Meryl Streep: Hollywood Hates Strong-Minded Women & Intelligent Filmgoers
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On 60 Minutes last night, Meryl Streep talked about her new movie, The Iron Lady, and Morley Safer had the audacity to point out that she often plays strong-minded women. Streep countered: “No one has ever asked an actor, ‘You’re playing a strong-minded man…’ We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.” It’s pretty obvious that Streep is interested in memorable women, however: She showed Safer a house where a woman who was a slave acted heroically, and she is part of the movement working on creating a National Women’s History Museum in D.C.