These female performers made the most of their screen time — despite having very few lines — when it came to their roles in films like TheIrishman and OnceUponATimeInHollywood
, the silence is deafening. Martin Scorsese's mob epic clocks in at three and a half hours. During that time, men bellow and rage at one another. Shoot, stab and butcher one another. And spatter one another's gore across their surroundings. But the most electric moments in the film don't include threats or slaughter. Instead, they feature a silent young woman glaring at her father with abject shame.
"Why? Why? Why haven't you called Jo?" Peggy Sheeran implores her hitman father when she learns their close family friend Jimmy Hoffa has gone missing. They're the first and last lines she speaks in the script. Yet, with those, her fury and disgust reverberate louder than any man's death cry throughout the film, with Frank Sheeran realizing he's forever curdled his relationship with his daughter.
Scorsese has rightfully come under fire for sculpting a miniseries-length film that barely features any dialogue or meaningful character development for women. This is not an outlier: According to a San Diego University study, only 35 percent of 2018's top-grossing films showcased 10 or more female characters in speaking roles. Eighty-two percent of the same movies had 10 or more male characters in speaking roles.
This isn't the first time, nor will it be the last, that a male filmmaker consciously chooses to make a symbol of innocence out of his female lead instead of devising a flesh-and-blood character. Yet, despite the undercooked nature of this archetype , several actresses this year shined in minimalist roles., Margot Robbie plays a fictionalized version of Sharon Tate, the actress who was murdered by members of the Manson Family in 1969.
Robbie is extraordinary in the role, illuminating Tate — popularly remembered in the industry as a nurturing soul — beyond just a notorious tragedy. Her humble sunshine elevates an undeveloped character, and despite her lack of dialogue, Tate ends up being a more memorable part for Robbie than her turn in a glib disappointment like.
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