The red carpet at mainstream events serves as a stage for the reflection and spotlighting of celebrities from the realms of commerce, art, and cinema. Their presence on the red carpet signifies a mission to portray films with substantial investments, and they themselves are considered a part of the power and wealth system. Now, the slogan “Woman.Life.Freedom” has been woven into the fabric of the capitalist system, aiming to place global cinema celebrities on the red carpet and present it in the most amusing manner possible.
The voices of individuals in the diaspora on the red carpets are not merely part of a liberating collective action; they represent a vision of a lost future and a struggle on behalf of the people in Iran’s geography. An opposition that seeks to proclaim their Oedipal fantasies under the banner of “Woman. Life. Freedom” on the red carpets. Their voice on the red carpet continues the voice of the capital owners and powerful, perpetuating the illusion of the collective dreams of oppressors. The slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom” underscores the vast disparity between the evolution of these concepts within the geographical boundaries of Iran and the opposition of contemporary diaspora on the red carpets.
Cinema personalities in the diaspora find themselves caught in a delusion that the people in Iran’s geography require Western support, and they must draw Western attention to the people’s demands. However, over the past year, as the West has heard the cry of the “Woman.Life.Freedom” movement in various and deeper ways, it has not only failed to take any steps to support the people of Iran’s geography but has also strengthened its economic and political ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Red carpets have consistently imposed certain sexual constraints and bodily control, reflecting predetermined agreements of the capitalist and patriarchal system. They have absorbed and quashed any challenges and deviations from systematic social norms and faced censorship and suppression on the red carpets by the forces of the guard and even police violence. The “Woman.Life.Freedom” movement, which has risen from the depths of class oppression, gender oppression, and national oppression against the existing order, has become entangled with a red carpet that seeks to limit and control the essence of human beings under the banners of patriarchy and power, with no congruence, undermining the struggles and resistances of the people in Iran’s geography.
RedCut Collective
