Name: Bottoms Interview: Emma Seligman on Working with Rachel Sennott & Ayo Edebiri
Uploaded: 2023-09-02T16:58:51Z
Duration: 26 min 35 s
Channel: Collider Extras

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'Bottoms' Director Shocked Some Still Criticize Female Characters Being "Human, Shitty & Relatable"

By Perri Nemiroff

Published Sep 2, 2023

"I didn't feel any pressure to rewrite the movie to make them nice because that would totally change what the movie was."

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Director Emma Seligman's Shiva Baby follow-up feature, Bottoms, is a hilarious, unapologetic satirization of the high school comedy.
While on Collider Ladies Night, Seligman revisited her experience making movies thus far and how lessons learned came in handy on Bottoms.
Seligman also discusses her surprise that some moviegoers "don't enjoy a movie with female characters that are doing things that are human and shitty and relatable."

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