She was just sarcastic and dry, but any actress who doesn’t respond to compliments with awkward overwhelm and self-deprecation is forever labeled arrogant. Would hate to slip up and tell anyone I actually liked myself.
Yep. For years whenever someone would complement me I would always defect and disregard, such as me immediately ring like “No, I’m so ugly,” or just little things degrading myself. Now, I acknowledge the complement, because there is no reason I should not accept the complement. Like thank you, yes! I do look great in this outfit don’t I?? Gasssss urself up 👏👏👏
She said that the scene in Jennifer's body where the band was sacrificing Jennifer to have fame and she was crying and screaming while they were laughing, in some way, represents the way Hollywood treated her.
I was thinking the same thing when I watched the movie. It was my first and last film I watched with her as an actress because it felt so awkward to watch. I’m very sorry for her.
@@katzenfraeulein I don't agree, I think it was really empowering for her and it's probably her favorite. She was literally saved by the fact that she wasn't a virgin and then killed boys, not only for revenge, but also to get rid of the potential love interests and the boyfriend of her girl crush: Needy.
@@animalmania2381 can confirm - if you didn't write that asnwer, I would've. At the same time, they faced quite some backlash for the actual movie, because the trailer team did a shit job and marketed the CLEARLY FOR YOUNG GIRLS movie for teenage boys, so not many people actually liked the movie (until now at least).
Seconded, Megan is a lot more intelligent than she gets credit for, and it's sad that she was let go from the Transformers Franchise when she tried to explain how toxic her relationship with Bay was.
It was the same thing for Marilyn Monroe. She was far smarter and far more cultured than she was given credit for. Of course, her story was tragic. It's a good thing we're appreciating the actual Megan Fox as opposed to the sex object she was portrayed as. Hopefully that means she'll have a more positive end to her story.
She isn’t. If she was, she would have demonstrated that when she was blowing up as an actor. Just sounds like a classic case of “pretty girl gets upset that hollywood found other broads to be the pretty girl”
"I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down." Megan Fox
Precisely, Megan herself knows firsthand how instantly the media can turn on you, and twist everything you say out of proportion, despite her trying to be honest about her toxic relationship with Bay.
@John McCarthy money can’t make up for being treated like an object. say what you want about her acting chops, but her being rich doesn’t give anyone permission to diminish her as a human being.
@John McCarthy you’ve argued with people on this on about 10 different comment threads on this video (obsessive fan behavior much?) so clearly nothing anyone says will make you believe she’s a human being deserving of basic decency and respect. i’m not about to waste more of my time here, but i hope you eventually learn a little thing called sympathy.
In Lindsay Ellis’ video about women in Transformers, she mentions that everything in the script suggests that Megan Fox’s character is meant to be smart, and taken seriously. But the way she is filmed completely betrays that. This is why I hate it when people are like “well she knew what she was signing up for, why is she mad about the way she’s being portrayed”. I’m sure she read the script, liked the character, and was then betrayed by Michael Bay’s direction
Exactly. If they had a nerdy slightly overweight woman in the role, the character would have been accepted entirely different by the crowds. And sadly, if she had been filmed in the exact same way as Fox's character, the men would have likely hated it. Cuz you're only allowed to sexualize what they find attractive. I am a lesbian, I find Megan Fox to be very attractive, and yet when watching her roles that was just an additional bonus to otherwise brilliant characters. Someone doesn't have to 'just' be hot. They can be all sorts of other things first.
Ah yes, the evil editing. Hollywood does that often. Especially reality shows. American Next Supermodel, for example. It just like signing contract in Hollywood makes the employer could do anything to you because they paid you, especially if they find a loop hole in the contract, and have more power (money, popularity, connections), they're going to abuse it.
It's pretty disturbing to think that Michael Bay, the man responsible for Megan's success, put her in a bikini and made her dance under a waterfall when she was ONLY 15 YEARS OLD for Bad Boys 2!
Women can never take responsibility for their actions. She had a choice to do that and she did it. Then afterwards she did the same sort of stuff. She was clearly fine with it at the time.
Well, at least none of the people who watched the scene and enjoyed it and paid money to see the movie, and watched it again afterward, at least none of those people need to take responsibility. Only the person who made the movie. Got it.
Yeah.i was just a kid.But that was literally a trend back then.Lets do better and recognise women celebrities for their talent along with their looks and not objectify them
One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no UA-camr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear xor
We owe Britney an apology? You mean the girl who chose to flaunt her body and sing about her sexuality when she was a teenager? What do we owe her an apology for?
i was a teenager when Megan Fox was gaining fame, and i remember how easy it was to hate on her just because the mainstream media focused so much on her sexiness. i'm so glad she's being recognized for her humanity and her talent, especially seeing how strong she was and still is to be constantly villafied, and i hope she feels a sense of comfort to share herself in a more authentic way.
@@GustaferrEJ2 The video (and these comments) is dissecting on how she's more than her sex appeal and you're referring to her chest as milkers? Get out of here.
The fact that she was not so secretly a bi feminist icon the entire time and was treated as literally not a person, but an extension of the men around her makes me wanna yeet myself into the sun.
Looks won't last. Being a self-aware, quick-witted, and intelligent person. That holds weight. She is all of the above and she is finally being recognized for her skills, not just her looks.
@@camillefaith2005 yes her beauty will fade for the general public *but* from what i've been seeing xhile taking care of old people she will be the pretty one among her fellow old friends
@@camillefaith2005 idk, look at Jane Fonda. She is 83 and stunning. She has had work done, but only in the best small ways. She still looks human and natural. If you didn't know her age she could pass as having had no work done. I think Megan has the same bone structure to pull it off.
I'm getting involved in protests and marches but I don't stand with Me Too because they let male and female victims down all the time. They're snobs. As a woman, I am ashamed of their behavior. A new movement should be started that's more inclusive to all victims, no matter their gender or status in society.
I can't believe the industry was more willing to take Michael Bay's word over hers. So many people, men and women, have described him as the worst director they've ever worked with and told stories of how horrible his behavior was to people on set. And just because he's a man he automatically gets more credibility?! 😤
I believe this credibility it's because he's a director with major box office movies, if he were someone less relevant ( per say) no one would agree with this bullshit, but anyway, the damage it's done.
Hollywood is about box office. If his movies make money, no one cares how he treats anyone. It's disgusting but true. And women are rarely believed about things like this, especially before metoo.
Her character was named *Mikael* -a *Ba* n *e* s in movies directed by *Michael Bay.* She was a gender flipped version of the objectifying director and he still sidelined her. Charlie from _Bumblebee_ is what Mikaela should have been.
Meghan Fox, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Swift, the three most hated on female celebs that I can remember from my generation (was born at the beginning of 2000s) and why? Because one was too pretty, another didn't smile enough, and the last one dated too much. Like??? These women received tremendous backlash for things we don't even notice about men. Also, the way she talks about being the "evil" girl in 16:08 like damn that's rough
Taylor comes off as very fake, and mean girl. That is why she is disliked. I agree with the other two though. They have always been laid back, awesome women, but were hated for not playing the role that the public wanted. Introverted women tend to be ridiculed in Hollywood
@@carolin2220 Taylor’s always been hated on for being a “serial dater” and “only writing songs about ex boyfriends”. Thankfully the media has (for the most part) grown out of the Taylor hate. I think that’s what they were meaning to say.
She was definitely misunderstood. It’s a shame too because it seems like a lot of women get type casted as just eye candy and they have to deal with sexism and people calling them old at 30.
@John McCarthy First of all don’t call me “bruh”, I’m female. Second, you just proved my point with the sexism. A lot of actresses obviously have talent but they are not taken seriously all the time because apparently they are just there to look pretty and nothing else. Comparing actors/actresses to athletes makes absolutely no sense. Yes age matters for athletes because they are pushing their bodies and performing amazing feats with their bodies. We still have actors/actresses well into their 90s because well they can hold up better at an old age with their craft than an athlete. Before you start bashing someone saying they don’t have talent, you better make sure you’re somebody yourself.
@John McCarthy I’m not drumming up anything. I’m pointing out the sexism for a lot of actresses and unfair judgment that have been a thing in the industry forever. If you’re going to call me a bitch, that’s fine but at least spell it right. You also should have typed “THEIR looks” and not “there looks.” By the time you read this you’ll probably edit your comment.
@@benjaminjackson9449 we’ve been paying attention for years, simp. There’s plenty of attractive women that have had accomplished acting careers without being labeled some generic sex symbol. It’s called “talent”, something that Megan Fox lacks a great deal of. Close your eyes next time you listen to her speak in one of her roles. She’s generic at best.
@@jeffbenzos6344 She has talent... Hollywood typecasted her into roles so she was never given a range. But go off and call people simps. EDIT: I removed calling you a donkey. I'm sorry for insulting you, it doesn't achieve anything
Kinda sad that we could hate someone just because someone is more beautiful than us. Speaking from my experience, for the longest time, I hate being a woman because the boys won't stop bullying me and my female friends. I wanted to be a man and get rid of my pretty face. I don't want people to judge me from my face. I also thought as a man, I could fight back the bullies and protect others from them. Now, I'm mostly okay being a woman. I still love wearing masculine clothes and act not womanly, but I also didn't hate dresses and makeup anymore. I love being both manly and womanly.
Same. It’s because the media/Hollywood allowed us to pick her apart because they did it first. It’s not 100% them to blame, but we played into their game.
Oddly enough I've always liked her since seeing her in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. I thought at the time I would hate her since she was the stereotyped mean girl in most teenage girl movies but she gave off such chill and strong vibes that I really couldn't. But yeah I get the whole disliking the popular girls cus they seem to have everything we "normal" people don't. In the beginning of middle school I didn't like that particular clique but then I realized they've never caused me any distress, I was a complete introvert so that helped. If anything the "friends" I had up until highschool talked smack about quite a lot of people and just seemed so negative and miserable at times.
It's so refreshing to see Britney Spears and Megan Fox finally receive the love and support they deserve. Craig Ferguson was years ahead of his time the way he spoke about Britney's strugglea
Everyone talks about how men treat attractive women, but there needs to be a whole other movement that holds *women* accountable for the way they treat fellow women they find "unapproachable" simply because they're attractive. The way some women feel justified in treating other women just because they're intimidated by the others looks, is absolutely appalling. And a downright childish response to jealousy. Men aren't the only ones who can mistreat a pretty woman. Okay. Have a nice life.
This!! The internalised misogyny behind why women hate other women, especially women like Megan Fox. And actress I used to hate until I started watching videos like this about her, and now I realise how intelligent and brave and strong she is through it all. She is beautiful and that doesn’t mean other women should demonise her. The world sucks for all of us as women so we need to stand together and fight against these “not like other girls” tropes that pit us against each other.
Yes, the worst a stranger can do to is catcall an attractive woman or post thirst comments and that is still coming from a position of being smitten by said woman's beauty. It recognises that the woman has value, no matter how shallow that valuation is. But women bullying women more attractive than them, I find that way beneath catcalling because of the malice involved. I haven't read it yet but this was basically the plot of Malena iirc, the entire village's women making her life miserable out of envy. This is worse now with online bullying. Edit: IK Malena eventually got raped but that was way after her detractors and gossips ruined her reputation to the point that admiration for her has turned into contempt.
Will you please do a video about Asian men, who are often belittled and infantilised as characters, as well as them rarely being portrayed as love interests in mainstream TV and film?
Oh, yes, please! I detest how they sometimes have them speak broken English in a stereotypical accent, and have them be the butt of all the jokes, such as Han Lee on "2 Broke Girls", or Long Duk Dong from "Sixteen Candles."
It nearly broke my heart when she said that she felt there was no place for her in the MeToo-movement / feminism. But I get it. Women are hardest critics towards each other instead of uniting against sexism and the patriarchy. Feminism should be highly inclusive (also for men who understand and want to participate). There should be no rules how a feminist looks / behaves like and how „beautiful“ of „ugly“ he/she is.
She was done such a disservice by the industry. She was pigeonholed into roles that over sexualized and undervalued her and underutilized her talents. Then she was mocked ruthlessly by the media for the roles that she was pigeonholed into.
@John McCarthy As someone else who went to business school, this is the problem with business douchebags. You're justifying acting like a douch towards actresses you don't know for no reason because you are successful in schooling and money management? I suppose when you strike your first good deal we should allow you to just murder the person of your choice. All hail the king.
If Michael Bay hadn‘t cancelled her, she would be where Scarlett Johansson is now. I Get that a woman that hot and with her Voice could never play the range of roles Rachel McAdams or Jennifer Lawrence got. But Jennifer and Regan were more dimensional characters and she killed it. She is not a Bad actress, just not given enough opportunities
@@hobihope2981 And I'm super happy about that, but it still doesn't make as big of an impact as it would have in 2009. Not only would it have changed Megan's career, but it would have also had an influence on everyone else who worked on the movie. There are already so few Asian directors working in the movie industry, and then Karyn Kusama comes along and her movie gets shut down. We could've gotten more art like this if people had recognized the movie for its greatness.
This channel has helped me so much in my struggle with internalized misogyny stemming from abuse from the women in my family that I suffered as a child. I am really stoked for this series after watching this video, I hope you keep at it!
I'm so sorry for the abuse that you suffered I sincerely hope that you are in a better place now and I whole heartedly agree with your comment this Channel helps us understand the patriarchy in our society and how it reflects on film and Tv.
I hope you are doing well and the abusers has made up to if its possible in any way. I also appreciate that you could recongnise your internalized misgony and did not defend it. A lot of man, even who werent abused will be under constant denial of sexism.
@Wynn Wynn anyone can be an abuser. The woman that abused me when I was a child wore pastel pink and yellow girly dresses and talked in a high pitched princessy voice. Women can be abusers and men can be abused.
Literally yesterday I watched a video about how Megan’s movie Jennifer’s Body did so bad because of its bad marketing of it being about her looking sexy.
I watched Jennifer's Body 2 months ago and found it really funny and quirky and actually really thoughtfully written. Of course, the trailer did not convey any of that.
Megan's role on New Girl deserves a little more credit than her other roles because Reagan showed growth over time. She became more vulnerable, a part of the friend group, and complicated
I didn’t like her when she blew up but that was only because I was jealous. The older I get and learn about her the more I like and respect her. She’s always fought against this in her own way and stayed strong and smart.
strangely I felt like this not for her but Rosie Hunington-Whiteley, who supposedly took over her role in Transformers 3. little did I know I'm actually queer, and seeing Rosie in Mad Max 4 completely changed my mind!
@@GerryMcAveety "Out of the sexual roles SHE chose"? Lmao you're a fucking idiot. Her big breakout movie, Transformers, wrote her character as an extremely smart, capable, and brave woman who helps save the world. Go read the entire script if you must. Michaela talks about how guys treat her as if she's dumb, how she doesn't need anyone's help, how she has to work to support herself because of her troubled father, etc. Then Michael Bay chose to frame only her stomach, ass, and boobs for 90% of the movie, like the creep he is. After that, like the video says, the only roles she could get were those that had been written FOR her to play a sex symbol. She's an actress; this is her CAREER. She has to work to live. It's not possible to turn down roles for years waiting for a serious one to fall into her lap.
@@GerryMcAveety "Be typecast as a sexy lamp or get no roles" is a choice. There's is nothing wrong with Hollywood that spits out aspiring actresses once they're done with them. Demanding anything else is being ungrateful. Got it.
I feel so sorry for Megan. She deserves a huge apology and so much better. I hope that she finally gets taken seriously and i hope that she finds peace from all the hate in the media.
I think other women are the most guilty of tearing her down. She can’t help that she’s fabulous, and if you treated her poorly just because she’s gorgeous, then you’re part of the problem. It’s very anti-feminist if you don’t like other women just because of their obvious beauty. We are supposed to celebrate and lift up ALL women, not just some women we deem “appropriate” feminists. That’s what being a real feminist is.
See that's an attitude I wish they would have taken on in the Bridget Jones video. Because those aspirational magazine cover ready Power ladies Bridget is pitted against are mostly depicted as bitches. What does that say, that it's never critiqued
I partially agree, I would rather say it’s mostly men’s fault how she was treated because men started portraying her as sex symbol, but yeah it’s awful that women were complicit in treating her like she’s not a human being, that’s truly sad, she must’ve felt so lonely
@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 Bridget Jones was a marriage obsessed, unprofessional women with a self-esteem and self-worth of a brick. In the end she gets amazing Mr Darcy because...I have no idea why. I will never understand why such a character should be inspiring or sympathetic for women. If anything, it sats unreasonable expectations from life. P.S My nerves only allowed me to watch two movie of Bridget Jones.
Megan Foxs' career should have been on the same level as Margot Robbie's. I love that we live in a time where actresses like Margot Robbie, who more often than not embody the "sex symbol" archetype, get to explore the full spectrum of acting like her male counterparts. Its really sad that Megan Fox never got the same opportunity to blossom in her career. She deserved more than what she got smh.
I never saw a Megan Fox movie, but I've seen her interviews on late night talk shows at the time. She seemed pretty normal and straightforward, and reasonably intelligent and articulate. I'm only learning about the hate now. If the men who write and cast blockbusters utilize women as male gaze fantasies, then shouldn't we be hating on those men for minimizing women, not on the women they utilize?
It broke my heart the first time I heard her say “feminists don’t want me in their group” - she was speaking out before society wanted to listen. Even Michael Bay - she didn’t say anything about him that was surprising (of course he’s an abusive sexist!) but everyone rushed to his defense.
They definitely know, I think they get dragged if they come across as arrogant. She can be beautiful, but if she says it out loud she's suddenly not that beautiful
I mean she didn't know just how sexualized she would be when she did transformers 1 I mean look at the script it's obvious she went in for a role thinking she would have something of substance and then she took off everyone saw her as a sex symbol and she knew no matter what she did that was basically her image watch lindsay ellis and modern gurlz video on her it explains alot
To me Megan Fox's old Hollywood equivalent would be Jane Russell who (1) knew she was hot, (2) was quick and funny, and (3) very dry and sarcastic always a bit mean to her love interests
The irony is... Even though Jess was meant to be “innocent and sexually chaste”, do you know how many sex scenes that she have throughout the whole show? *Countless* Meanwhile, Reagan, who’s supposed to be “confident at her sexuality” has *ZERO* sex scene and the closest thing of her doing something sexy is when she was fully-clothed. I love this video but I don’t like these shallow descriptions of Jess and Reagan. Plus these didn’t really describe Jess and Reagan characters at all. These describe how the media portray Zooey and Megan.
@John McCarthy Actors are people too. They deserve to be as complicated as non-actors. Of course people will have different experiences and thoughts within a group. It's not a hivemind.
@John McCarthy speak for yourself lmao i am very hot, very funny, and im about to graduate with a degree in bioelectrical engineering. Too bad hot people dont talk to you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@John McCarthy looking back at your comments you don't seem smart either. you've got none of the brains and I confidently assume beauty too since your very salty. so that leaves you with....nothing I guess
its crazy how you guys seem to read my mind! I watched Jennifer's body last night and was binge watching interviews of megan fox when this came out; when your bridget jones video came out, I'd watched it the night before :,)) this analysis was really strong in showing megan fox's savvy cultivation of her career, and the archetypes she plays; which I admit that I overlooked because I was so focused on her role in Jennifer's Body. I did want to say that even though her role in Jennifer's Body possesses similar characteristics to her other roles, I don't think it should be lumped in with the 'cool girl' persona so many male directors wanted her to cultivate. Jennifer's Body is uniquely through a female lens, and I think because of its depth and the cult-like following it now has, it should be treated as a really stand out megan fox role. I've commented this several times, but I would love a Jennifer's Body analysis from the take!! I've always found that you explore themes and characters and cinematography in more depth when you hone in on one movie. As much as I appreciate your current focus on tropes and character studies, I really miss your era of making film analyses for specific movies and one on Jennifer's Body would be at the top of my list for requests!! If you don't make it, I will! There's infinite things I could say about that movie
I don't consume a lot of celeb news now but i can only imagine before, the coverage of them caused us to loath women like Megan that then caused media to keep bashing on them because we kept consuming it to validate our hatred and it became a never ending cycle. I remember I used to be like "lol Taylor Swift is so emotional with all the breakup songs" when I was a middleschooler and probably into my highschool days. I had internalized misogyny and was a participant to the cycle that kept "reminding me" that she was somehow shallow. The revelation we treat women poorly in media is recent but I'm glad we're reflecting on how we mistreated women celebs then and how we can notice it now like with Megan Thee Stallion.
I remember being 15 and arguing with my girlfriends about how Megan Fox deserved better and they simply responded with "she doesn't have to only play sex; she does so because she lacks depth." I'm still upset at how she was treated especially after Micheal Bay trashed her.
Angelina was always a serious actress even before she got famous, George Wallace, Gia, Girl interrupted, & then she got famous and did Lara Croft, adopted a child & started working with the UN. She is extremely talented, I think that's why people were able to see beyond just her sex symbol status
To me it's so absurd how the midia makes it seem like she was in full control of her image, like "this is what she wants, she just wants to be seen as a hot body", she can't outgrow the sex symbol phase if no director is giving her a chance to be anything other than that, if the midia tries to make everything she says as a sex joke/flirty thing, unfortunately there's nothing she can do alone, she needs people to believe and listen to her
As a nerdy teenager In high school back then, reminding your mean-girls / lifelong bff’s of *Meghan* *Fox* was like THE COOLEST BOOSTER FOR MY SELF ESTEEM. Now in my 30’s this is one of my happiest memories from a very challenging time in my life.
I feel like this is happening with Maddison beer people are calling her ungrateful too for complaining that people just see her as a pretty girl, e.g the Maddison beer “your so pretty” meme sound
people mostly hate her because she complain about being too pretty but also lied about having something done even tho she was caught by a paparazzi at a cosmetic surgery clinic where she tried to hide behing a bush. now don't get me wrong, she's allowed to do whatever she wants, but saying that she can't help being so pretty is annoying cause she's setting unreachable standards to her younger fans that have body dysmorphia for not looking like her, when she herself doesn't even truly look the way she does.
@@i_only_simp_for_myself800 yes she was hiding cuz she knew u insecure girls would spread false accusations and say she was there to get something done. She was there to get her mole removed, something she talked about months before getting it removed. So do ur research. U ppl DO hate her cuz she’s pretty.
@@i_only_simp_for_myself800 actually, if u watched more than 5 seconds of that video abt her ‘complaining’ about being too pretty, u would understand she was complaining about being objectified and ppl speeding rumors about her. Since u ppl are jealous, u twisted her words. Y’all took her words out of context. Try again.
The moment I see myself now, I want to be like her, she is fun, straight forward, pretty (we can't deny it, Megan Fox is really beautiful) and confident, also an icon in every sense of the word
The best thing about her is that despite knowing how pretty she is she doesn't pretend to be innocent, cute or ignorant. She is very intelligent with a great personality as well, true definition of beauty with brain!
I literally talked about this with a friend 2 days ago so I was kinda freaked out to see this video in my notifications 😳 but I'm so glad with how this subject was discussed in this video. I truly wish Megan the best, she's a lovely person.
The combination of beauty, intelligence, and sensitivity is an intoxicating paradox that until now hasn't been described honestly. If Megan and other women in Hollywood can negotiate this it will be a real step forward. Great topic!
I hope we can also reflect on Katherine Heigl's career similarly. Although she was not a sex symbol like Fox, she spoke out about sexism in films she appeared in and was labelled 'difficult' for it, effectively ending her career in mainstream Hollywood.
It's hard being beautiful. People desperately want to push you into a box, so they can disrespect you or limit you. It's crazy because they are drawn in, but then become resentful. People can be so envious, they act like you should be ashamed of your beauty. You can't be funny, smart, confident.... It's mad. You just have to know and own who you are and give the world a middle finger.
THANK YOU for making this video omg I was just watching the 10 year anniversary interview of Jennifer’s body the other day and it was just astonishing how poorly megan has been treated both by the media and the me too movement
the "you got a high-rise double pump carburetor" line made my dad so mad when she said it bc that doesnt even exist....like the writers didn't even know wtf they were putting in there, unless she was saying it to purposefully mess with him
So glad she's finally getting to work with directors who actually get to showcase her as a diverse actress, she's still quite young and has alot of time to rebuild her career and the best part since the tide is changing people actually want to see her in film
A video about one woman and how she's been objectified through all her career, but more than that, we need to recognize that the industry still does this to every girl There's plenty of examples and it's just sad how the misogynistic approach is perpetuated, with Margot Robbie, Emilia Clarke, and the list goes on Birds of pray wasn't that popular because Margot stopped playing sexy girl to become just confident girl
Her and Michael Jackson (both his skin and the charges against him in the nineties and early 2000's) are two people of numerous many that give me reason to ask what is really going on when the internet gets up in arms over anything. I never just assume the rumors or the ideas.
I’ve always loved her & knew there was way more (in many ways) to her than anyone gave her credit for. It’s really depressing it took so long for people to actually listen to what she had to say, which usually is very important.
Beauty can be curse. When I was a little kid I asked my cousin, who is unusually beautiful, what it's like always being the prettiest girl. She said it was like being a mind reader. She knows what every guy is thinking, and why every woman hates her. She looked so sad her statement stuck with me all these years.
Wow great piece, and yeah I have wondered how well she would've done if she would've gotten roles to Jennifer Lawrence, for example. Now that I am older, I do understand the reason I do not like a majority of movies are not in a large part of her bad acting but she was never gonna get even offered a role like Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, or Margot Robbie, especially a lead role.
I remember watching an interview with Megan where she talked about shoplifting some olsen twins cosmetics and part of her community service she chose to work at animal shelter, because she likes animals. She felt so much like a gal's gal.
7:16 And don’t forget, even in the Transformers series her character (the mechanic’s daughter with a criminal history) was unceremoniously replaced by the well-dressed blonde with an Ivy league-tier education
I have always been fond of her, never knew she spoke so well in interviews. It's rather sad how men and women treat her because they saw her as a treat
I'm 2 weeks older than Megan, so when this was happening, I remember being very pissed off that people were calling her ungrateful for having the audacity to have agency. Especially with how people ignored the fact that she was a child in Bad Boys 2. Megan was a 10 grader in a bikini in a club and nobody cared. Growing up in the late 90s/early 2000s, girls all over but especially in the media were being vilified for just existing. I happy that people are realizing that she's been right this whole time.
This actually got me a little emotional. I'm 27 now and I first saw her in an Olsen movie and then in Teenage drama queen and thought this girl is a great mean girl. Then i loved her in transformers and Jennifer's body and so on. I'm aware of the articles coming out now defending her but seeing it all at once was a little heartbreaking. I remember being so confused as to why people starting hating her for being on too many magazine covers and then getting pissed off when I heard of the open letter that I knew was a lie. I loved her sarcastic comments and always thought she was hilarious. I think because I was bullied around that time and it felt like she was being bullied too that I really came to just like her a lot. It all just seemed unfair. It seemed like nothing she did was ever good enough for anyone so I rooted for her. I'm a Haitian American woman and I felt like I could relate to her in some ways. I'm excited to see her in different roles now that it seems she's getting a 2nd chance to be the actress she strives to be.
In recent years I've done a 180 on my interpretation of Megan's character and realized it was all a hit piece from the start. I watched Jennifer's Body recently based on your recommendation and Dan Drambles and really enjoyed it. Cody Diablo did a great job of making Megan's sexiness a part of her character and Needy's rather than Michael Bay treats her.
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She was just sarcastic and dry, but any actress who doesn’t respond to compliments with awkward overwhelm and self-deprecation is forever labeled arrogant.
Would hate to slip up and tell anyone I actually liked myself.
Don't forget, it's only powerful to like yourself when you don't look like someone who should.
Exactly this.
@@inessa5923 right on Inessa
Simone and Inessa this is it!
Yep. For years whenever someone would complement me I would always defect and disregard, such as me immediately ring like “No, I’m so ugly,” or just little things degrading myself. Now, I acknowledge the complement, because there is no reason I should not accept the complement. Like thank you, yes! I do look great in this outfit don’t I?? Gasssss urself up 👏👏👏
She said that the scene in Jennifer's body where the band was sacrificing Jennifer to have fame and she was crying and screaming while they were laughing, in some way, represents the way Hollywood treated her.
I was thinking the same thing when I watched the movie. It was my first and last film I watched with her as an actress because it felt so awkward to watch. I’m very sorry for her.
@@katzenfraeulein I don't agree, I think it was really empowering for her and it's probably her favorite. She was literally saved by the fact that she wasn't a virgin and then killed boys, not only for revenge, but also to get rid of the potential love interests and the boyfriend of her girl crush: Needy.
@@samanthakim1975 I think both her and Amanda have said it was their favourite (or one of their favourite) films to act in.
@@animalmania2381 can confirm - if you didn't write that asnwer, I would've. At the same time, they faced quite some backlash for the actual movie, because the trailer team did a shit job and marketed the CLEARLY FOR YOUNG GIRLS movie for teenage boys, so not many people actually liked the movie (until now at least).
In which film?
I’m so happy people are starting to realize how talented and smart she is. She deserves her to be treated so much better
Seconded, Megan is a lot more intelligent than she gets credit for, and it's sad that she was let go from the Transformers Franchise when she tried to explain how toxic her relationship with Bay was.
I think she would have been a good wonder woman. I want to see her in more action films and horror movies.
It was the same thing for Marilyn Monroe. She was far smarter and far more cultured than she was given credit for. Of course, her story was tragic.
It's a good thing we're appreciating the actual Megan Fox as opposed to the sex object she was portrayed as. Hopefully that means she'll have a more positive end to her story.
She isn’t. If she was, she would have demonstrated that when she was blowing up as an actor. Just sounds like a classic case of “pretty girl gets upset that hollywood found other broads to be the pretty girl”
@@TheJudoJoker highly doubt it, but its good to have hope, right?
"I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down."
Megan Fox
Precisely, Megan herself knows firsthand how instantly the media can turn on you, and twist everything you say out of proportion, despite her trying to be honest about her toxic relationship with Bay.
@@trinaq Indeed
@John McCarthy money can’t make up for being treated like an object. say what you want about her acting chops, but her being rich doesn’t give anyone permission to diminish her as a human being.
@John McCarthy you’ve argued with people on this on about 10 different comment threads on this video (obsessive fan behavior much?) so clearly nothing anyone says will make you believe she’s a human being deserving of basic decency and respect. i’m not about to waste more of my time here, but i hope you eventually learn a little thing called sympathy.
@John McCarthy what a sad, lonely life
In Lindsay Ellis’ video about women in Transformers, she mentions that everything in the script suggests that Megan Fox’s character is meant to be smart, and taken seriously. But the way she is filmed completely betrays that. This is why I hate it when people are like “well she knew what she was signing up for, why is she mad about the way she’s being portrayed”. I’m sure she read the script, liked the character, and was then betrayed by Michael Bay’s direction
Very relevant, it shows the situation in a whole different light.
I loved how Lindsey pointed out that Megan's character was the only one in the entire Transformers movie who actually knew anything about cars...
Exactly. If they had a nerdy slightly overweight woman in the role, the character would have been accepted entirely different by the crowds. And sadly, if she had been filmed in the exact same way as Fox's character, the men would have likely hated it. Cuz you're only allowed to sexualize what they find attractive.
I am a lesbian, I find Megan Fox to be very attractive, and yet when watching her roles that was just an additional bonus to otherwise brilliant characters. Someone doesn't have to 'just' be hot. They can be all sorts of other things first.
Please read the piece on Vanity Fair by Sharon Stone. She has opened up about the same issues she faced when she starred in Basic Instinct.
Ah yes, the evil editing. Hollywood does that often. Especially reality shows. American Next Supermodel, for example. It just like signing contract in Hollywood makes the employer could do anything to you because they paid you, especially if they find a loop hole in the contract, and have more power (money, popularity, connections), they're going to abuse it.
It's pretty disturbing to think that Michael Bay, the man responsible for Megan's success, put her in a bikini and made her dance under a waterfall when she was ONLY 15 YEARS OLD for Bad Boys 2!
Not that surprising when you realize/research the rampant amount of pedophiles working in Hollywood/ Political World...
I don't think he was responsible for her success... he just gave her a chance. She did the work and earned her success
Women can never take responsibility for their actions. She had a choice to do that and she did it. Then afterwards she did the same sort of stuff. She was clearly fine with it at the time.
@@thenorsepioneer7311 15 yr olds are not women...
Well, at least none of the people who watched the scene and enjoyed it and paid money to see the movie, and watched it again afterward, at least none of those people need to take responsibility. Only the person who made the movie. Got it.
Like Britney, We owe this woman an apology for how the industry used her and then threw her away.
Yeah.i was just a kid.But that was literally a trend back then.Lets do better and recognise women celebrities for their talent along with their looks and not objectify them
One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no UA-camr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear xor
No. We owe her actual change.
We owe Britney an apology? You mean the girl who chose to flaunt her body and sing about her sexuality when she was a teenager? What do we owe her an apology for?
@@chuckm1961 oh boy, you missed all the lessons.
i was a teenager when Megan Fox was gaining fame, and i remember how easy it was to hate on her just because the mainstream media focused so much on her sexiness. i'm so glad she's being recognized for her humanity and her talent, especially seeing how strong she was and still is to be constantly villafied, and i hope she feels a sense of comfort to share herself in a more authentic way.
Lmfao jealous fat girls canceled her... not guys.. we wanted more of her milkers so
@@GustaferrEJ2 The video (and these comments) is dissecting on how she's more than her sex appeal and you're referring to her chest as milkers? Get out of here.
@@GustaferrEJ2 you just canceled her too with what you said... you’re just too dumb to realize that
I was a teenager too and I loved her lol I didn't even realize people hated her.
@@GustaferrEJ2 ew just ew
The fact that she was not so secretly a bi feminist icon the entire time and was treated as literally not a person, but an extension of the men around her makes me wanna yeet myself into the sun.
You put it so well! In a nutshell! An extension of the men around her ughhhh😭
I literally didn't know she's bi! she is one of the on screen icons who made me doubt my sexuality
Same.
Looks won't last. Being a self-aware, quick-witted, and intelligent person. That holds weight. She is all of the above and she is finally being recognized for her skills, not just her looks.
She's still hot tho
@@ines3770 I mean true but when she’s 60 years old will she still look the same??? Doubtful.
@@camillefaith2005 yes her beauty will fade for the general public *but* from what i've been seeing xhile taking care of old people she will be the pretty one among her fellow old friends
@@camillefaith2005 idk, look at Jane Fonda. She is 83 and stunning. She has had work done, but only in the best small ways. She still looks human and natural. If you didn't know her age she could pass as having had no work done. I think Megan has the same bone structure to pull it off.
maybe when she's 80, she'll be like Dolly Parton - recognized by many and still stunning with a heart of gold.
Yeah I don’t blame her for not participating in the Me too movement. I’d be tired too.
I still feel sorry that she didn't feel like she could get support from other women (I'd back her up)
She metooed before it was cool
Facts
I'm getting involved in protests and marches but I don't stand with Me Too because they let male and female victims down all the time. They're snobs. As a woman, I am ashamed of their behavior. A new movement should be started that's more inclusive to all victims, no matter their gender or status in society.
She has basically been asked to say thank you for being objectified and to shut up about anything else that isn't omg I'm so pretty
I can't believe the industry was more willing to take Michael Bay's word over hers. So many people, men and women, have described him as the worst director they've ever worked with and told stories of how horrible his behavior was to people on set. And just because he's a man he automatically gets more credibility?! 😤
It's disappointing but it's really not surprising.
@@inessa5923 Yep...🙄
I can.
I believe this credibility it's because he's a director with major box office movies, if he were someone less relevant ( per say) no one would agree with this bullshit, but anyway, the damage it's done.
Hollywood is about box office. If his movies make money, no one cares how he treats anyone. It's disgusting but true. And women are rarely believed about things like this, especially before metoo.
her character in transformers is actually pretty cool but bay just always framed her in such sexual angles
She was much more interesting than the main character. If the world wasn't patriarchal, Michaela would be the star of Transformers.
So True Lindsey Ellis breaks this down in her videos.
@@laninfapimentel311 that'd be so cool
@@angelazayn4878 I can't stand her though she's so pretentious, not worth the watch 🤣
Her character was named *Mikael* -a *Ba* n *e* s in movies directed by *Michael Bay.* She was a gender flipped version of the objectifying director and he still sidelined her.
Charlie from _Bumblebee_ is what Mikaela should have been.
Meghan Fox, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Swift, the three most hated on female celebs that I can remember from my generation (was born at the beginning of 2000s) and why? Because one was too pretty, another didn't smile enough, and the last one dated too much. Like??? These women received tremendous backlash for things we don't even notice about men.
Also, the way she talks about being the "evil" girl in 16:08 like damn that's rough
Taylor comes off as very fake, and mean girl. That is why she is disliked.
I agree with the other two though. They have always been laid back, awesome women, but were hated for not playing the role that the public wanted. Introverted women tend to be ridiculed in Hollywood
@@carolin2220 What are you on about? Taylor Swift is amazing!
Wouldn't say she ''didn't smile enought'', it's the opposite, she has a half-smile constantly.
@@ameyavikrama1535 I'm not a fan. That's just the vibe I get from her
@@carolin2220 Taylor’s always been hated on for being a “serial dater” and “only writing songs about ex boyfriends”.
Thankfully the media has (for the most part) grown out of the Taylor hate. I think that’s what they were meaning to say.
She was definitely misunderstood. It’s a shame too because it seems like a lot of women get type casted as just eye candy and they have to deal with sexism and people calling them old at 30.
@John McCarthy but why just women you still have brad pitt keanu reeves adam sandler etc acting.
@John McCarthy First of all don’t call me “bruh”, I’m female. Second, you just proved my point with the sexism. A lot of actresses obviously have talent but they are not taken seriously all the time because apparently they are just there to look pretty and nothing else. Comparing actors/actresses to athletes makes absolutely no sense. Yes age matters for athletes because they are pushing their bodies and performing amazing feats with their bodies. We still have actors/actresses well into their 90s because well they can hold up better at an old age with their craft than an athlete.
Before you start bashing someone saying they don’t have talent, you better make sure you’re somebody yourself.
@John McCarthy thats just factually not true what do you even mean lol
@John McCarthy I’m not drumming up anything. I’m pointing out the sexism for a lot of actresses and unfair judgment that have been a thing in the industry forever. If you’re going to call me a bitch, that’s fine but at least spell it right. You also should have typed “THEIR looks” and not “there looks.” By the time you read this you’ll probably edit your comment.
@John McCarthy sure tell yourselves that
I'm so excited to see what will happen with her career now that people are waking up to how bad she was treated
@John McCarthy You obviously have not been paying attention.
@@benjaminjackson9449 we’ve been paying attention for years, simp. There’s plenty of attractive women that have had accomplished acting careers without being labeled some generic sex symbol. It’s called “talent”, something that Megan Fox lacks a great deal of. Close your eyes next time you listen to her speak in one of her roles. She’s generic at best.
@@jeffbenzos6344 She has talent... Hollywood typecasted her into roles so she was never given a range. But go off and call people simps.
EDIT: I removed calling you a donkey. I'm sorry for insulting you, it doesn't achieve anything
@@jeffbenzos6344 did you even watch the video?
@@jeffbenzos6344 why don’t you watch the video before coming on a comment section and spreading hate
As an "ugly" teenager I hated her, as a mature adult I respect her so much! I'm sorry Megan!
Same. i’m much more confident in myself now and see her humanity more now
Kinda sad that we could hate someone just because someone is more beautiful than us.
Speaking from my experience, for the longest time, I hate being a woman because the boys won't stop bullying me and my female friends. I wanted to be a man and get rid of my pretty face. I don't want people to judge me from my face. I also thought as a man, I could fight back the bullies and protect others from them.
Now, I'm mostly okay being a woman. I still love wearing masculine clothes and act not womanly, but I also didn't hate dresses and makeup anymore. I love being both manly and womanly.
Same. It’s because the media/Hollywood allowed us to pick her apart because they did it first. It’s not 100% them to blame, but we played into their game.
Oddly enough I've always liked her since seeing her in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. I thought at the time I would hate her since she was the stereotyped mean girl in most teenage girl movies but she gave off such chill and strong vibes that I really couldn't. But yeah I get the whole disliking the popular girls cus they seem to have everything we "normal" people don't. In the beginning of middle school I didn't like that particular clique but then I realized they've never caused me any distress, I was a complete introvert so that helped. If anything the "friends" I had up until highschool talked smack about quite a lot of people and just seemed so negative and miserable at times.
Same! And I feel that's why so women hated her too
It's so refreshing to see Britney Spears and Megan Fox finally receive the love and support they deserve.
Craig Ferguson was years ahead of his time the way he spoke about Britney's strugglea
where can I read what Craig said?
Everyone talks about how men treat attractive women, but there needs to be a whole other movement that holds *women* accountable for the way they treat fellow women they find "unapproachable" simply because they're attractive. The way some women feel justified in treating other women just because they're intimidated by the others looks, is absolutely appalling. And a downright childish response to jealousy. Men aren't the only ones who can mistreat a pretty woman. Okay. Have a nice life.
This!! The internalised misogyny behind why women hate other women, especially women like Megan Fox. And actress I used to hate until I started watching videos like this about her, and now I realise how intelligent and brave and strong she is through it all. She is beautiful and that doesn’t mean other women should demonise her. The world sucks for all of us as women so we need to stand together and fight against these “not like other girls” tropes that pit us against each other.
Yes👍
Adios
Yes, the worst a stranger can do to is catcall an attractive woman or post thirst comments and that is still coming from a position of being smitten by said woman's beauty. It recognises that the woman has value, no matter how shallow that valuation is.
But women bullying women more attractive than them, I find that way beneath catcalling because of the malice involved. I haven't read it yet but this was basically the plot of Malena iirc, the entire village's women making her life miserable out of envy. This is worse now with online bullying.
Edit: IK Malena eventually got raped but that was way after her detractors and gossips ruined her reputation to the point that admiration for her has turned into contempt.
This
Will you please do a video about Asian men, who are often belittled and infantilised as characters, as well as them rarely being portrayed as love interests in mainstream TV and film?
Oh, yes, please! I detest how they sometimes have them speak broken English in a stereotypical accent, and have them be the butt of all the jokes, such as Han Lee on "2 Broke Girls", or Long Duk Dong from "Sixteen Candles."
Ooooo yes!
Still waiting on Dragon Lady as a Asian Ice Queen and how it others Asian Women (needs to be taken down, like a century ago)
Crazy Ex Girlfriend its a beautiful example of the exact opposite... One of the reasons to love the show
They rule Kdramas though
@@Napchuli I keep hearing good things about that show I should watch it sometime
It nearly broke my heart when she said that she felt there was no place for her in the MeToo-movement / feminism. But I get it. Women are hardest critics towards each other instead of uniting against sexism and the patriarchy. Feminism should be highly inclusive (also for men who understand and want to participate). There should be no rules how a feminist looks / behaves like and how „beautiful“ of „ugly“ he/she is.
she doesn't quite fit into the perfect victim, so nobody listened. glad more people realize it now
She was done such a disservice by the industry. She was pigeonholed into roles that over sexualized and undervalued her and underutilized her talents. Then she was mocked ruthlessly by the media for the roles that she was pigeonholed into.
@John McCarthy Go complain to mom about it and get a job, bum.
@John McCarthy dude I've seen you in every single comment thread talking empty shit, you are a crazy person with no semblance of a life.
@John McCarthy As someone else who went to business school, this is the problem with business douchebags. You're justifying acting like a douch towards actresses you don't know for no reason because you are successful in schooling and money management? I suppose when you strike your first good deal we should allow you to just murder the person of your choice. All hail the king.
Talents? Bro
@John McCarthy I hope you lose every cent you have
"Her sex symbolness became an excuse to treat her without dignity or respect" mic drop
Yes because Is not nice to be sex symbol. Because is shame
If Michael Bay hadn‘t cancelled her, she would be where Scarlett Johansson is now. I Get that a woman that hot and with her Voice could never play the range of roles Rachel McAdams or Jennifer Lawrence got. But Jennifer and Regan were more dimensional characters and she killed it. She is not a Bad actress, just not given enough opportunities
I was thinking the same. Who knows she might have developed her acting skills to great heights but she was never given a chance.
Completely agree. I actually think she's a better actress than Johansson
@@casper7319 Have you seen Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story?Or in any movie?How do you think Megan is better?
Megan wasn't exactly known for her "talent" as an actress like how Scarlett, Jennifer, and Rachel were
@@PureSparkles22 Because she qas sexualised first. The entire video explained that.
“Your KILLING people!”
“No Needy, I’m killing BOYS”
Im sorry but that is the most iconic line 15 year old me had ever heard 😂💗
I concur, it was so badass to my younger self, and I always replayed that moment, totally epic! 😎
Jennifer's Body was a brutal victim of bad marketing. It should have been so much bigger.
@@inessa5923 at least its making a comeback!! It has a huge cult following now!
@@hobihope2981 And I'm super happy about that, but it still doesn't make as big of an impact as it would have in 2009. Not only would it have changed Megan's career, but it would have also had an influence on everyone else who worked on the movie. There are already so few Asian directors working in the movie industry, and then Karyn Kusama comes along and her movie gets shut down. We could've gotten more art like this if people had recognized the movie for its greatness.
Such a good movie!!!!
Megan was so ahead of her time, a true icon. We really owe her an apology
She was ahead because she got the experience first-hand. It's really not that groundbreaking.
She's still alive
I don't owe her shit lmao
@Angel Rose ok
This channel has helped me so much in my struggle with internalized misogyny stemming from abuse from the women in my family that I suffered as a child. I am really stoked for this series after watching this video, I hope you keep at it!
I'm so sorry for the abuse that you suffered I sincerely hope that you are in a better place now and I whole heartedly agree with your comment this Channel helps us understand the patriarchy in our society and how it reflects on film and Tv.
I hope you are doing well and the abusers has made up to if its possible in any way. I also appreciate that you could recongnise your internalized misgony and did not defend it. A lot of man, even who werent abused will be under constant denial of sexism.
@Wynn Wynn anyone can be an abuser. The woman that abused me when I was a child wore pastel pink and yellow girly dresses and talked in a high pitched princessy voice. Women can be abusers and men can be abused.
@@gracehaven5459 thank you
Literally yesterday I watched a video about how Megan’s movie Jennifer’s Body did so bad because of its bad marketing of it being about her looking sexy.
Same, I just found about this "Jennifer's Body renaissance" yesterdayand now this video comes, perfect timing.
I watched Jennifer's Body 2 months ago and found it really funny and quirky and actually really thoughtfully written. Of course, the trailer did not convey any of that.
Was the Amanda the Jedi video? She is great
Me too! The marketing did her a dirty, I would’ve been to see it if it actually represented what the film was about 😂
she went from being every boy's crush to every girl's crush
she and Rosie Hungtington-Whiteley have always been my crush XD
I wish transformers movies can just be women and transformers, no men
Megan's role on New Girl deserves a little more credit than her other roles because Reagan showed growth over time. She became more vulnerable, a part of the friend group, and complicated
exactly
She’s got incredible comedic timing. More than any sexy role, I think I would watch any comedy she does
Right??? I loved her so much on snl
@@teiza8481 I thought she was hilarious when she guest starred in new girl
@@Ash_Rein Same.
She hosted SNL once and was so damn funny. The flight attendant one with her and Kristen Wiig was just brilliant.
I didn’t like her when she blew up but that was only because I was jealous. The older I get and learn about her the more I like and respect her. She’s always fought against this in her own way and stayed strong and smart.
strangely I felt like this not for her but Rosie Hunington-Whiteley, who supposedly took over her role in Transformers 3. little did I know I'm actually queer, and seeing Rosie in Mad Max 4 completely changed my mind!
I’m glad I watched this because I never realized how much I discounted her as a person, and that’s terrible
There's almost a call in Hollywood for her to "shut up and be grateful that she's being objectified".
it's because she wanted fame and she got it.
@@bm.6349 she didn’t want to be sexualised tho so what’s your point?
Megan has made an amazing life out of the sexual roles that SHE chose. She was free to not choose those roles or walk away at any time. Get a grip
@@GerryMcAveety "Out of the sexual roles SHE chose"? Lmao you're a fucking idiot. Her big breakout movie, Transformers, wrote her character as an extremely smart, capable, and brave woman who helps save the world. Go read the entire script if you must. Michaela talks about how guys treat her as if she's dumb, how she doesn't need anyone's help, how she has to work to support herself because of her troubled father, etc. Then Michael Bay chose to frame only her stomach, ass, and boobs for 90% of the movie, like the creep he is.
After that, like the video says, the only roles she could get were those that had been written FOR her to play a sex symbol. She's an actress; this is her CAREER. She has to work to live. It's not possible to turn down roles for years waiting for a serious one to fall into her lap.
@@GerryMcAveety "Be typecast as a sexy lamp or get no roles" is a choice. There's is nothing wrong with Hollywood that spits out aspiring actresses once they're done with them. Demanding anything else is being ungrateful. Got it.
I find how human she is to her most attractive trait. Obviously shes drop dead gorgeous, but she deserves to be known for her beautiful mind as well.
I feel so sorry for Megan. She deserves a huge apology and so much better. I hope that she finally gets taken seriously and i hope that she finds peace from all the hate in the media.
I think other women are the most guilty of tearing her down. She can’t help that she’s fabulous, and if you treated her poorly just because she’s gorgeous, then you’re part of the problem. It’s very anti-feminist if you don’t like other women just because of their obvious beauty. We are supposed to celebrate and lift up ALL women, not just some women we deem “appropriate” feminists. That’s what being a real feminist is.
See that's an attitude I wish they would have taken on in the Bridget Jones video. Because those aspirational magazine cover ready Power ladies Bridget is pitted against are mostly depicted as bitches. What does that say, that it's never critiqued
I partially agree, I would rather say it’s mostly men’s fault how she was treated because men started portraying her as sex symbol, but yeah it’s awful that women were complicit in treating her like she’s not a human being, that’s truly sad, she must’ve felt so lonely
@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 Yes yes yes! Completely agree.
@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 Bridget Jones was a marriage obsessed, unprofessional women with a self-esteem and self-worth of a brick. In the end she gets amazing Mr Darcy because...I have no idea why. I will never understand why such a character should be inspiring or sympathetic for women. If anything, it sats unreasonable expectations from life.
P.S My nerves only allowed me to watch two movie of Bridget Jones.
THIIIIIIIIS
she's such an underrated icon, im glad shes getting some recognition these days
Indeed, Megan deserves so much better, and she's an extremely talented actress, despite the sex appeal they try to market her under.
Yeah she's got a great rack.
@@phoenixzappa7366 ...
She's a real piece of ass.
Lmao.
Megan Foxs' career should have been on the same level as Margot Robbie's. I love that we live in a time where actresses like Margot Robbie, who more often than not embody the "sex symbol" archetype, get to explore the full spectrum of acting like her male counterparts. Its really sad that Megan Fox never got the same opportunity to blossom in her career. She deserved more than what she got smh.
The same with Scarlett Johansson
I really want to give her a hug, in some of these interviews she looks like she wants to cry.💔
I never saw a Megan Fox movie, but I've seen her interviews on late night talk shows at the time. She seemed pretty normal and straightforward, and reasonably intelligent and articulate. I'm only learning about the hate now. If the men who write and cast blockbusters utilize women as male gaze fantasies, then shouldn't we be hating on those men for minimizing women, not on the women they utilize?
It broke my heart the first time I heard her say “feminists don’t want me in their group” - she was speaking out before society wanted to listen. Even Michael Bay - she didn’t say anything about him that was surprising (of course he’s an abusive sexist!) but everyone rushed to his defense.
Megan Fox wasn’t the anomaly, she was a new and fun voice we should’ve invested in.
Aren’t you the guy from the TISS videos lmao
I think most sex symbols are fully aware of why their cast in the slow motion running scenes.
Yeah 😂
They definitely know, I think they get dragged if they come across as arrogant. She can be beautiful, but if she says it out loud she's suddenly not that beautiful
FACTS
ok, so what? Is that the reason why it is ok to treat them like objects?
I mean she didn't know just how sexualized she would be when she did transformers 1 I mean look at the script it's obvious she went in for a role thinking she would have something of substance and then she took off everyone saw her as a sex symbol and she knew no matter what she did that was basically her image watch lindsay ellis and modern gurlz video on her it explains alot
To me Megan Fox's old Hollywood equivalent would be Jane Russell who (1) knew she was hot, (2) was quick and funny, and (3) very dry and sarcastic always a bit mean to her love interests
Interesting to see two types of extreme typecasting with Zoey and Megan
the Cool Girl and the Manic Pixie :/
Both are Dead tropes now.
The irony is...
Even though Jess was meant to be “innocent and sexually chaste”, do you know how many sex scenes that she have throughout the whole show?
*Countless*
Meanwhile, Reagan, who’s supposed to be “confident at her sexuality” has *ZERO* sex scene and the closest thing of her doing something sexy is when she was fully-clothed. I love this video but I don’t like these shallow descriptions of Jess and Reagan. Plus these didn’t really describe Jess and Reagan characters at all. These describe how the media portray Zooey and Megan.
I really hate how people treat people with the sex symbol status as stupid.
Edit l: Megan and Marilyn are both pretty smart.
@John McCarthy Actors are people too. They deserve to be as complicated as non-actors. Of course people will have different experiences and thoughts within a group. It's not a hivemind.
@John McCarthy speak for yourself lmao i am very hot, very funny, and im about to graduate with a degree in bioelectrical engineering. Too bad hot people dont talk to you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@John McCarthy thanks
@@beepboop756 You dropped your crown, King/Queen/Gender-Neutral Royalty: 👑
@John McCarthy looking back at your comments you don't seem smart either. you've got none of the brains and I confidently assume beauty too since your very salty. so that leaves you with....nothing I guess
its crazy how you guys seem to read my mind! I watched Jennifer's body last night and was binge watching interviews of megan fox when this came out; when your bridget jones video came out, I'd watched it the night before :,)) this analysis was really strong in showing megan fox's savvy cultivation of her career, and the archetypes she plays; which I admit that I overlooked because I was so focused on her role in Jennifer's Body. I did want to say that even though her role in Jennifer's Body possesses similar characteristics to her other roles, I don't think it should be lumped in with the 'cool girl' persona so many male directors wanted her to cultivate. Jennifer's Body is uniquely through a female lens, and I think because of its depth and the cult-like following it now has, it should be treated as a really stand out megan fox role. I've commented this several times, but I would love a Jennifer's Body analysis from the take!! I've always found that you explore themes and characters and cinematography in more depth when you hone in on one movie. As much as I appreciate your current focus on tropes and character studies, I really miss your era of making film analyses for specific movies and one on Jennifer's Body would be at the top of my list for requests!! If you don't make it, I will! There's infinite things I could say about that movie
I don't consume a lot of celeb news now but i can only imagine before, the coverage of them caused us to loath women like Megan that then caused media to keep bashing on them because we kept consuming it to validate our hatred and it became a never ending cycle. I remember I used to be like "lol Taylor Swift is so emotional with all the breakup songs" when I was a middleschooler and probably into my highschool days. I had internalized misogyny and was a participant to the cycle that kept "reminding me" that she was somehow shallow. The revelation we treat women poorly in media is recent but I'm glad we're reflecting on how we mistreated women celebs then and how we can notice it now like with Megan Thee Stallion.
We all owe her an apology
she’s such a sweetheart it’s awful how the industry treats pretty women
Absolutely, the bullshit she was put through
We certainly do, poor Megan got lambasted for simply stating her opinion about the corruptible nature of the entertainment industry.
@John McCarthy yikes bro do u even hear urself?
@John McCarthy yay, sexism is okay as long as it's directed to people with money 😊😊 (dumbass)
I absolutely love this. She deserves better treatment
I’m honestly really happy that this is happening
Whoever wrote the script for this video is a genius.
Lol
I always thought Megan's first role was on Confessions of a Drama Queen with Lindsay Lohan.
I remember being 15 and arguing with my girlfriends about how Megan Fox deserved better and they simply responded with "she doesn't have to only play sex; she does so because she lacks depth." I'm still upset at how she was treated especially after Micheal Bay trashed her.
Angelina was always a serious actress even before she got famous, George Wallace, Gia, Girl interrupted, & then she got famous and did Lara Croft, adopted a child & started working with the UN. She is extremely talented, I think that's why people were able to see beyond just her sex symbol status
Also her parents are actors
Who else loves Megan and clicked? ❤️💖❤️
I lover her so much.
Jennifer's Body was so ahead of its time, what a classic. Megan Fox forever!
That awkward moment when everyone suddenly realizes all at once that Megan Fox was always a good actor...
I’m glad she is being appreciated now
To me it's so absurd how the midia makes it seem like she was in full control of her image, like "this is what she wants, she just wants to be seen as a hot body", she can't outgrow the sex symbol phase if no director is giving her a chance to be anything other than that, if the midia tries to make everything she says as a sex joke/flirty thing, unfortunately there's nothing she can do alone, she needs people to believe and listen to her
She's always been one of my favorite women.
As a nerdy teenager In high school back then, reminding your mean-girls / lifelong bff’s of *Meghan* *Fox* was like THE COOLEST BOOSTER FOR MY SELF ESTEEM. Now in my 30’s this is one of my happiest memories from a very challenging time in my life.
It's heartbreaking to see Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears falling down. It's even worst that some media sell it like entertainement.
I feel like this is happening with Maddison beer people are calling her ungrateful too for complaining that people just see her as a pretty girl, e.g the Maddison beer “your so pretty” meme sound
people mostly hate her because she complain about being too pretty but also lied about having something done even tho she was caught by a paparazzi at a cosmetic surgery clinic where she tried to hide behing a bush. now don't get me wrong, she's allowed to do whatever she wants, but saying that she can't help being so pretty is annoying cause she's setting unreachable standards to her younger fans that have body dysmorphia for not looking like her, when she herself doesn't even truly look the way she does.
@@i_only_simp_for_myself800 yes she was hiding cuz she knew u insecure girls would spread false accusations and say she was there to get something done. She was there to get her mole removed, something she talked about months before getting it removed. So do ur research. U ppl DO hate her cuz she’s pretty.
@@i_only_simp_for_myself800 actually, if u watched more than 5 seconds of that video abt her ‘complaining’ about being too pretty, u would understand she was complaining about being objectified and ppl speeding rumors about her. Since u ppl are jealous, u twisted her words. Y’all took her words out of context. Try again.
The moment I see myself now, I want to be like her, she is fun, straight forward, pretty (we can't deny it, Megan Fox is really beautiful) and confident, also an icon in every sense of the word
The best thing about her is that despite knowing how pretty she is she doesn't pretend to be innocent, cute or ignorant.
She is very intelligent with a great personality as well, true definition of beauty with brain!
Moral of the story: What was Michael Bay thinking?
That's not a moral
Watched her interviews and I believe her when she says she is smart...has a great sense of humor too
Give her her flowers!!! 💐 She deserves so much more than what she was given!
I literally talked about this with a friend 2 days ago so I was kinda freaked out to see this video in my notifications 😳 but I'm so glad with how this subject was discussed in this video. I truly wish Megan the best, she's a lovely person.
I was so surprised that she wasn't cast as Wonder Woman. She looks like her but Gal Gadot has nailed the role too.
Clicked so quick! I wanted to hear more about this
The combination of beauty, intelligence, and sensitivity is an intoxicating paradox that until now hasn't been described honestly. If Megan and other women in Hollywood can negotiate this it will be a real step forward. Great topic!
I hope we can also reflect on Katherine Heigl's career similarly. Although she was not a sex symbol like Fox, she spoke out about sexism in films she appeared in and was labelled 'difficult' for it, effectively ending her career in mainstream Hollywood.
It's hard being beautiful. People desperately want to push you into a box, so they can disrespect you or limit you. It's crazy because they are drawn in, but then become resentful. People can be so envious, they act like you should be ashamed of your beauty. You can't be funny, smart, confident.... It's mad. You just have to know and own who you are and give the world a middle finger.
THANK YOU for making this video omg I was just watching the 10 year anniversary interview of Jennifer’s body the other day and it was just astonishing how poorly megan has been treated both by the media and the me too movement
as a resume: the world owes megan fox an apology.
Ngl I cried for how much pain she must have felt... her and many other women in the entertainment industry.
the "you got a high-rise double pump carburetor" line made my dad so mad when she said it bc that doesnt even exist....like the writers didn't even know wtf they were putting in there, unless she was saying it to purposefully mess with him
So glad she's finally getting to work with directors who actually get to showcase her as a diverse actress, she's still quite young and has alot of time to rebuild her career and the best part since the tide is changing people actually want to see her in film
A video about one woman and how she's been objectified through all her career, but more than that, we need to recognize that the industry still does this to every girl
There's plenty of examples and it's just sad how the misogynistic approach is perpetuated, with Margot Robbie, Emilia Clarke, and the list goes on
Birds of pray wasn't that popular because Margot stopped playing sexy girl to become just confident girl
I have always loved jennifers body, I didn't know people didn't, I'm glad I didn't grow up hating megan
Her and Michael Jackson (both his skin and the charges against him in the nineties and early 2000's) are two people of numerous many that give me reason to ask what is really going on when the internet gets up in arms over anything. I never just assume the rumors or the ideas.
I’ve always loved her & knew there was way more (in many ways) to her than anyone gave her credit for. It’s really depressing it took so long for people to actually listen to what she had to say, which usually is very important.
Beauty can be curse.
When I was a little kid I asked my cousin, who is unusually beautiful, what it's like always being the prettiest girl.
She said it was like being a mind reader. She knows what every guy is thinking, and why every woman hates her. She looked so sad her statement stuck with me all these years.
Wow great piece, and yeah I have wondered how well she would've done if she would've gotten roles to Jennifer Lawrence, for example. Now that I am older, I do understand the reason I do not like a majority of movies are not in a large part of her bad acting but she was never gonna get even offered a role like Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, or Margot Robbie, especially a lead role.
I remember watching an interview with Megan where she talked about shoplifting some olsen twins cosmetics and part of her community service she chose to work at animal shelter, because she likes animals. She felt so much like a gal's gal.
7:16 And don’t forget, even in the Transformers series her character (the mechanic’s daughter with a criminal history) was unceremoniously replaced by the well-dressed blonde with an Ivy league-tier education
im so happy she's finally being heard.
On screen or in life, once people box you into a category, it's hard to get out
Me: the choir of pro Megan fox vs THS( the Hollywood system) ex the vengeance of michael bay
The Take:
preaching 🙏❤️
I have always been fond of her, never knew she spoke so well in interviews. It's rather sad how men and women treat her because they saw her as a treat
I'm 2 weeks older than Megan, so when this was happening, I remember being very pissed off that people were calling her ungrateful for having the audacity to have agency. Especially with how people ignored the fact that she was a child in Bad Boys 2. Megan was a 10 grader in a bikini in a club and nobody cared.
Growing up in the late 90s/early 2000s, girls all over but especially in the media were being vilified for just existing. I happy that people are realizing that she's been right this whole time.
I was never really a Megan Fox fan, but this video actually makes me respect her greatly.
This actually got me a little emotional. I'm 27 now and I first saw her in an Olsen movie and then in Teenage drama queen and thought this girl is a great mean girl. Then i loved her in transformers and Jennifer's body and so on. I'm aware of the articles coming out now defending her but seeing it all at once was a little heartbreaking. I remember being so confused as to why people starting hating her for being on too many magazine covers and then getting pissed off when I heard of the open letter that I knew was a lie. I loved her sarcastic comments and always thought she was hilarious. I think because I was bullied around that time and it felt like she was being bullied too that I really came to just like her a lot. It all just seemed unfair. It seemed like nothing she did was ever good enough for anyone so I rooted for her. I'm a Haitian American woman and I felt like I could relate to her in some ways. I'm excited to see her in different roles now that it seems she's getting a 2nd chance to be the actress she strives to be.
Megan was and continues to be incomprehensibly stunning. 😍
In recent years I've done a 180 on my interpretation of Megan's character and realized it was all a hit piece from the start. I watched Jennifer's Body recently based on your recommendation and Dan Drambles and really enjoyed it. Cody Diablo did a great job of making Megan's sexiness a part of her character and Needy's rather than Michael Bay treats her.
It’s so gross how the men in the audience would cheer