She was in there, of course, because Juno won Best Original Screenplay, and she wrote it.
But tell me how, Mssrs. Halbfinger and Cieply, is this relevant:The indie delight “Juno,” about a pregnant teenager with a mouth on her, won for best original screenplay, by Diablo Cody, who once worked as a stripper. She tearfully thanked her family for “loving me for who I am.”
She was a stripper? Oh Noes!
*faints*
Get over it. There is no justifiable journalistic reason to include this. It's not related to the content of the movie, it's sensationalist and - dare I say it - sexist, designed simply to get a rise out of readers (and, perhaps, simultaneously inspire a sense of righteousness).
Monday, February 25, 2008
[NYT] Diablo Cody in the NYT
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Normally, I'd be right on board with that analysis, but it is true that Diablo touts her former profession with some frequency, so much so that she made fun of herself in a video now available on YouTube (that I believe will be part of the DVD release of the movie) in which she mentions her former stripper-hood about, oh, 30 times. I think it's something she's very proud of, and might not object to having referenced. However, NYTimes motives remain questionable.
Hm.
I still think I disagree - the question is not whether or not she minds, but whether or not it's journalistically relevant to mention it in a two-sentence blurb about her winning a movie award. I just don't see why the readers need to be reminded of that fact in this context. A longer story on this event? Sure. A profile? Of course. An interview? Sounds like we'd be hard-pressed to avoid that little fact.
But this? Eh, I'm not buyin'.
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