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| Topic | Does the gender of writers, directors, producers matter in entertainment? |
| madadude 01/26/20 5:50:29 PM #14: | Wouldn't have a problem with it (not that I care about Wonder Women or superhero movies in the first place), but an artist's history and experiences is definitely important in shaping the outcome of a film, so I would say gender is important as the perspective of the film will be different, but not necessarily better of course. But going more to the specific question in the OP, no the film doesn't NEED to be a women for credibility, but thats definitely how plenty treat it which is pretty dumb. Its stupid that this discussion only comes up when its a female-centered movie. It's just fake progressiveness. Real progressiveness would be giving opportunities to female directors not only when they are pressured by people for movies like Wonder Women, but for every movie. But this isn't near the case when it comes to blockbusters yet, where every hiring of a female director is meant as a statement (or even indie movies, though definitely getting better there, still very unequal). --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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