Actress Cate Blanchett believes there is a “notable lack of shame” in modern society, and suggests that shame can be useful because “the lessons we can learn from it are so powerful.”
“There's a clear lack of shame in society today,” Blanchett says. said Guardian After being asked at the Venice Film Festival this week about her role as Katherine Ravenscroft, who is publicly humiliated in episode seven of the new Apple TV+ series, Disclaimer.
“Shame is very different from guilt” The Lord of the Rings The actress added: “Guilt is a completely meaningless emotion and I don't know what to do with it, but shame and regret and the lessons that can be learned from it are very powerful.”
But Blanchett added that she still believes there is a lot of “shame” in society.
“Think about the way you try to raise your children,” she says. “If you publicly shame them, that can lead to anger.”
“Private conversations are often much more powerful than public conversations,” the actress added. “I'm not saying public conversations aren't important, but one-on-one, face-to-face, reconciliation-type conversations are much more powerful than public accusations.”
“We all have a dark side,” Blanchett continued, adding, “I think there's a widespread belief system that people who don't tell us everything have a dark side to hide. And that's what we call privacy.”
“We think that people who are not honest are doing bad things, and maybe we are dealing with that ourselves,” she said. “I'm playing a woman who is traumatized, who has buried things.”
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“I found it so fascinating and so painful,” she said, “and I was so grateful that we weren't in the same space.”
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