With her movie The Intern out, there seems to be an inundation of Anne Hathaway news, articles and interviews. A lot of them fault her for being "perfect", comparing her to Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer, who are more "cool". I honestly don't understand this. I don't understand the need to be loud, crass and curvy to be acceptable in today's society. And what is with this obsession to be "cool"?
What is wrong with being nice, happy, smart and well articulated? Just because she doesn't boast about eating three cheeseburgers before a red carpet and is a size 4 with access to very smart clothes, does that make her any less of a person? Because her humour is more PG than the ever popular R rated crudeness, doesn't mean she isn't funny.
I like that she is low-key, that she is real in the struggle and open about wanting to be her version of perfect. I mean, if we aren't striving for what we individually believe is our perfection, then are we just floating through life? I like that she is quick to smile, that she has a sense of humour that requires some brain cells and isn't slapstick all the time, that she likes keeping fit, eating healthy and looking great!
When people accuse her of losing her individuality by conforming to societal norms of perfect, I would like to ask these people about how they seem to forget the fact that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are so relatable and everyone is like them in some aspect of the other. Aren't they conforming to the societal norms of today where over-the-top awkward is the new normal?
Anne Hathaway seems to be doing everything right, where she lives her life, hurting no-one, minding her own business, but is slandered for not shoving fries in her face and then cracking a poop joke or two on the red carpet! Seriously, if these are the people that society "relates" to and is now aping, I'm very glad for the Anne Hathaway and Taylor Swifts of the world who give us understated girls faith that there is some place for us too!
PS: I don't have anything against Jennifer Lawrence or Amy Schumer, I just used them because the world seems to compare the three of them.
What is wrong with being nice, happy, smart and well articulated? Just because she doesn't boast about eating three cheeseburgers before a red carpet and is a size 4 with access to very smart clothes, does that make her any less of a person? Because her humour is more PG than the ever popular R rated crudeness, doesn't mean she isn't funny.
I like that she is low-key, that she is real in the struggle and open about wanting to be her version of perfect. I mean, if we aren't striving for what we individually believe is our perfection, then are we just floating through life? I like that she is quick to smile, that she has a sense of humour that requires some brain cells and isn't slapstick all the time, that she likes keeping fit, eating healthy and looking great!
When people accuse her of losing her individuality by conforming to societal norms of perfect, I would like to ask these people about how they seem to forget the fact that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are so relatable and everyone is like them in some aspect of the other. Aren't they conforming to the societal norms of today where over-the-top awkward is the new normal?
Anne Hathaway seems to be doing everything right, where she lives her life, hurting no-one, minding her own business, but is slandered for not shoving fries in her face and then cracking a poop joke or two on the red carpet! Seriously, if these are the people that society "relates" to and is now aping, I'm very glad for the Anne Hathaway and Taylor Swifts of the world who give us understated girls faith that there is some place for us too!
PS: I don't have anything against Jennifer Lawrence or Amy Schumer, I just used them because the world seems to compare the three of them.
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