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Jude Law comments on the situation.

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TheHeartbeat · 24/09/2020 09:51

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What do you make of this?

Personally I’m fine with this. Can’t wait for FB 3!

Jude Law comments on the situation.
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TheVanguardSix · 24/09/2020 12:06

It's a diplomatic response.

Beamur · 24/09/2020 12:05

Diplomatic answer. A perfectly reasoned and reasonable response.

Goosefoot · 24/09/2020 12:05

@Babdoc

Respectful dialogue is rather difficult in the face of “no debate”, cancel culture, and rape and death threats, no?
I think that's his point, isn't it. That if you cancel people and don't listen when they say something you don't like, you are not going to get respectful dialogue, therefore no change.
fatblackcatspaw · 24/09/2020 12:00

Careful butt covering! but yeah better than the trash talking youngies.. how IS Daniel Radcliffe et al 'careers' going?

TweeBree · 24/09/2020 12:00

This guy has 6 kids with 4 different women, at least one of which he doesn't bother with. Did he get asked about that? Trying to imagine a woman getting through an interview and that not coming up.

CallarMorvern · 24/09/2020 11:54

Opened this thread with trepidation. But I'll go along with that answer Smile

WarOnWomen · 24/09/2020 11:45

That's the kind of response I like from actors. I don't need to know their opinions. Damn sight better that Eddie Raymane's

ErrolTheDragon · 24/09/2020 11:44

@wellbehavedwomen

He's got a bloody good publicist, is my main feeling.
Yes, it's excellent of its type. And certainly better than most of the others (except Coltrane, of course)
cctvrec · 24/09/2020 11:44

@FractionalGains

As far as I’m concerned, this means he is likely relatively sympathetic with the gender critical position, to a certain degree. Anyone who is full on TWAW would say so.

Agreed.

SunsetBeetch · 24/09/2020 11:40

@highame

I already hate the fact that 'entertainers' seem to think their views are just so fantastic. Good on Jude Law I wish the rest would follow suit.
Me too. Especially Hollywood stars. What makes them any better informed than the rest of us? Fuxk all.
ThirstyGhost · 24/09/2020 11:29

@poorbuthappy

I prefer this response to the utter simpering bilge the younger ones came out with.
Amen to this.
Manderleyagain · 24/09/2020 11:25

That response has my respect. He'd planned it before. There's no reason an actor has to have public opinions on difficult topics, and he is staying out of it without disowning jkr.

I agree it probably means he has some sympathy with her position, or at least sees where she's coming from because there is no loss incurred by saying something shallow that allows all the pink/white/blue social media accounts to say 'jude says trans rights'. 'jude says dialogue is where change lives' isn't going to do it for them.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 24/09/2020 11:09

I agree Vermeil.

Vermeil · 24/09/2020 11:06

@IntermittentParps
He had the chance to go full Radcliffe, but didn’t. If he disagreed, he’d have said so for the woke points.

highame · 24/09/2020 11:04

I already hate the fact that 'entertainers' seem to think their views are just so fantastic. Good on Jude Law I wish the rest would follow suit.

Xanthangum · 24/09/2020 10:52

@WaffleCash thanks. I can see now that he is saying 'where change abides' rather than some sort of typo-ed 'where you will change people's lives'.

Still makes no sense, IMHO...

Pluckedpencil · 24/09/2020 10:50

And I think his last sentence was simply trying to express that "change lies in respect and dialogue".

Pluckedpencil · 24/09/2020 10:48

In the current climate, this is frankly a positive endorsement of JK Rowling. He is basically saying, I am old enough and intelligent enough to understand that people don't share the same opinions, and the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. Which only goes to make me love him that little bit more.

Lordamighty · 24/09/2020 10:43

He staying neutral which is fine by me & better than trotting out the nonsense that the younger actors do. Let’s be honest though Jude Law knows exactly what a woman is.

wellbehavedwomen · 24/09/2020 10:42

He's got a bloody good publicist, is my main feeling.

IntermittentParps · 24/09/2020 10:37

Translation- ‘I don’t disagree with JKR, but I’m not touching that whole bin fire with a barge pole.'

I've no idea where he stands on JKR but I do agree that he's not touching the discussion with a barge pole. Which I think is eminently sensible of him/the studio/the PR who coached him on that response.

Collidascope · 24/09/2020 10:19

I think that's a fine answer. It's vague but he's right that listening to each other is important, and there is none of the irrational bilge that Watson, Radcliffe and Grint came out with.

Vermeil · 24/09/2020 10:08

Translation- ‘I don’t disagree with JKR, but I’m not touching that whole bin fire with a barge pole.’ 🤷‍♀️

SunsetBeetch · 24/09/2020 10:05

@poorbuthappy

I prefer this response to the utter simpering bilge the younger ones came out with.
Same.
poorbuthappy · 24/09/2020 10:04

I prefer this response to the utter simpering bilge the younger ones came out with.

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