>> What Do You Mean When You Say You Want 'Strong Female Characters'?
These discussions about ‘strong female characters’ often elide who is being talked about, and they play into larger narratives that no one seems to want to discuss. Who gets to tell stories? Who gets to be the lead, and who is the sidekick or supporting character? Who is calling for ‘strong female characters’ and what, exactly, do they mean when they say that?
roseanne barr on the lack of change in the tv industry
Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in.
ugh.
“It’s a really good time to be young, female, funny, smart — and a little bit weird and awkward. Meet the members of Hollywood’s unlikely new in-crowd.”
spoiler alert: they’re all white, too.
east end boys and west end girls
“‘Women’ and ‘Mainstream’ are seen as incompatible by the misogynists that run Hollywood because the culture of ‘Women’ is not mainstream, it is always secondary to the mainstream culture which is geared towards ‘Men.’ Television seems slightly more accepting of women than film because TV is the woman to film’s man.”
should there be an oscar for casting?
“Casting directors say that if they do their job well, the actors fit together so organically that audiences may not realize someone had to assemble them. And because the casting director’s work is complete before shooting starts, ‘by the time they’re making the film, everybody’s kind of forgotten about you,’ Gold said.”
