The novelty and charm of Greta Gerwig, the darling of the “life-size” era, seen in “Lady Bird”

*Information at the time of article publication in May 2018.

"Lady Bird" synopsis

2002, Sacramento, California. Christine (self-proclaimed "Lady Bird") dreams of going to college in the big city of New York from a Catholic high school in the middle of nowhere. A super hot work that vividly and humorously depicts the fluctuating feelings of a 17-year-old girl who worries about her friends, boyfriend, family, and her future during the last year of her high school life!

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• The only female director to win an Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards
• ``Lady Bird'' is a masterpiece that elevates the ordinary scenery of youth into something ``universal.''
• Depicting the real life of girls from a casual perspective

The only female director to win an Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards

The 90th Academy Awards ceremony was held in March 2018. Among the four talented men who worked on some of the year's most talked-about films, there was a woman nominated for the Best Director award. Greta Gerwig (born 1983) is generally known as a unique up-and-coming actress who made her feature directorial debut ``Lady Bird'' (she co-directed ``Nights and Weekends'' in 2008). is.

In addition to the fierce backlash against the Trump administration, Hollywood is currently facing countermeasures against the oppression of men's society, such as the #MeToo movement, which stemmed from the long-standing sexual harassment accusations against Harvey Weinstein, a major film producer who founded Miramax. power is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig stood confidently in the position of representing a new power as a talented creator.

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However, she is not the type who boasts any sort of prominence like the many celebrities who act as opinion pieces. Rather, it is an extremely ``life-sized'' portrait of a person.

She is not an outstanding beauty, and as an actor, she often plays clumsy characters who struggle in lukewarm situations. For example, she is not a star like Emma Watson who entered the industry as a child actress, nor did she rise up from a hard-earned poverty background, but rather comes from the independent film scene known as mumblecore, which she became involved with while still in college. I think Greta Gerwig's normality is extremely important in understanding the current state of feminism.

This is probably related to the way of being advocated by Haitian-American author Roxanne Gay's masterpiece ` `Bad Feminist '' (Aki Shobo, Japanese translation: Momo Nonaka), published in 2014. A person who is ``full of flaws'' and does not want to be placed on a feminist pedestal, but who is ``still a feminist'' and truly dreams of a society free of inequality and intolerance. Madonna also called herself a bad feminist, but perhaps Greta Gerwig is the real bad feminist. I think it really shows a ``life-sized'' ideal image that can serve as a role model for the general public.What do you think?

``Lady Bird'' is a masterpiece that elevates the ordinary scenery of youth into something ``universal.''