{"id":11803,"date":"2025-11-12T03:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=11803"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:11:15","slug":"we-made-it-totally-un-sexy-how-anna-kendrick-compared-the-iconic-2012-pitch-perfect-moment-to-a-bloody-david-cronenberg-crime-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=11803","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe made it totally un-sexy\u201d \u2014 How Anna Kendrick compared the iconic 2012 Pitch Perfect moment to a bloody David Cronenberg crime thriller."},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2012 musical comedy film <\/span>“Pitch Perfect,”<\/span><\/b> directed by <\/span>Jason Moore<\/span><\/b> and written by <\/span>Kay Cannon<\/span><\/b>, became a surprise blockbuster and cultural phenomenon, distinguished by its fast-paced wit and sharp subversion of college movie tropes.1<\/sup><\/span> One of the film’s most enduring and awkward moments\u2014the shower scene<\/b> between the reluctant Beca Mitchell (Anna Kendrick<\/b>) and the aggressively enthusiastic Chloe Beale (Brittany Snow<\/b>) \u2014 was cemented as comedy gold thanks to a conscious directorial choice and Kendrick’s now-famous, self-deprecating tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Subverting the Trope: Un-Sexy in the Showers<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The scene is pivotal, forcing Beca, who would “rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones,” into an impromptu, naked audition for the Barden Bellas after Chloe literally rips aside the shower curtain.<\/span><\/p>\n

While a scene involving two young female leads, Beca and Chloe, in an intimate, in-the-buff setting could easily have been filmed to be sexually suggestive, the production team deliberately leaned into the awkward comedy<\/b> of the situation. This decision was lauded by the actors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Kendrick celebrated this intentional anti-sexualization shortly after filming with a viral tweet:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust shot the least sexy gay shower scene since Eastern Promises<\/b>. Mission accomplished. @brittanysnow (proud of us).\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The comparison to David Cronenberg’s<\/b> 2007 crime thriller<\/b>, Eastern Promises<\/i><\/b>, provided the perfect comedic contrast. Eastern Promises<\/span><\/i> features a notoriously graphic and non-sexualized nude <\/span>fight scene<\/span><\/b> in a bathhouse, where the intense focus is on brutal, life-or-death violence and vulnerability, not titillation.2<\/sup><\/span> By invoking this dark, bloody image, Kendrick instantly highlighted how the Pitch Perfect<\/i> scene successfully replaced cinematic clich\u00e9 with eccentric humor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Box Office Success and On-Set Chemistry<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The choice to prioritize humor over sexualization was instrumental to the film\u2019s tone and commercial success, confirming its status as a sleeper hit<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Data: Pitch Perfect<\/i> (2012)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Production Budget:<\/b> 3<\/sup><\/span>$\\mathbf{\\$17 \\text{ million}}$<\/span><\/span>\n
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  • Worldwide Box Office Gross:<\/span><\/b> 4<\/sup><\/span>$\\mathbf{\\$115.4 \\text{ million}}$<\/span><\/span>\n
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  • Notability:<\/b> The film became a massive financial success against its modest budget, cementing its place as a cult classic and launching a successful trilogy (the franchise eventually grossed over $\\mathbf{\\$587 \\text{ million}}$<\/span> worldwide).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The intensity and vulnerability required to film the shower scene early on also forged an immediate and lasting bond between Kendrick and Snow. This genuine, off-screen friendship laid the foundation for the beloved on-screen chemistry between Beca and Chloe that carried the entire trilogy. The scene thus stands as a classic example of comedic subversion, where a deliberate move away from the expected led to both critical connection and commercial triumph.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The 2012 musical comedy film “Pitch Perfect,” directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon, became a surprise blockbuster and cultural phenomenon, distinguished by its fast-paced wit and sharp subversion of college movie tropes.1 One of the film’s most enduring and awkward moments\u2014the shower scene between the reluctant Beca Mitchell (Anna Kendrick) and the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}