In honor of International Women's Day, we here at Bad Craziness wanted to make a post to recognize some of the coolest ladies in cinema. Some of them you know, some of them you may not know, others are obscure/foreign because some people on our staff listen to Bright Eyes and Dan Auerbach's solo album. ROLL THE REEL, JOHNNY!
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST, LADY ACTRESS
BETTE DAVIS
Bette Davis did for the world and art of the actress what Brando did for actors. She added a new element to what a female could do on screen. As opposed to being an object of sex, a weak, fragile creature who needs a man to keep her afloat, or a a weak, fragile object of sex who needs a man to keep her afloat, Bette Davis decided she would be smacking guys and running off on her own. If a producer told her to tone down her "radical feminist" approach to acting, she'd just tell him that she wouldn't do the part. She used her power as an actress to be one of the first real strong business ladies in Hollywood and got her parts by her own accord when people were still slaves to the Hollywood System. Davis took care of herself and that's why we here at Bad Craziness think she's one of the roughenest, toughenest, ladienest ladies in the history or cinema.
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST LADY OF DIRECTING
AGNES VARDA
In a time where women were still trying not to go completely insane from being locked in a house 24/7, Agnes Varda decided "Nah, I'm gonna be one of the biggest names of the French New Wave Movement instead". Of course, she said it French because she's French. This stone cold wild woman is still making movies and although she claims The Beaches of Agnes would be her last movie, we hope she keeps on making movies forever. She was one of the only filmmakers along with Robert J. Flaherty and Mira Nair who has been able to successfully combine elements of Documentary and experimental narrative film in a way that doesn't seem like The Devil Inside. Keep on keeping on Ms. Varda, the real Queen of France.
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST LADY OF WRITING
KRISTEN WIIG
That's right. Bad Craziness loves Bridesmaids. It was one of the best written films of last year PLUS it gave a new legitimacy to comedy that has been lost since the days of SOB, Fritz the Cat, Annie Hall, and Clerks. Kristen Wiig is not only one of the funniest ladies alive, she's one of the funniest people alive. Our Surveillance Department overhears a lot of conversations about Wiig being "like the new Tina Fey". We've sent out contract hits on those people because they are dead wrong. Kristen Wiig is a monster all her own and she's venturing into the grounds of comedy screenplay writing where no lady has gone before and nobody has been able to do consistently for a while. No one expected that Oscar nomination but we all know they deserved it just the same. Kudos, Ms. Wiig!
Happy International Women's Month everyone! And from all of us here at Bad Craziness, happy Monday and as always,
~Viva amigos,
~D. Merrick
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST, LADY ACTRESS
BETTE DAVIS
Bette Davis did for the world and art of the actress what Brando did for actors. She added a new element to what a female could do on screen. As opposed to being an object of sex, a weak, fragile creature who needs a man to keep her afloat, or a a weak, fragile object of sex who needs a man to keep her afloat, Bette Davis decided she would be smacking guys and running off on her own. If a producer told her to tone down her "radical feminist" approach to acting, she'd just tell him that she wouldn't do the part. She used her power as an actress to be one of the first real strong business ladies in Hollywood and got her parts by her own accord when people were still slaves to the Hollywood System. Davis took care of herself and that's why we here at Bad Craziness think she's one of the roughenest, toughenest, ladienest ladies in the history or cinema.
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST LADY OF DIRECTING
AGNES VARDA
In a time where women were still trying not to go completely insane from being locked in a house 24/7, Agnes Varda decided "Nah, I'm gonna be one of the biggest names of the French New Wave Movement instead". Of course, she said it French because she's French. This stone cold wild woman is still making movies and although she claims The Beaches of Agnes would be her last movie, we hope she keeps on making movies forever. She was one of the only filmmakers along with Robert J. Flaherty and Mira Nair who has been able to successfully combine elements of Documentary and experimental narrative film in a way that doesn't seem like The Devil Inside. Keep on keeping on Ms. Varda, the real Queen of France.
BAD CRAZINESS' ROUGHENEST, TOUGHENEST, LADIENEST LADY OF WRITING
KRISTEN WIIG
That's right. Bad Craziness loves Bridesmaids. It was one of the best written films of last year PLUS it gave a new legitimacy to comedy that has been lost since the days of SOB, Fritz the Cat, Annie Hall, and Clerks. Kristen Wiig is not only one of the funniest ladies alive, she's one of the funniest people alive. Our Surveillance Department overhears a lot of conversations about Wiig being "like the new Tina Fey". We've sent out contract hits on those people because they are dead wrong. Kristen Wiig is a monster all her own and she's venturing into the grounds of comedy screenplay writing where no lady has gone before and nobody has been able to do consistently for a while. No one expected that Oscar nomination but we all know they deserved it just the same. Kudos, Ms. Wiig!
Happy International Women's Month everyone! And from all of us here at Bad Craziness, happy Monday and as always,
~Viva amigos,
~D. Merrick
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