Journalist at Cannes draws criticism for the way they greeted the ‘HOPE’ panel: “Hi Michael, hi Alicia, I don’t know the rest of you”
by hairtie1
Journalist at Cannes draws criticism for the way they greeted the ‘HOPE’ panel: “Hi Michael, hi Alicia, I don’t know the rest of you”
by hairtie1
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the panel with their name placards *right in-front* of them: michael fassbender, alicia vikander, hwang jung-min, director na hong-jin, jo in-sung, hoyeon jung, and taylor russell
the aussie journalist is reportedly helen barlow
So all the POC 🙄
Doing a good job of tanking her career at least
I’d be ashamed to admit it out loud if I was this unfit for my job. You’d think knowing the names of the people you’re interviewing would be a fundamental component of journalism, it’s not some out of scope role like skydiving. Not to mention if they were greeting the panel as a whole they don’t even have to match the name and the face.
This is incredibly rude. Her being a journalist makes it even worse.
why would you ever say this, idiot 😭
That’s *extremely* unprofessional! Is it just me or there’s not enough backlash about this?
The world loves racism, if it isn’t clear by now.
“Jokes” are often at the marginilized expense to reinforce the power of the dominant group.
look at hoyeon and taylor’s reactions lol
helen you’re a journalist at CANNES, learn some damn names and keep the unprofessional and rude comments to yourself
“but i am looking forward to getting to know all of you while we are at the festival together.”
And just like that you go from rude asshole to awkwardly charming.
hi white person, hi white person, i dont know the rest of you non-white people
She really thought she was funny with this but she’s actually incredibly disrespectful. The backlash is deserved.
Retire to hell already gosh I’m so tired
All their names on full display yet choosing to be disrespectful. I hope that journalist is barred from Cannes after this. This was extremely rude and she did it on purpose.
Unnecessarily rude and disrespectful.
So unprofessional! What a fool!
How unfuckingprofessional. I cannot comprehend how someone can be this daft
Ignorance is not funny nor cute.
jfc This disrespect, especially since it’s the POC she has no regard for, makes my blood boil
you should see Michael’s expression increasingly grimace the more the “journalist” speaks
What kind of a journalist who went to Cannes doesn’t know Hwang Ju-min?! She’s missing not seeing good movies.
there was a much nicer way of saying this 😭 like even just saying she apologizes for not knowing the rest of them and said she looks forward to chatting with them about their film and getting to know them more like 😭
is she suggesting that by appearing in a Korean produced film, Michael and Alicia would be harming their careers 😅
Straight up racist. Read the fucking name tags if you don’t know them instead of belittling them.
