Classic Helen Mirren Interview Going Viral For Old School Sexism (VIDEO)
August 30, 2016
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as posted by the channelA 1975 interview of actress Helen Mirren is receiving new attention for its staggering levels of sexism. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"In 1975, up-and-coming theater actress Helen Mirren was interviewed by Michael Parkinson, the host of a popular British “chat show.” What should have been a conversation focused on Mirren’s career—her upcoming turn in a production of Macbeth; her membership in the Royal Shakespeare Company; her expanding resume—was instead turned into a confrontation with Parkinson’s unabashed sexism. The good news is, Mirren was having none of it. In footage that’s been making the viral rounds in recent days, it’s clear that even then, the young actress could hold her own against chauvinists of the highest order.
It starts right out the gate. In his introduction of Mirren, Parkinson rattles off a bunch of sexist (and fairly ludicrous) phrases used by others to describe Mirren. “Sex queen,” “amorous boa constrictor,” “especially telling in projecting sluttish eroticism.”
The sit-down is a bit taut from the moment Mirren sits down. When she answers that she’s neither flattered nor put upon by those descriptors, Parkinson asks if she agrees with those assessments. He interrupts her answer to state, “I think they’re right.”
But the most odd and infuriating exchange happens when Parkinson introduces a thought thusly: “You are, in quotes, a ‘serious actress.’”
“In quotes?” Mirren asks, a bit taken aback. “What do you mean ‘in quotes?’ How dare you?””*
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