There isn’t much more than Jennifer Lopez He can not Do. After debuting as a relatively unknown Fly Girl dancer in bright color In the 1990s, she finally climbed the proverbial ranks to become a Grammy-winning singer and acclaimed actress with an undisputed range. However, during her first meteoric rise to fame, the media almost always focused on her body – her buttocks, that is – a point discussed in her recently released documentary, half the time. In it, JLo explains how she felt about this kind of control, especially after wearing that iconic green dress at the Grammys in 2000.
netflix (opens in a new tab)this is half the time establishes how the star has been widely treated as a joke target (pun intended) in interviews, late night TV, and tabloids in her appearance. Found footage from the era shows everyone from David Letterman (“her butt is 3D”) to South Park (“fat ass whore”) joking about her figure, as well as how Billy Bush once asked her bluntly in a press interview: “Do you like your butt?” It might be unthinkable today to ask this question seriously, but Jennifer Lopez shared in the document that she was well aware of how different she was from other female stars of the time, saying:
When I started working, the ideal beauty was very thin, blonde, tall, without many curves. I grew up surrounded by plump women. So I wasn’t ashamed of anything.
He wasn’t ashamed of his body, but that didn’t stop viewers from commenting on him in ways they didn’t appreciate. And when she wore Versace’s low-cut, low-cut dress as a Grammy host more than two decades ago (seen above, along with her then-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs), she made even more jokes at her expense than she. half the time recalls when men like NBC News’ Matt Lauer even disguised themselves as JLo in “the suit” on national television. However, the 52-year-old thought the joke was really about them,
It was hard when you think people think you are a joke, like you are a joke. But I ended up influencing things in a way I never wanted to influence.
The crook The actress references exactly where the green dress (and, by proxy, herself) is now found not only in pop culture, but also in the history books. The Netflix doc reminds us how millions of Internet searches for JLo at Grammys reporting year round have “created Google Images” as we know it today. That’s right, Eric Schmidt, President of Google both confirmed in 2015. Additionally, the dress continues to make headlines today, also appearing with much fanfare in a recent episode of RuPaul’s Endurance Race with the Jennifer Lopez herself.
However, JLo was candid on the show about how the intense tabloid craze around her and her personal life has “overshadowed” everything in her career in the past. Lopez added that she at one point she had “very low self-esteem” and she believed in the public perception that she “was no good at all” and “didn’t belong at all” in the industry. She obviously persevered, but her interest in her non-professional interests continues to make headlines, including her renewed engagement to Ben Affleck recently. The Batman star also appeared at the intermission, where she reflected on the unfair criticism Lopez used to receive during his “Bennifer” heyday in the 2000s:
I once said to her, “Are you sorry? And she said, ‘I’m Latina. I’m a woman. I expected it. You just don’t expect it. You expect to be treated fairly.
After a bad breakup and nearly 20 years apart, the couple’s upcoming wedding should be enough proof that they no longer care what the tabloids say. In fact, JLo said she feels more fulfilled now in their relationship than she does in her career as well. But to a large extent, she also clarifies Jennifer López half the time which recovers its status as an icon for all opponents. (Just like she did during her acceptance speech at the 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards.)
And in line with Beyonce go home or Taylor Swift American Missthe half the time The documentary continues the growing tradition of female pop stars telling their stories in a way that feels most authentic to them. Stream them now on the platform and check out other Netflix movie releases coming in 2022.
Source: Cinemablend
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