'Emily Dickinson fought to be heard, understood and seen her entire life' - period drama 'Dickinson'
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1437638
'Emily Dickinson fought to be heard, understood and seen her entire life' - period drama 'Dickinson'
- Title: 'Emily Dickinson fought to be heard, understood and seen her entire life' - period drama 'Dickinson'
- Date: 18th October 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** "DICKINSON" CO-STARS, ELLA HUNT, JANE KRAKOWSKI AND ANNA BARYSHNIKOV, "DICKINSON" CREATOR, ALENA SMITH, "DICKINSON" CO-STAR, ADRIAN BLAKE ENSCOE, "DICKINSON" STAR, HAILEE STEINFELD AND "DICKINSON" CO-STAR, TOBY HUSS, POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" STAR, HAILEE STEINFELD, ON EMILY DICKINSON, SAYING: "She, in ways, paved the way for women today and in such a huge sense that, I mean, it's crazy to see and to hear and realize that in this show you'll see that the things that she went through in her time are unfortunately relevant to things that us women today go through in terms of fighting to be heard and understood and seen and appreciated and given the credit that we deserve, and that's what she fought for her entire life." HUNT, KRAKOWSKI, BARYSHNIKOV, ENSCOE, STEINFELD AND HUSS POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" STAR, HAILEE STEINFELD, SAYING: "I think one thing people love so much about her is they have a hard time understanding her, which I do all the time. I never understand a poem after reading it one time. Sometimes it takes me 10 times to find one meaning and then you read it more and you find all of these different meanings and emotions and feelings behind each line, each word of her poetry. And I do think that's why people keep going back to it." HUNT, KRAKOWSKI, BARYSHNIKOV / ENSCOE, STEINFELD AND HUSS POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" CREATOR, ALENA SMITH, SAYING: "Emily Dickinson was not very well understood in her own time, that's sort of the defining fact about her, is that she was not really appreciated while she lived. And I think that, ironically, she left this legacy for us that we're still unpacking today. And this show, you know, presents a version of Emily Dickinson that is really about shining a lens on certain ways in which the time that she lived in might not be that dissimilar from the time that we're in today." "DICKINSON" CAST AND CREW POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS / KRAKOWSKI JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND GIVING EVERYONE HIGH FIVES (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" CREATOR, ALENA SMITH, SAYING: "We think of it as being so far away. But when you start looking at things like relationships between women and men or, you know, things going on with race or sexuality, there's obviously a lot of uncanny and sometimes disturbing parallels. And of course, America itself was on the eve of civil war and it was a pretty combustible, dangerous place. And sometimes it feels unnervingly like that today." HUNT AND BARYSHNIKOV DANCING ON CARPET WITH SMITH (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" CO-STAR, ANNA BARYSHNIKOV, SAYING: "She was a queer young woman fighting to be an artist in a world that didn't make space for her to do that, which sounds like a story of someone I know today." STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS / HUNT, KRAKOWSKI, BARYSHNIKOV, SMITH, ENSCOE, STEINFELD AND HUSS POSING FOR STILL PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) "DICKINSON" CO-STAR, TOBY HUSS, SAYING: "She was ahead of her time. She was using words in a way that other people weren't doing back then. She's really kind of an incredible writer. But awful when you first encounter her. I thought she was awful. In high school, we studied, everybody studies Emily Dickinson and you really move to get past that fast, because it's too confusing. But once you take the time to get into it, it's great stuff. I think she's more like a beatnik." VARIOUS OF STEINFELD BEING INTERVIEWED ON CARPET KRAKOWSKI SPEAKING TO REPORTER ON CARPET STEINFELD BEING INTERVIEWED ON CARPET STEINFELD AND KRAKOWSKI TALKING TO REPORTERS ON CARPET
- Embargoed: 1st November 2019 00:55
- Keywords: Emily Dickinson Dickinson Hailee Steinfeld Jane Krakowski Apple TV Apple TV+
- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATION
- City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATION
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Television
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1MIJBH
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Actress Hailee Steinfeld hit the red carpet in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday (October 17) for the premiere of Apple TV+ show "Dickinson," a series that sheds a modern light on the life of an iconic American poet.
Emily Dickinson, the prolific American poet, is played by Steinfeld, the pop star whose breakout vocal performance in Pitch Perfect 2 and debut single "Love Myself" made her a teen idol - a casting decision that Apple is likely betting on to draw young, loyal fans to the streaming service.
Steinfeld's Dickinson is a firebrand, flaunting feminist snark and lavish period costumes, writes poetry furiously into the night and flirts with Death, a character played by rapper Wiz Khalifa, all while feeling constrained by the expectations she faces as a woman in 1850s New England.
"She, in ways, paved the way for women today and in such a huge sense that, I mean, it's crazy to see and to hear and realize that in this show you'll see that the things that she went through in her time are unfortunately relevant to things that us women today go through in terms of fighting to be heard and understood and seen and appreciated and given the credit that we deserve, and that's what she fought for her entire life," Steinfeld said at the show's premiere.
In the first episode, Dickinson resists her mother's efforts to marry her off and is heartbroken when her father berates her for submitting a poem to be published in a literary magazine.
"Dickinson," which also stars Jane Krakowski of NBC's "30 Rock," joins seven other original shows that Apple TV+ will feature when it launches on Nov. 1, including "The Morning Show" with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and "See," a sci-fi drama featuring Jason Momoa.
Apple, which transformed the music, mobile and personal computing industries, plans to spend $2 billion (USD) on original programming for its new streaming service this year.
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