Are some actresses too beautiful to accurately portray Hillary Clinton in a film? Noel Sheppard thinks so.
Sheppard begins a May 26 NewsBusters post by asking, “When you see Hillary Clinton, do you think of Scarlett Johansson? Or Reese Witherspoon?” After noting that the two are being considered for the lead role in a biopic on Clinton’s role in the Watergate hearings, Sheppard attaches photos of Johansson (“conceivably one of the most beautiful actresses in film today”) and Witherspoon, followed by pictures of a young Clinton. Sheppard then sneers: “Oh yeah! And Brad Pitt’s going to play me when my memoirs are published.”
(Yeah, Sheppard really has no room to judge the beauty of others. Just look at the guy.)
Sheppard concludes with a picture of another actress reportedly being considered for the role, Jessica Chastain, adding that it “isn’t as far a stretch” and “I could see Chastain in the role” — presumably because she isn’t as conventionally beautiful as Johanssen or Witherspoon.
Sexism is still a thing at the Media Research Center — remember that MRC staffers joined in Rush Limbaugh’s three-day tirade of misogyny against Sandra Fluke, and MRC boss Brent Bozell offered only tepid criticism of Limbaugh’s hate.