Demi Moore isn’t alone, most women have had a devastating career ‘popcorn’ moment
The IndependentThe shock of Demi Moore winning a Golden Globe is still sinking in. “Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me I was a ‘popcorn’ actress,” said Moore, referring to someone who is possibly now deceased or, if still alive, likely unemployable. That corroded me over time to the point where I thought, a few years ago, that maybe this was it…” Reading between the lines, the producer’s “popcorn actress” comment led Moore to believe she wasn’t good enough for the award-worthy “big gun” roles – just the frivolous, daft ones reserved for women deemed hotties. In fact, you’ve never written before…” From the moment I heard the words “not a trained journalist”, every time I filed my copy, my heart skipped a beat, and my stomach lurched. One woman recalled being told by a male boss, twice her age, that she “wasn’t born to lead” but would “do fine accepting she was good at playing second fiddle”.
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