
Jane Campion just won the spelling bee of shade.
Director of Oscar nominated film Dog Powera response to Sam ElliottHer very public critique of Western culture.
“I’m sorry, he was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H,” she said, spelling out the final word, as she spoke with Variety ahead of the 74th annual DGA Awards on Saturday, March 12. I’m sorry, but he isn’t a cowboy. He’s an actor.
She added, “The West” is a mythic place and there’s plenty of land on the range.
Campion—who went on to win the marquee Theatrical Feature Film prize at the DGA Awards—also believes there is some sexism going on.
She said that she considers herself a creator, and that he views me first as a woman or something less than him. “And I don’t understand this.”
She echoed similar comments to Deadline saying his remarks “hit the trifecta of misogyny and xenophobia and homophobia.”