by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
This is a very dumb thing to comment on, but I have a strong opinion about this, so here we go. Olivia Wilde is demonstrably a gorgeous woman. And, yet from interviews I’ve seen with her, she seems very ambivalent about that beauty.
To the point that I’ve been left scratching my head. She seems to think that Hollywood’s obsession with female beauty is not legitimate. I vaguely recall her getting annoyed that she was told by her agent to “sex things up” when she went to auditions. I just don’t get it — Hollywood is an industry and sex sells. Or “double dees, double deeze” as they say in the SNL skit.
And I also noticed that heroine of her directorial debut, Booksmart, was, relative to Hollywood standards rather plane Jane. So much so that it definitely seemed as though Wilde was trying to make a point.
Anyway, what do I know. I’m just another middle aged white CIS male who should just shut up so women like Wilde can continue to slay the patriarchy. I really like Wilde — she seems like a very interesting woman — I just wish she would accept that her beauty isn’t something to have any angst about.
