When Zoe started working on this project, it was called Pussy Island, but they changed it to Blink Twice because, basically, nobody liked the word “pussy”:
“It was made very clear to me that ‘pussy’ is a word that we, our society, are not ready to embrace yet,” Kravitz said about the change. “There were a lot of roadblocks along the way, whether it be the MPAA not wanting to put it on a poster, or a billboard, or a kiosk; movie theaters not wanting to put it on a ticket.”
“Interestingly enough, after researching it, women were offended by the word, and women seeing the title were saying, ‘I don’t want to see that movie,’ which is part of the reason I wanted to try and use the word, which is trying to reclaim the word, and not make it something that we’re so uncomfortable using,” Kravitz added. “But we’re not there yet. And I think that’s something I have the responsibility as a filmmaker to listen to. I care about people seeing the film, and I care about how it makes people feel.”
I appreciate the sentiment, but to be totally honest… I don’t really want that word back? I don’t personally need it back? And did we ever even have it? Also, Pussy Island totally sounds like a porno. And for a movie where, it appears, Channing Tatum owns a retreat where bad shit happens mostly to women… I mean, I’m good with losing it.
