Judy Davis told a very funny story about Germaine Greer. When My Brilliant Career<\/i> came out, the movie which pretty much introduced Davis to the world, (wonderful flick by the way) – Judy Davis, because of the role she played, suddenly found herself thrust into “feminist-icon” land. Something she wasn’t interested in at all.<\/p>\n
She describes being at some reception, and suddenly being attacked by this overly enthusiastic woman, who would not let Judy Davis get a word in edgewise, and who crowded Judy Davis’ personal space. Judy Davis had no idea who she was, but found out later that it was Germaine Greer. Greer pounced on the young actress Davis, took her by the arm, and led her around, parading her about to meet all her friends, talking about feminism, and what the film meant in the feminist canon, and etc.<\/p>\n
Later, in some interview, when Davis was explaining what it was like to be in a movie which inadvertently turned you into some kind of symbol, Davis related that tale, of Germaine Greer trying to co-opt Judy Davis’ personal success success. “She’s ours, girls, she’s OURS.”<\/p>\n
Davis said in the interview, when recounting the story, that the entire time this was going on, she was thinking helplessly, “Would someone please save me from this shrieking troll latched onto my arm?”<\/p>\n
Reason # 382 why I love Judy Davis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Judy Davis told a very funny story about Germaine Greer. When My Brilliant Career came out, the movie which pretty much introduced Davis to the world, (wonderful flick by the way) – Judy Davis, because of the role she played, … Continue reading