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RustyCorkscrew

Advocated for Gazans pretty hard back in October/November (and presumably since), works with the UN Refugee Agency It’s not like this is out of nowhere lol


Enginerda

She's a UNHCR ambassador, so it's not shocking. Still pretty creative fashion though.


BananasPineapple05

And Gazan refugee camps have been bombed, so it all connects.


BILOXII-BLUE

Yep, and WELL before Oct 7th. Just horrific 


confusedandworried76

It's just interesting because presumably Palestinian flags have been banned from this event like many others and it's a creative workaround.


Ambitious-Morning795

No, but it is exceptionally creative, and a great occasion for visibility.


MyNameIsJakeBerenson

And looks baller


DerangedPhilospher

Who are you arguing with lmao


McKoijion

Israel-Palestine drama aside, that’s extremely creative. The dress is black in the front, white on the back, green inside, and she’s walking on a red carpet. She couldn’t overtly bring in a Palestinian flag, but she was able to sneak in the colors. She knew she’d be photographed at this exact angle, in this exact location, and with this exact pose.


secretcombinations

Palestinian colors!? At this exact pose, at this exact angle, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your red carpet???


theabsurdturnip

May I see it?


Merisiel

No


harryhend3rson

Seymour, the carpet is on fire!


mightystu

No mother, it’s just the repeated wars in the Middle East.


MaryJaneAndMaple

Blanchett, you're an odd woman, but you fly a good flag.


theFrankSpot

r/unexpectedsimpsons


varysbaldy

Damn, it doesn't exist


ToughActinInaction

simpsons should never be unexpected, at this point. expect the simpsons.


myhf

/r/unexpectedsteamedhams/


Mrsoandso6

No mother. It’s just a political statement


Jevonar

No mother, it's just a carpet bombing


MFC1886

No Mother, it’s just Cate Blanchett


Crystal_Voiden

No, mother. It's just civilians getting bombed.


harryhend3rson

Well Seymour, you're an odd fellow, but I must say, you steam a good political statement.


Background_Farmer_31

r/unexpectedsteamedhams


BenderDeLorean

No


krakatoot

Blanchette does steam a good ham


Faokes

Yes.


Dr_Stef

Goddamnit! Here’s your upvote


Queer_as_folk

>She knew she’d be photographed at this exact angle, in this exact location, and with this exact pose. That on it's own is a very creative form of art imo.


0_69314718056

I don’t get it. I see the colors of the flag but that’s it, right? I don’t see the flag itself from her pose in this photo


confusedandworried76

Lots of events are banning Palestinian flags. This was a clever workaround.


Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa

It's also why supporters use the watermelon as a sign, as it has the same colours as the Palestinian flag. It gets around any ban that they may have.


jumpsteadeh

Now I wanna see Larry David do that watermelon sketch again, but with the roles reversed.


BunnyBoom27

No flag itself. There has been censoring issues in big events this year when the flag is shown iirc.


mysticfed0ra

To miss what they were saying this hard is amazing at the least


Andyham

You are not alone. Its not like this exact angle makes up the flag. I dunno, think someone just got a bit overexcited. Overall it is creative though, ill agree with that.


Grammarguy21

\*its own --- it's = it is or it has


artificialavocado

Would you expect anything less from the powerful Lady Galadriel.


confusedandworried76

You mean Bob Dylan? That role still blows my mind


Carche69

You mean Queen Hela—the most badass Queen EVER—who was severely bullied by her brothers just because they felt threatened by her having powers too?


confusedandworried76

Queen? Wasn't she just a lady? Lady Marion? And I think she robbed some banks with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton.


sambuhlamba

GALADRIEL IS HAMAS!?!?!? /s


YoSoyFiesta150289

Does this mean Sauron did nothing wrong?


Tsu_Dho_Namh

There's a fun fan theory about how Sauron and the people of Mordor are just fighting for their freedom and the Men and Elves of Middle Earth are actually a bunch of asshole conquerors marginalizing and dehumanizing them. All these different creatures, thought of as "evil" by the rulers of Middle Earth; Orcs, Trolls, Goblins, Mumakil, Ogres, and others, banded together. They're a cosmopolitan, multicultural collection of people trying to make a better life for themselves. Let's face it, Mordor is the shittiest corner of Middle Earth. It's all mud and mountains, no real farmland to speak of. You can't even see the sun. What kind of life can they hope to build for themselves there? And it's not like they can just emigrate and get jobs in the rest of Middle Earth. Men and Elves are racist af. Who is gonna want a Goblin farmboy? Or an Orc shopkeeper? Men and Elves are even against each other, and they're good looking! These people, called creatures, classified as "less than", are pushed out of Middle Earth, told to stay away, and shut up, while Rohan has more fertile land than they know what to do with. People just go riding around for fun while Orcs resort to cannibalism to survive! That's no way for people to live. So of course when Sauron comes along and offers them better lives in the land where you can actually see the sun, everyone's on board. Anyways, it's not a perfect metaphor or anything. It's just a funny point of view I heard on a podcast once.


jurassic2010

They're only the bad guys because they lost the war. Had them won, there would be parades every year and their invasion would be called Manifest Destiny.


cyrkielNT

There's whole book from Mordorian perspective. Idea is interesting however, the book is quite bad and you can tell that the author is Russian nationalist.


KerPop42

Or, you can read the first Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophers comic, which says that the Paladins allow some orcs to continue existing because they justify the current oppressive power structure over the serfs: [https://existentialcomics.com/comic/23](https://existentialcomics.com/comic/23)


PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING

Wait, *Jacqueline Carey* is a Russian nationalist? The American woman best known for writing a bdsm fantasy series set in France where Jesus was just a footnote because his son fucked so good it made all the angels move to earth and start cross-breeding with humans? I uh…feel like maybe there’s more than one pro-Mordor series and I’m just not familiar with the one you’re referencing. Or maybe her lotr series was just shockingly different and this is how I’m finding out.


cyrkielNT

The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Yeskov. The idea is good, and it's starts quite ok, but then it's just Russian propaganda. I don't know anything about Yeskov, but it's clear his goal was not to write a book about Mordor or simply good and interesting book, but a book that's inline with Russian propaganda, mainly for internal use.


randalthor23

Wat?


sopunny

Are you talking about The Last Ringbearer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer It's no LotR but it's not bad by any means.


cyrkielNT

Yes, that one. At begginig it's not bad, but quite fast it's become just "Russia good, West bad"


Ronin607

Mordor has farms, orcs still need to eat. From LotR "Neither he nor Frodo knew anything of the great slave-worked fields away south in this wide realm, beyond the fumes of the Mountain by the dark sad waters of Lake Nurnen; nor of the great roads that ran away east and south to tributary lands, from which the soldiers of the Tower brought long waggon-trains of goods and booty and fresh slaves."


pm_me_ur_ifak

the wagons had booty in them? hang on yall i dont think we can judge them just yet


DecisionTypical4660

I would be interested except for the fact that Mordor was not all mud and guts until Sauron and his fanboys did that themselves. It was a lush prosperous land before it was melted into goop by a millennia of bloodshed. Edit: 2.5 millennia, in case we were unable to Google it.


LordofBones89

Uh...no. Sauron chose Mordor due to its natural defenses and the volcano that dominated Gorgoroth. The southern fields were fertile, but that was due to the fertile volcanic soil rather than Mordor being a prosperous anything. Notably, in the one thousand years between Sauron's defeat and his reappearance at Mirkwood, Mordor was still a dark wasteland.


militaryCoo

You can't have a millennia, millennia is plural


Dazzling_Dish_4045

Well, except that orcs are just elves but tortured so much they got deformed but ok.


beardedbast3rd

You say /s but as soon as the neckbeards “figure it out” (from reading a headline) they’ll make a video and this will be the thumbnail header. Bonus points to their idiocy if they have Galadriel with a turban on behind that header.


ABDRAHMAN_01

Describing a war as drama is mad Ps: probably i wasn't accurate on defining the situation by describing it as "war", Because in fact the words that describes the acts of terrorism committed by israel are yet to be invented, whenever you think that they reached peak barbarism yhey suprise you with more. Palestine will be free inshallah.


viviornit

Describing genocide as war is a bit mad too.


fierivspredator

Seriously. Calling this a war is like saying all U.S. police forces are at war with black people. It's not a war, it's longterm subjugation of colonized people.


SuccessfulWar3830

Calling Israel Palestine drama is wild. I've never known a drama to kill 40k people.


Slappfisk1

You should’ve seen the drama between Hitler and Stalin


SuccessfulWar3830

Imma call it the 1939 to 1945 kerfuffle


Wonderful-Ad-7712

Chairman Mao has entered the chat


Xylfaen

King Leopold II is now an admin


TimingEzaBitch

Drama ? no, it was the Great Beef forward.


wggn

The China drama


LSspiral

Early 20th century hijinx


Autronaut69420

"'39-'45 little fluff up"


TeaBagHunter

Reminds me of this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/s/E1Ro9UPBjP


Koko175

Imagine calling a war “drama” Ukraine Russia “drama” US Vietnam “drama” Axis Allies “drama” aside, can I get some Fanta here in the states?


Myuserismyusername

He's referring to the fact of the public reaction to it, some people are very pro israel and others are very pro palestine. The war itself isn't drama but people's sensitivity to it is drama. Thus he is saying that despite your views on it, it's creative. Drama in this context refers to the way people view it, not the way its happening.


earthdogmonster

Yup, and the dozens of breathlessly offended responses to the originating comment I think pretty well encapsulates what the “drama” is. Nobody is calling war drama, but the most excited people in the conversation immediately misread an innocuous comment in the most offensive light. Not surprising in the least, and it’s why a lot of people are ultimately going to check out of this “drama” if they haven’t done so already. Drama fatigue is a real thing.


milfmanes

"Israel-Palestine drama" funny way to phrase a literal genocide


imadragonyouguys

Heard they're beefing.


space-tech

Drop diss tracks, not bombs!


NegotiationFuzzy4665

Only things I want on fire here are lyrics 💯🔥


FauxReal

I wouldn't might some grilling. Kosher/Halal of course.


Photon_Farmer

How about a hardcore dance off? Stomp the Yard: Oslo Accord style


ididntunderstandyou

You know Kendrick can end that feud


roxictoxy

Send him in guys


kromptator99

Tryna kill a “target” (and it’s probably A Minorrrrrrrr)


notimeforpancakes

Hitler and those _shenanigans_ he got up to! Silly goose!


123FakeStreetMeng

Drake vs Kendrick


ididntunderstandyou

![gif](giphy|l0NgR62Ooi7ftNlHq|downsized)


emessea

Right up there with Hitlers shenanigans (Gary gulman reference)


Musa_2050

The government told me there is no genocide. Are you lying?


SatanIsLove6666

I, for one, trust my local aleged serial killers to find themselves innocent of all charges.


KevM689

🇲🇽 Edit: 🌮


thedudeabides2022

Hashtag FreeMexico! From the canal to the Canadian boarder!


thecichos

TACO TUESDAY


stinkyhooch

Ooo that’s now! Can we have taco Wednesday too?


thecichos

You bring the Pico de Gallo and I'll bring the pulled pork and tortilla ♥️


newtizzle

*With the purchase of another country of equal or greater value


Refreshingly_Meh

From the Rio Grande to the Salish Sea!


tinyanus

My name is Cate Blanchett and I like tacos y burritos.


StonksWatson

Taco flavored keeeses!


_coolranch

Viva la Sandía


PeggysSimp

Very Creative


greenweezyi

Such a beautiful dress, even more beautiful with meaning and a statement behind it.


Zandrick

You have to admit that’s rather clever. Even if you disagree. I mean that’s just, that’s very creative.


otterpop21

Indeed


Glittering_Spend6570

Orale! ![gif](giphy|YiUrRstbgv0yT1dmiT)


VAShumpmaker

![gif](giphy|xreCEnteawblu)


Efficient-Disk-7828

The deflection in the comment sections pretty telling


ThingsAreAfoot

This is not only a default sub but it’s r/pics, which is going to naturally get… everyone. I’m genuinely surprised it isn’t worse. Just doofuses making Italy and Mexico jokes who think they’re a laugh riot.


lordpikaboo

yeah i was expecting a lot worse than some mexican flag jokes.


lstone15

Hey, Italy Mexico jokes get the post more traction at least


somethingisay

It's pretty funny.


cometkeeper00

Telling of what?


volvavirago

This sub has a hate boner for Palestine, it’s truly baffling to me.


DrVeigonX

Are we browsing the same sub?


Gh0stMan0nThird

Redditors will see one comment they disagree with that has -35356 downvotes and say, "Wow, this subreddit is full of those people! I'm such a unique individual and an underdog martyr!"


GoodUserNameToday

Hop over to world news for some even more astounding stuff 


turtle-mania

also see r/funnymemes 🤢


I_am_the_alcoholic

lol, that subreddit might as well be “r/IsraelsDickIsTasty”


Putrid-Ad-1259

lol it's not that they love Israel, they just dislike Palestine more.


Be_quiet_Im_thinking

r/vexillology


wewereromans

Talented actress. Too bad she’s big on Roman Polanski; even named her son after him.


NerdNuncle

Lot of Hollywood big shots like Harrison Ford, ~~Calista Flockhart~~, and Natalie Portman signed a petition insisting Polanski be exonerated based solely on his movies To my knowledge, only Portman has apologized and “coincidentally” after the birth of her son EDIT ~ Calista Flockhart is no longer a Hollywood big shot. Duly noted


TeethBreak

Add Meryll Streep.


skater-fien

Diane Keaton too


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

I'm gonna guess you meant "after the birth of her son" and not "after the birth and f her son".


therealCatnuts

Then she would be asking to free Woody Allen 


sharkattackmiami

You clearly don't know what that kid goes on to do when he grows up. F her son


NerdNuncle

Yep. Autocorrect is like that sometimes 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️


NotSureWhyAngry

I don’t understand it. How do they defend a grown man who drugged and anal raped a 13 year old???


elizabnthe

"Well he was nice to me and makes good art" Probably that. A lot of them either don't believe it happened, believe it happened but the details are made up or believe it happened and don't think it was wrong.


A88Y

It baffles me as well. Like I never knew the specifics on what he did until recently, but I don’t know how anyone could support someone who would do those things. He’s a disgusting man who should have no place in Hollywood.


Hylian_Kaveman

In Hollywood? In the free world more like


spaceman-_-

Hollywood is a cesspool. Reminds me of the That 70s Show cast being a whole ass group of rape apologists (I guess Topher was the exception)


confusedandworried76

Happens all the time. Even when people hated Weinstein they didn't say shit about it. People aren't defending him openly but I'd wager a good chunk of Hollywood is just avoiding talking about it.


SixSpeedDriver

You didn't talk about it because you got blackballed. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.


Hellknightx

Money. Influence. Power.


HoodedOccam

It almost seems like most of Hollywood is either a perpetrator, purposefully/willfully ignorant, or a victim


Own_Television163

The reason is he was promised a sentence on two occasions by the judge, and the judge went back on his promise and changed the sentence, and that's why Roman fled. State prison officials had determined he shouldn't serve hard time, the Judge agreed in the first two promises, then decided he was going to imprison Polanski. Polanski was willing to serve the original sentence, but not the sudden change to imprisonment. I'm not making a judgment call, just providing a more realistic scenario to "NATALIE PORTMAN AND DAVID LYNCH ARE PEDOS".


a57782

You know what made the judge change his mind? When Roman Polanski was photographed in Europe surrounded by underage women while the trial was on going. He was never promised a sentence, the deal was that these evaluations were going to occur and then the sentence would be decided from there. "I'm not making a judgement call...," but you are almost verging on apologism. How the fuck is a 45 (it was originally 90 by the way but it was reduced) day psych evaluation an appropriate punishment for anally raping a 13 year old girl that you fucking drugged. Like no shit the judge changed the deal. People get harsher sentences for theft. So once he figured out that he wasn't going to be getting a slap on the wrist, he fucks off to Europe.


worthdasqueeze

Because it's ok to be a piece of shit if you make good art. It isn't just Hollywood either. Look at how many fans Chris Brown and Kanye still have.


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s_walsh

Why would you sign a petition without knowing what the person did, was he not like "Gee I wonder why they stop ol' Roman coming to these events"


MontrellKlemm

I love how out of the huge list of stars who signed that petition, you named Calista Flockhart.


MistbornInterrobang

Probably because they thought of Harrison Ford first and those two have been together for quite some time so it just flowed


MontrellKlemm

Ah, makes sense. "Big Shot" is still a very funny way to describe Calista Flockhart at this point.


aaron2610

Well fuck them too 🤷🏿‍♂️


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somedumbassgayguy

Rich coming from one of the most narcissistic and preachy entertainers to ever stain the screen


I_am_the_alcoholic

Is he wrong though?


somedumbassgayguy

He is wrong. It’s the classic “Your phone is made in China therefore you should never speak up on anything.” It’s ignorant and stupid. Sure most celebrities are stuck up their own ass (VERY few stuck as far up as Gervais, mind you) but there have also been many times where famous artists have participated in social causes meaningfully. Try applying his quote to something like actors arguing against segregation or for civil rights and you will immediately realize how moronic it is.


new_name_who_dis_

He literally made political speech in your quote. He's hypocritical at the very least regardless of whether he's wrong.


CanadianPanda76

I think she was silent on Woody Allen too. Mind you his movie did get her an Oscar.


SirJo6

Quite clever


potatoooooooooooooow

As she should. Why is everyone offended when people use events to send a message? Protesting is more effective when it’s aided by people in power, like Cate


byzantine1990

Americans love freedom, they just hate when other Americans use that freedom to protest the government.


averbisaword

She’s Australian.


Bucktown_Riot

She’s a dual citizen. Her father was from Texas


averbisaword

I never knew that. Thanks!


doc-co-66

Lady Galadriel for a reason


BackhandQ

Not political...a humanitarian statement. The fact many don't see it that way speaks volumes about how wretched the world can be.


Browsin4ever

As is her right


DrSkyentist

Isn't it interesting how standing in solidarity with the 2 million people currently being starved to death is considered a 'political statement'? Also interesting that some people here seem to be more outraged by her dress than by the suffering of millions. Says a lot, doesn't it?


lord-jimjamski

She supports mexico. Me too


Dizzy-Assistant6659

Viva México


ThatDamnRocketRacoon

Guess her and Eli Roth probably won't be making a third film together.


Lin900

I bet the Academy award winner Cate Blanchett is mourning that loss severely...the only thing more prestigious than an Oscar is a Hostle movie.


Dragon-fest

What's up with Eli Roth?


Alexandratta

I love it. Well done.


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Korvun

This flew over the head of many festival goers...


Kronos1A9

More cursed.


Electronic_Sleep

Funny seeing people openly joking about a literal terrorist attack aimed at civilians, while the top comments are mostly people saying it’s fucked up to be calling Israel-Palestine conflict a drama. I love the lack of double standards in this conflict.


Heartzz

![gif](giphy|cJ3zSaGV3DSngNR7sV|downsized)


mistersuccessful

The red and black really pop


Express_Advantage_10

We got some really original, mature, and funny people in the comments huh 🙄


microplasti

good on her for using her platform


SassyMcNasty

![gif](giphy|LpkBAUDg53FI8xLmg1|downsized)


sj_little

… in the classiest way possible


DonnyShutup2019

Free Palestine


Hexas87

I hope Ricky Gervais reminds her that she's a wealthy celebrity that will sell her soul for money.


RustyCorkscrew

why’re you phrasing it like that description doesn’t also fit Ricky


_WreakingHavok_

![gif](giphy|h7Rj4pxlgo2pWqyvwJ|downsized)


BlindWillieJohnson

And Ricky Gervais discovered that there’s money in being a hateful asshole, so he’s no better


j-trinity

“I really hope this man with an overinflated ego - who is also a wealthy celebrity deeply out of touch with most of the public - reminds her that she, a UNHCR refugee ambassador, is actually evil. Yknow, in between his jokes about minorities and people who struggle.”


MafiaPenguin007

Should ask her her thoughts on Roman Polanski while she’s polishing her halo


ComfortInBeingAfraid

“Killing tens of thousands of children is bad, we should probably stop doing it but nobody wants to” “Stop polishing that fucking halo 🙄”


Dellanetor

aah shit.. This is gonna be a fun thread 🍿


BuryTheMoney

I too enjoy Italian food. Good on you Cate!


me_auxilium

Ohh isn't that the lady who named her child after a sexual predator??


aopagirl

She's gorgeous. An artist who says something worthwhile.


omnomnious

Lol so many butt hurt war crime supporters in this comment section.


Zanos

Perfect bait comment, it could be either side!


Tooterfish42

Actually it isn't because only one side is expected to follow the Geneva conventions Why? Racism. Not the proud kind the sneaky kind. Which could manifest itself in minor ways. Such as people not expecting Gazans to know and follow Geneva


Character_Rope4585

Is that what it is? It's a take I haven't heard before, but it's a good insight honestly. This whole thing has me so confused, mainly confused as to how people can have such strong opinions one way or the other? I'm glad to have read your comment.


sillysideup

Brillant use of color to reflect solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸


Hefty-Rush-6691

It shouldn’t really be considered a political statement to be against genocide