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My movie career

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • 1 hour ago
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Would be dead in seconds if I gave a terrible performance as Tina. I'd never get to direct another feature. I'd never get to write another screenplay for hire. I'd just be that person who sucked at being myself. The Dakumentary is a masterpiece, and this obsession with 'do it again, but in 8K' is utterly pathetic. - I don't think that Shaun of the Dead is just Spaced with a few million pounds. It's an entire universe unto itself, one so successful that it spawned a trilogy. Disney has to accept loss. My oeuvre is not their property. They need to accept that. They killed two people and they nearly killed us as well. They will need to accept responsibility. ... American queens: don't get involved in this dispute. Leave it be. You don't understand the situation; you don't understand the stakes. My career isn't like yours: I'm not an actress. My IP is worth more than your salary (including points) for about a half-dozen films. I'd get a lot more points on the movie than you would as well. Wouldn't you rather have a trans* director directing you instead of more competition? It's irrelevant anyway. Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Amanda Michelina have decided to found a multimedia company to fund our movies and those of our cooperative. That was our response to Hollywood mafia tactics. To avoid them, we're basing our films in New Zealand. Peter Jackson made that decision after Heavenly Creatures. - Maybe you're missing it, but I have the eye. It's vanishingly rare. Edgar and I can both frame a shot so well that it looks expensive. Sir Peter and Jim were the same. There is no path to reconciliation between me and Wellington based on that script. Sorry. You have to write another gay drama that's good enough to receive funding. One that isn't based on my name, my songs or my politics. One that is based on a vibe from some other queer creative that you secretly wank to. - Stop bagging on my scripts, my fashion and my songs if you're not able to get funding. Steve Barr poisoned that well, and he has to answer my questions in court. I will receive the injunction and Mr. Barr will accept that he's being charged.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
an hour ago

Can't even watch the soccer World Cup thanks to this garbage! Mr. Trump and his allies are listening to my politics (surprisingly). It's only Hollywood and Wellington hacks who are convinced that they can neg* me into being their slave. Michelle C tried it their way, and literally ended up as a sex slave. *neg is internet slang for being nasty to someone to wear them down.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
43 minutes ago
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Did they even watch Working For Each Other? One of the most appealing elements of the movie is how it takes a giant shit all over that sacred Disney+ iconography. Meesh loved Hawaiki: she's Jim's Indigenous niece. It's a trenchant critique of the war machine and how Avatar ultimately supports it. It reinforces a view that Indigenous culture is sacred when harnessed by outsiders, but is essentially devoid of inherent value. It's superstition until a Pākehā gets it...

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