Emerald Fennell’s film adaption of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was met with immediate online criticism after the trailer release in September. Fennell’s choice to cast Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff — a character who Brontë repeatedly describes as dark skinned — brushes past the inherent racial identity attached to this character. Her casting inadvertently speaks to a larger issue of how media tends to take a colorblind approach regarding issues about race. 

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To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Paris Theater in New York City — the same theater where it initially debuted — held a special viewing of Grey Gardens. The event called for homages to be made towards Big and Little Edie. Julia Fox, whose appearance I had most anticipated, asked the question that many have after watching Big and Little Edie’s lives unravel: Were the women crazy? And if so, does it matter? 

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