Monday, September 20, 2021
Marion Cotillard Talks About #MeToo at 2021's San Sebastian Festival
Variety: Oscar-winning French actor Marion Cotillard spoke about the “revolution” led by women to shake up the patriarchy since the start of #MeToo at the San Sebastian Film Festival where she received the Donostia Award for career achievement on Friday’s opening night.
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I feel that Cotillard is behaving exactly how all celebrities should, especially those of privilege. Your responsibility as a person with resources that is covered by the press is to direct attention and influence to significant causes. The most meaningful quote from this article to me is, "the more we speak about them, the more it changes the way we look at them”. This applies not only to sexism but also all forms of oppression, classism, racism, transphobia, and homophobia just to name a few. By acknowledging its influence we can begin to have a genuine dialogue with each other and communicate on active practices to fight these prejudices. It is inspiring to read about the intensity and success of the #MeToo movement, but there is so much more work to be done in all fields within the entertainment industry. Institutionalized and internal biases are present in every piece of our society, and addressing it is fundamental to beginning to counter it
It is true, as Viscaya says above and as Marion Cotillard says in the article, "[The] more we speak about them, the more it changes the way we look at them." I know this is true in my personal experience, not even about gender bias or anything like that, just about things my family and I like or dislike. Psychologically speaking, through mere exposure to a thing we are more likely to become familiar with it, therefore we are more likely to be comfortable with it or even favor it. Like Cotillard says, we live in a very different world now then we did in, say, the 40s or 50s. While we still have a long way to go with regard to the treatment of marginalized communities, it is also heartening to see how far we have come. Hopefully, by talking more about marginalized communities, as we have seen instances of especially in this past year and a half, we will make more progress in toppling this oppression.
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