nobody’s allowed to be dressed and styled pretty in house of the dragon, cause what if they outshine her? what if they waste the budget they’ve reserved for her?
they really believe olivia is some evil genius who got the entire hotd production team to favor her. writers, showrunners, directors, producers, stylists, the marketing team, her co-stars... damn, she's the most powerful person alive 😭
chase infiniti with sarah pidgeon, carrie coon, claire danes, kerry washington, and rhea seehorn for the hollywood reporter’s drama actresses roundtable ✨
interviewers keep telling actors their characters are unlikeable like they don't already have to deal with enough deranged people who can't separate fiction from reality... i'm sure they're aware 😭
i need to get in the writers room and make them give jehosheba a subplot about what it’s like being a black girl in gilead married to a commander who’s a “true believer”. they could easily explore gilead’s racism and white supremacy in a meaningful way, they just choose not to
I could write an essay on how they're both designed to be "hated," but only because Gilead is harder for them in ways the audience (and often even the writers) fail to recognize
i know it would be tough to watch, but it’s getting kinda ridiculous that they expect us to believe a place like gilead is race blind, except for that one random commander who didn’t want a black handmaid and paula’s microaggressions that most of the audience doesn’t even notice