Julie Taymor on overcoming Hollywood testosterone in 'The Glorias'

as Steinem at different ages, actually started with the activist herself, on the night of the 2016 election, when Donald Trump was elected U.S. president over Hillary Clinton. It was an outcome neither the filmmaker nor Steinem anticipated; Taymor’s cameras rolled.

“[Gloria] perkily said, ‘Now we have to look to the upside of the downside.’ I get tears in my eyes thinking about it,” says Taymor. The acclaimed director wants to introduce that wit and positivity to new audiences. “I know that many young women that I’ve met [Gloria’s] look, the glasses, the cool clothes… they know she was attractive, but they don’t really know what she was about.”

Embedded in a film like The Gloria is also a response to a theme that often accompanies traditional biopics and critically acclaimed films: violence.”One of the actresses [in] said, when they read the script, ‘Where are the battles, where is the blood? They’re not in jail, they’re not being beaten!” Basically: ‘Where is the testosterone?’” Taymor relayed. “I thought about it. And that was true. How many movies on the top [critical] lists end in incredibly violent scenes? Including, which I love.

“We have a problem with thinking that that’s entertainment,” she continues. “Is our visceral excitement going happen if blood doesn’t flow? Can you have a revolutionary film about activism and activists without blood and violence? There’s definitely talk about rape and those issues.

that's like saying - 'overcoming balls' we get it. Do you, rally your gals if that's all you got.

wow is that your biggest obstacle to success... it's not creativity?

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