Skater Girl Finds Her Mojo On Her Skateboard
The most recent movie about Indian villagers playing an unlikely sport because a Western benefactor taught it to them was
Million Dollar Arm, about a baseball team being recruited from poor and talented Indian youth.
Skater Girl is the feminist version of this trope an under privileged teen girl from a backward village discovers an unusual sport, and her life is transformed by the miracle of this exposure. Her western guides are compassionate saviors, and western audiences can watch the poverty in the movie with an unblemished conscience.
Skater Girl caught my attention because skateboarding was such an original and unlikely activity to be adopted in an Indian village. It’s still considered the ultimate American thrill ride, masquerading as a sport. When the movie began I assumed that the British-Indian character called
The new 101 Dalmatians prequel, now available to watch in theaters and on Disney Plus, casts Emma Stone as a young Cruella de Vil. But how do turn the Disney villain who turned puppies into a coat into a likable character? Director Craig Gillespie and The Great writer Tony McNamara came up with a shocking death.
CRUELLA Director Craig Gillespie Talks JOKER Comparisons, Stone vs. Thompson & The Film s Ending (Exclusive)
Disney s
Cruella starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson is finally here, and we were recently able to catch up with director Craig Gillespie to talk about one of the most wickedly fun films of the year!
KingPatel |
5/28/2021
After a long wait, Disney sÂ
Cruella is finally out tomorrow (or tonight if you re checking out a preview screening) on Disney+, and ahead of the release, we were able to sit down with director Craig Gillespie (
I, Tonya;
He shares his thoughts on thoseÂ
Joker comparisons as well as what it was like watching both Emma Stone and Emma Thompson square off at their most wonderfully wicked. We also talk about the killer soundtrack and why he s suddenly become so interested in telling stories about historically controversial characters.
Dodie Smith s 1956 children s novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians originally introduced the world to Cruella de Vil, a fashion-obsessed heiress who kidnaps