yam Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:05:37 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-486609 What's ironic is that Megan fox isn't on there haha. sidebe probably wouldn't have fit What’s ironic is that Megan fox isn’t on there haha. sidebe probably wouldn’t have fit

]]> By: Lily http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-486553 Lily Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:09:32 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-486553 I'm surprised Frieda Pinto, Zoe Saldana, or even Selena Gomez were not included. Frieda will be in an Woody Allen film releasing in the summer and Zoe was in Star Trek and Avatar. Abby Cornish is 27 years old so she's also kind of over the hill if we talk about ages. But I agree that this list is stupid. Where is Dakota? AND Kristen & Amanda have been in this issue a couple years ago. Why repeat?? I’m surprised Frieda Pinto, Zoe Saldana, or even Selena Gomez were not included. Frieda will be in an Woody Allen film releasing in the summer and Zoe was in Star Trek and Avatar. Abby Cornish is 27 years old so she’s also kind of over the hill if we talk about ages.

But I agree that this list is stupid. Where is Dakota? AND Kristen & Amanda have been in this issue a couple years ago. Why repeat??

]]> By: Brandi http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/vanity-fair-kristen-stewart-abbie-cornish-761/#comment-486544 Brandi Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:43 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21636#comment-486544 This cover was shot before Oscar nods were announced, then why are there no actresses who were being buzzed for Oscar nods? Kristen Stewart certainly is no Oscar nominee. Its not playing the race card, its recognizing that its the 21st century! This cover was shot before Oscar nods were announced, then why are there no actresses who were being buzzed for Oscar nods? Kristen Stewart certainly is no Oscar nominee. Its not playing the race card, its recognizing that its the 21st century!

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