Taylor Swift writing & directing a movie for Searchlight

I personally think the hate around Swift being part of that Director on Director roundup is overblown. Sure, she's not established beyond directing a few music videos (one of which is apparently Oscar eligible this year?), but McDonagh got his start in the short film world and won an Oscar for it, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that Swift might want to follow in those footsteps in her own way, and frankly, I'm cool with there being a bit of an eclectic choice compared to most of the others.

I'll be there on opening day

What’s it about?

This has got to be a joke …

That's one of the least surprising new pieces of information I've learned in a long time. 

I'm just going to say in advance that anyone who doesn't think this is the greatest movie of all time is a sexist who thinks only white men should be allowed to make movies. 

would have been funnier had it the user rating been 99.99999% I'm sure Kanye would have been negative. Haha

Seeing Film Twitter lose their minds over this news was funny. No one said anything when it was announced Jon Stewart was going to write and direct Rosewater despite zero directing experience. Bradley Cooper made his directorial debut with A Star is Born, and the news didn’t generate outrage. Beyoncé wrote and directed two movies already, and she was taken seriously. But with Taylor Swift, people just lose their minds and dismiss her. There’s a secret jealousy thing going on with some people, but with others, they still see a 33yo adult woman as a 16yo girl. And it pisses them off this teenage girl has the audacity to branch out.

I saw one guy lean so hard into being a hater that he actually argued that writers using symbolism isn’t intentional, and Taylor Swift was out of her depth asking McDonaugh about his use of symbolism. The mental gymnastics was insane.

As are lots of people.   I'd say every 1 in 4 people live an almost entire self thinking existence.

Why the hostility??

But that’s not directing is it? Taylor had directing experience long before the All Too Well short film. She has experience going all the way back to Speak Now iirc. And she was also in a bunch of movies. Why does that not count?

As for writing, she’s an excellent storyteller. Just bc she does it through lyrics doesn’t mean she’s brand new to storytelling. Visuals like music videos are also part of storytelling. It’s bizarre this has to be explained bc if it was anyone else, there would not any hostility.

People simultaneously dismiss her while also feeling weirdly threatened by her. It’s crazy how she’s has numerous accolades and the respect of her entire industry including from many legends. She also has respect from people outside of her industry including from Guillermo del Toro. The screenwriter of Someone Great wrote that movie bc she was inspired by Taylor’s storytelling in one of her songs. That doesn’t count for anything?

If Adele decided to write and direct a screenplay, people would be thrilled. I mentioned Beyoncé. No one batted an eye. In fact, they were going “Yas queen!” But with Taylor, it’s different. And that’s bc many still see her through a deeply sexist lens. A lens which still sees as a pretty blonde teenage girl with a cheery disposition. They read her unapologetic femininity as vapid and frivolous. It’s disgusting.