

what we are most afraid of if fully seen, fully ourselves, unedited, unrestrained, untamed.how the reels and reels on the cutting room floor might, in truth, be exactly what and who deserves to be seen and heard.how feeling the pressure of other “producers” or “editors” in our life has translated into compromising the story we want to tell, the life we deserve and desire to live.what we intentionally cut out of our own story so that we better meet the “reality TV” ideal, the IG influencer ideal, our culture’s ideal, even the ideal of our boss, our peers, our significant other….And that is both excruciating and untenable. On the cutting room floor lie reels and reels of what we don’t want others (and sometimes, even ourselves) to see, what doesn’t “fit” with the story we’re telling, what feels better left unsaid, hidden, even thrown away.įor every scene, every conversation, every part of us that’s been discarded – whether by choice or under duress – the woman others do see is not complete, not whole, not all of who we are. We would be wise to wonder about how we produce and edit our own stories. We have not been given access to the legion of women who long to speak, have much to say, and stand alongside us even still. edited footage of Eve, Mary Magdalene, Tamar, Hagar, and so many more, it’s not surprising that we often feel isolated and alone (part of the producer’s plan, no doubt). Because we’ve not seen those reels – the raw vs. And we need to pay attention to how that has impacted us – dramatically and definitively. We would be wise to ask ourselves how many women, how many stories, how much wisdom has not been ours throughout time.

We need to ask ourselves what’s being intentionally left on the cutting room floor so that we comply, stay in line, and don’t make waves. We would be wise to name the “producers” in our world – those who are intentionally shaping the narrative, the story, the plot they want us to believe and buy – whether media, religion, politics, our family of origin, even those closest to us. Every clip of her being anything other than how the producers wanted her dipicted (partying, disruptive, etc.) had been left on the cutting room floor. Not surprisingly, the woman confirmed what all of us already knew (right?!?): she was not seen for who she was – not really. She asked how much of what we saw on the show was real, and how much just reality TV. The author began by telling a story of having once interviewed the runner up of The Bachelor (the last one standing besides the one who gets the proposal). Some I resonate with others, not so much. Send us feedback.Each morning, lately, I have been reading from a book with 365 reflections. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cutting room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2021 With Andretti’s ever-exciting 2021 come to a close, the 23-year-old is the most notable piece left on the cutting room floor whose existence there flies in the face of what Andretti said was most important to building for his team’s future. 2021 But, says winemaker Françoise Peschon (who collaborates with winemaker Nigel Kinsman), Laurea is not a repository for everything left on the cutting room floor. 2021 Here, the stars shares their spoileriest secrets from the film - from those bombshell end-credits sequences to the Harry Styles scene left on the cutting room floor.ĭevan Coggan, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2021 And then your best moments don't even make the show, ending up on the cutting room floor.ĭalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021 That part of the interview ended up on the cutting room floor, but the two poetry-loving film fans kept the discussion going over email. 2022 Such changes would force the White House to once again make difficult choices about which party priorities to leave on the cutting room floor. 2022 Middletown's Hollywoodland project is likely to end up on the cutting room floor.

Recent Examples on the Web Hunks of dialogue landing on the cutting room floor.
