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Jennifer Lawrence Is A Black-Leather-Clad, Svelte Elvish Supermodel 'Katniss'

Posted by Superheidi | Fri, May 20 2011

So, teenage Katniss is now hot, sexy, has a bow made of titanium, and is super-sexified. You know, for the kids.

I love Jennifer Lawrence, mostly because she was amazing in the low-budget indie woman-helmed thriller Winter's Bone. But now she's being made into a cookie-cutter super hottie mega actress with her roles in X-men and other big-budget extravaganzas, playing teenagers in leather when she should be looking forward to roles as an adult. Not only is Lawrence way too fucking white to play Katniss Everdeen in the movie version of The Hunger Games, she's too freakin' old. When was the last time you saw a 15-year-old girl look like she stepped out of a Vogue shoot (I mean, outside of an actual Vogue shoot)?

Check out Lawrence as Katniss in these promotional stills from the movie that ran in Entertainment Weekly yesterday. Look at the super-shiny superhero shit they have going on, and tell me if you think it's good.

OH! I love the bronzer. Tasteful. We wouldn't want her to be too 'dark', because then white people, with all their pocket money for movie tickets, wouldn't be able to relate to her so well.

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Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:08

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Did the book state the character was unattractive?

Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:43

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Yeeeah I guess I should read the book or whatever but I think she looks pretty normal. They did pretty well on the whole, make it look like she's not wearing makeup thing (Tyra Banks would LOVE this). I assume or hope rather, that she will get more dirty and banged up later on. Perhaps this was a promotional shoot before the big battle? I wouldn't really call her "leather" clad though. She just has on a jacket that is shiny is all. Leather clad and sexy is more like Angelina Jolie in every movie she's ever been in.

Plus, are these actual shots from the movie or are they promotional shots just for EW? EW isn't exactly a magazine that is about "the ugly" ya know? And wait, clarification, in the book she is described as having olive skin right? How does that translate to not white though? My older sister definitely has olive toned skin but she is white...and I'm pale....that bitch.

Okay I'm done.

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Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:54

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They're promotional shots... Which are usually glamorous.

Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:11

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Katniss in the book is olive-skinned, dark, and hairy. She's the antithesis of the "Capital" ideal of waxed, plucked, and made-up -- which is what the book actually satirizes. I guess these are her 'After' shots. Boo.

Sat, 05/21/2011 - 03:42

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I know nothing of the series or the character but I think she looks good.

So this HUNGER GAMES thing is like a tween BATTLE ROYALE?

I can't wait to see the PG-13 version of that.

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 03:24

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She looks like a female version of Green Arrow - in black leather instead, of course.

Yeah, wouldn't want to cast any actual people-of-color in the lead. Might alienate the the whole population of the USA, which has no brown people in it whatsoever...oh, wait.

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 16:43

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eviltwit wrote:

She looks like a female version of Green Arrow - in black leather instead, of course.

That's what I thought too!

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Yeah, wouldn't want to cast any actual people-of-color in the lead. Might alienate the the whole population of the USA, which has no brown people in it whatsoever...oh, wait.

We would have riots in the streets at the thought of people with a different level of melanin in their epidermis *eye roll* (seriously, when I complained about white washing Akira I got shouted down because 'the middle of the country' would be "scared" by such a move. Really)

Here's to hoping that Colombiana does well!

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 16:58

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White people can have olive complexions. Just pointing that out...that is the problem here. This is not a character who was black or Asian. Saying she is described as having olive skin doesn't make her a character of color...unless we white people are now included as poc.

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 17:31

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I think that might depend on where you live. Some people don't identify as "white" though if they lived on the west coast they would be. They identify as Slavic or Greek or Roma or Italian. But in a place like the US, we look at all Europeans as "white." Or at least in my corner of the US.

Mon, 05/23/2011 - 07:01

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Perhaps we should take comfort in the fact that Ms. Lawrence is a good actress. She might not fit everyone's idea of what the character should be, but maybe her performance can make or allow us to enjoy the movie. I haven't read (or even heard of) the book, so I'm hoping to not be swayed by the controversy.

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Sun, 05/22/2011 - 19:27

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Thank you Theron, that's what I said in my original posting of this news. Isn't that the most important thing after all?

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Andre Dumas wrote:

Thank you Theron, that's what I said in my original posting of this news. Isn't that the most important thing after all?

What?! Take talent into account? That's just crazy talk.

Sat, 05/28/2011 - 22:34

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I'm from Ohio originally. Lol! That we should even pay attention to the fact that some of Middle America would have an issue with a non-white in copious lead roles is idiotic.

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Here's to hoping that Colombiana does well!

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 00:23

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Couldn't agree with you more! And I think it could do the world some good as well. (I feel the way about seeing more women in film and stuff) My personal opinion is that since entertainment and the media play such a large part of our culture that it would help everyone get along better if we just freaking showed movies and tv shows and stuff made up of entire casts of POC or women (or mostly, maybe not entirely) just shown as people rather than "LOOK! We made a "black" movie! Or an "Asian" movie! Or a "chic flick!" we could do more to change the way people view others who are "different" then them (be it skin, sexual plumbing, handicaps, or sexual orientation.) At some points I think that MAYBE we are reaching that level and then something like the Arika project comes out or I'm told stories of women or POC in Hollywood being marginalized and it makes me realize how far away we truly are.

(Sorry to hijack the thread, I'm not REALLY complaining about this movie in particular though maybe it does apply. I'm not familiar enough with the source material. Rather I'm complaining about a systematic failure in our entertainment industry.)

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 02:36

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Jenna M. Pitman wrote:

Well, it is at the heart of the thread. I confess, I am not as convinced that this is the same as Akira or the last Airbender. I am, of course, basing this only on the arguments put forth by both sides...but I haven't found the arguments proving the character to be a POC all that good. Hairy and olive colored skin can describe a white person...those are not inherently singular traits to any one race.

This is not appearing to be on par with Akira or, say, a remake of Roots starring Robert Pattison as Kunta Kinte.

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 03:25

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Oh, I have no idea how much it affects this movie but, like I said, the idea of "we won't use 'them' (whether 'them' be a woman, a person of color, a person with a handicap, a homosexual or any other marginalized person) because 'people won't relate to them'" is really insulting. More movies need veer away from that line of thinking. Really. And small steps can be taken in a lot of ways, even things you wouldn't think of. Like casting a person of Greek or Roma descent for the role. (Not that I hate this actress, it would just be nice to see people doing things like that. HEAR ME, HOLLYWOOD? Play fair!)