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	<title>Comments on: CALM DOWN!  Katherine Heigl Did Not &#8220;Slam&#8221; Knocked Up</title>
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		<title>By: brandi</title>
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		<dc:creator>brandi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Carrie and Sam. Why is it when a woman voices her opinion, she&#039;s bashed? Had a Johnny Depp or Clooney said it, everyone would applaud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Carrie and Sam. Why is it when a woman voices her opinion, she&#8217;s bashed? Had a Johnny Depp or Clooney said it, everyone would applaud.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s pretty clear to me that not only did Heigl not slam the film, but she was correct.  Knocked Up was a buddy comedy with a pregnancy/romcom situation driving the plotline.  It was more mature than most, but in its depiction of a spying, paranoid wife and a flatly-written preggers-chick girlfriend it was, undoubtedly, at least &quot;a little sexist.&quot;

And what gives, calling her a bitch just for voicing her opinion? Seth Rogen was not personally insulted by her comments to Vanity Fair, and he was out of line personally insulting her for them the way he did. 
Now THAT&#039;S sexist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s pretty clear to me that not only did Heigl not slam the film, but she was correct.  Knocked Up was a buddy comedy with a pregnancy/romcom situation driving the plotline.  It was more mature than most, but in its depiction of a spying, paranoid wife and a flatly-written preggers-chick girlfriend it was, undoubtedly, at least &#8220;a little sexist.&#8221;</p>
<p>And what gives, calling her a bitch just for voicing her opinion? Seth Rogen was not personally insulted by her comments to Vanity Fair, and he was out of line personally insulting her for them the way he did.<br />
Now THAT&#8217;S sexist.</p>
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		<title>By: Carrie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think this case is purely a matter of opinon.

I for one, see this movie as being highly sexist. I don&#039;t think it is easy for most men and some women to understand the sexism portrayed in this movie because it is so ingrained into our culture. It conveys the concept that men are volitional, interesting, funny, and mistake-filled. Women on the other hand, have everything together and are cold and boring. 

My question is, can you honestly say that these ideas don&#039;t permeate through our society? What about boys must be boys? How many comedies starring a female role exist out there right now? Beyond Tina Fey? Would a female ever be portrayed as a pot smoking loser with ten extra pounds trying to hook up with hot guys and still be considered redeemable and loveable (similar to the Seth Rogan character)? No, probably not. 

I don&#039;t know who to blame, but why is it so rare for women to be considered something beyond sexy, smart and in control?

So, I don&#039;t blame Heigel. She is playing the parts that are available to her in Hollywood. However, if she really wanted to do something about sexism, why would she sell out? I think it was a little too late for her to get a moral conscience about how her character comes off.

I really do applaud her for being honest though. I&#039;m sure many actors have feelings like this about their movies and we just don&#039;t hear it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this case is purely a matter of opinon.</p>
<p>I for one, see this movie as being highly sexist. I don&#8217;t think it is easy for most men and some women to understand the sexism portrayed in this movie because it is so ingrained into our culture. It conveys the concept that men are volitional, interesting, funny, and mistake-filled. Women on the other hand, have everything together and are cold and boring. </p>
<p>My question is, can you honestly say that these ideas don&#8217;t permeate through our society? What about boys must be boys? How many comedies starring a female role exist out there right now? Beyond Tina Fey? Would a female ever be portrayed as a pot smoking loser with ten extra pounds trying to hook up with hot guys and still be considered redeemable and loveable (similar to the Seth Rogan character)? No, probably not. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know who to blame, but why is it so rare for women to be considered something beyond sexy, smart and in control?</p>
<p>So, I don&#8217;t blame Heigel. She is playing the parts that are available to her in Hollywood. However, if she really wanted to do something about sexism, why would she sell out? I think it was a little too late for her to get a moral conscience about how her character comes off.</p>
<p>I really do applaud her for being honest though. I&#8217;m sure many actors have feelings like this about their movies and we just don&#8217;t hear it.</p>
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		<title>By: 27 Dresses</title>
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		<dc:creator>27 Dresses</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Batman with George Clooney was an awful movie, everyone agrees on that. I think the director agrees hah. Knocked Up is a great movie. She is a moron. You&#039;re telling me 27 Dresses isn&#039;t sexist? &quot;oh I&#039;m always the bridesmaid why doesn&#039;t a man come along and marry me so I can feel fulfilled?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Batman with George Clooney was an awful movie, everyone agrees on that. I think the director agrees hah. Knocked Up is a great movie. She is a moron. You&#8217;re telling me 27 Dresses isn&#8217;t sexist? &#8220;oh I&#8217;m always the bridesmaid why doesn&#8217;t a man come along and marry me so I can feel fulfilled?</p>
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		<title>By: mykal</title>
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		<dc:creator>mykal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok this persons whole argument hinges on the fact that she says that 98% of the time she loved being in the movie

but seriously has anyone read the interveiw because that 98% statement was total backpeddaling youd be stupid to miss what was really going on she sat there and bashed the movie for a good 10-15 minutes realised how she was going to be making herself look so she droped that 1 single little notion at the very end of her rant about it being a great experience 98% of the time 

come on people surely its obviouse that she was just backpeddaling to save face</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok this persons whole argument hinges on the fact that she says that 98% of the time she loved being in the movie</p>
<p>but seriously has anyone read the interveiw because that 98% statement was total backpeddaling youd be stupid to miss what was really going on she sat there and bashed the movie for a good 10-15 minutes realised how she was going to be making herself look so she droped that 1 single little notion at the very end of her rant about it being a great experience 98% of the time </p>
<p>come on people surely its obviouse that she was just backpeddaling to save face</p>
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		<title>By: Terri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can I ask this please? How many people really give a damn about what she says or doesn&#039;t say? Honestly, I&#039;ve seen her on interviews and her and her &#039;craft&#039; really need to sit back and take a break from being so serious. It&#039;s ACTING - she&#039;s not saving the world for God&#039;s sake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can I ask this please? How many people really give a damn about what she says or doesn&#8217;t say? Honestly, I&#8217;ve seen her on interviews and her and her &#8216;craft&#8217; really need to sit back and take a break from being so serious. It&#8217;s ACTING &#8211; she&#8217;s not saving the world for God&#8217;s sake.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff,

From what I&#039;ve read, I don&#039;t think her criticism of Grey&#039;s falls into the &quot;bashing&quot; category, either.  She expressing frustration with how her character has recently been portrayed.  She&#039;s not saying that the show sucks.

Regardless, in the case of Grey&#039;s, I&#039;m less likely to have a problem with what she&#039;s saying anyway, because I agree with her.  The behavior she&#039;s criticizing (her character&#039;s affair with George) is exactly why I stopped watching the show, a show that, up to that point, I had really enjoyed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff,</p>
<p>From what I&#8217;ve read, I don&#8217;t think her criticism of Grey&#8217;s falls into the &#8220;bashing&#8221; category, either.  She expressing frustration with how her character has recently been portrayed.  She&#8217;s not saying that the show sucks.</p>
<p>Regardless, in the case of Grey&#8217;s, I&#8217;m less likely to have a problem with what she&#8217;s saying anyway, because I agree with her.  The behavior she&#8217;s criticizing (her character&#8217;s affair with George) is exactly why I stopped watching the show, a show that, up to that point, I had really enjoyed.</p>
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		<title>By: Hmmmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hmmmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, due to the overreactions Heigl&#039;s rep released a statement
Katie&#039;s rep did a statement:
[quote]Despite her candid comments, Heigl’s rep insists,[b] “Katherine’s intention was never to bash a film that opened doors for her. She loves Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen and had a great time making Knocked Up and states that in her quote.”[/b][/quote]
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/detail/index.jsp?uuid=722215ea-18c0-49b0-b91a-540aa2fe8e89&amp;sid=fd-planet

I think it has a lot to misrepresentation, and Vanity Fair trying to get sales. I can recall Seth Rogan, in his KU press junkets, criticizing his character Ben Stone. However, he was slammed *shrugs*. To me both Seth and Katherine criticized the film the thing is Seth did his while it in promotion. So I don&#039;t know seems not much to be pissed about. I think people are overreacting to this, and due to this hence the statement of Heigl&#039;s intention.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, due to the overreactions Heigl&#8217;s rep released a statement<br />
Katie&#8217;s rep did a statement:<br />
[quote]Despite her candid comments, Heigl’s rep insists,[b] “Katherine’s intention was never to bash a film that opened doors for her. She loves Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen and had a great time making Knocked Up and states that in her quote.”[/b][/quote]<br />
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<p>I think it has a lot to misrepresentation, and Vanity Fair trying to get sales. I can recall Seth Rogan, in his KU press junkets, criticizing his character Ben Stone. However, he was slammed *shrugs*. To me both Seth and Katherine criticized the film the thing is Seth did his while it in promotion. So I don&#8217;t know seems not much to be pissed about. I think people are overreacting to this, and due to this hence the statement of Heigl&#8217;s intention.</p>
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		<title>By: GODFATHER</title>
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		<dc:creator>GODFATHER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John, I think having the whole statement totally changes the dynamic of the comment. In the condensed version, it makes one bold statement, whereas the whole statement conveys where her true feelings lie and why. I can see that the women in the show (the sisters, at least) were shown to be a little more uptight and not so easy going, and the men were the &quot;cool ones&quot;. I can totally agree that Heigl has the right to express her opinion, but it does come off slightly harsh in people&#039;s minds because the movie was such a success. I agree with you that it&#039;s been blown way out of proportion, but then, people are only human and they get upset at lots of little things. It&#039;ll all be forgotten soon enough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John, I think having the whole statement totally changes the dynamic of the comment. In the condensed version, it makes one bold statement, whereas the whole statement conveys where her true feelings lie and why. I can see that the women in the show (the sisters, at least) were shown to be a little more uptight and not so easy going, and the men were the &#8220;cool ones&#8221;. I can totally agree that Heigl has the right to express her opinion, but it does come off slightly harsh in people&#8217;s minds because the movie was such a success. I agree with you that it&#8217;s been blown way out of proportion, but then, people are only human and they get upset at lots of little things. It&#8217;ll all be forgotten soon enough.</p>
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		<title>By: Kristina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jeff 

That is what is making her sound like a whiny, ungrateful suck.  She&#039;s taking roles and then whining about their content.  If it bothers you that much, don&#039;t do it.  She wasn&#039;t shooting her mouth off when the movie was bringing in cash and putting her ass on magazine covers.  I didn&#039;t enjoy the movie that much, so I&#039;m not trying to defend it, but I don&#039;t like how she is behaving.  She&#039;ll gladly take the money, but then whine about it later on.  Wah wah wah.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jeff </p>
<p>That is what is making her sound like a whiny, ungrateful suck.  She&#8217;s taking roles and then whining about their content.  If it bothers you that much, don&#8217;t do it.  She wasn&#8217;t shooting her mouth off when the movie was bringing in cash and putting her ass on magazine covers.  I didn&#8217;t enjoy the movie that much, so I&#8217;m not trying to defend it, but I don&#8217;t like how she is behaving.  She&#8217;ll gladly take the money, but then whine about it later on.  Wah wah wah.</p>
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