Los Angeles, March 6: Actress Amy Poehler, who has directed as well as acted in the new Ott release Moxie, says she ensured the role of a mother was well defined in the film.
The film is about a 16-year-old from a small town who is inspired by her mother's past experiences in the underground punk movement Riot Grrrl and starts a feminist revolution in her high school.
"I can't speak for all parents or all kids. I do think that what was fun about playing this character is that I think mothers in general in films get a little flattened out. The mother's I know are really funny, complex, interesting characters with really rich, full lives," Poehler told Smallzy's Celebrity Small Talk, according to a report in femalefirst.co.uk.
Poehler, who plays the role of Lisa Carter in the film, says, "So, that was really fun, to dig...
The film is about a 16-year-old from a small town who is inspired by her mother's past experiences in the underground punk movement Riot Grrrl and starts a feminist revolution in her high school.
"I can't speak for all parents or all kids. I do think that what was fun about playing this character is that I think mothers in general in films get a little flattened out. The mother's I know are really funny, complex, interesting characters with really rich, full lives," Poehler told Smallzy's Celebrity Small Talk, according to a report in femalefirst.co.uk.
Poehler, who plays the role of Lisa Carter in the film, says, "So, that was really fun, to dig...
- 3/6/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
In 2015, The New York Times posted a video called “A Conversation with My Black Son,” which discusses the fact that black parents in this country have to talk to their children about what to do and how to act when pulled over by the police. “The Hate U Give” begins with that same talk, as Maverick and Lisa Carter (Regina Hall) explain to their tween son and daughter that they are to put their hands on the dashboard, fingers spread, and answer all of the officer’s questions politely and directly.
It’s very practical advice when, several years later, teenage Starr (Amandla Stenberg) sees a childhood friend shot and killed by a cop when the policeman mistakes the victim’s hairbrush for a gun. But even before this tragedy occurs, that opening scene makes its presence felt throughout the entire film. “The Hate U Give,” adapted by Audrey Wells...
It’s very practical advice when, several years later, teenage Starr (Amandla Stenberg) sees a childhood friend shot and killed by a cop when the policeman mistakes the victim’s hairbrush for a gun. But even before this tragedy occurs, that opening scene makes its presence felt throughout the entire film. “The Hate U Give,” adapted by Audrey Wells...
- 10/5/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
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