The ACLU Wants the U.S. Government to Combat Sexism in Hollywood

[derspiess]

I think it's pretty well known that girls are bad at Latin.  You guys stop giving Meri shit about it FFS.

Et tu, Brute?

Hey, I was standing up for you-- despite the fact that you're a Cubs fan

[derspiess]

Congratulations, that's called "travailler pour le roi de Prusse" in French. Literally. Working without getting any benefit, or getting a worse deal.

I've used that one (in English) around the workplace a few times.  Finally a couple weeks ago someone recognized it.

[Valmy]

Wait Meri is a Cub's fan? Why would you do that to yourself? You are from Iowa you could have made better choices.

[Ed Anger]

Disgusting.

[grumbler]

When I was a kid, this Australian film creeped me out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Wave

I use that movie in my Culture in Conflict class.  It's great (and, as you note, creepy).

[Ideologue]

Babe is Australian??

Did they redub the animals for the American market?

I always thought it was an American film set in Imaginary Quaint Rural Country.

Australian film (shot in Australia) based on a British children novel.

Co-written and produced by Dr. George Miller, to boot.

[Eddie Teach]

I find this a mind blowing stat.

In 2012, less than 29% of speaking roles in movies were portrayed by women. That's down from just under 33% in 2010.

Makes more sense when you consider how many movies are about cops, criminals, and soldiers.

Anyway, I don't think this is because Hollywood's being sexist on purpose. They're just giving the people what they want. Society is sexist.

[jimmy olsen]

Another thing that ACLU should probably look into.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/grim-racist-methods-of-one-brooklyn-landlord.html

[Tonitrus]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

That and keeping to blame Hollywood left and right when they're talking about a movie directed and written by an Australian, produced by Australian companies, that stars a Brit and a South African in the main roles.

I mean, seriously, Mad Max is the most Australian thing there is in cinema, besides Crocodile Dundee.

Yahoo Serious movies.

What about Baz Luhrman? Or Babe? 

I liked Cheech Marin's "The Shrimp on the Barbie".

[garbon]

You keep track of people's Latin mistakes?

Everyone needs a hobby. 

Still a fairly sad one.

[garbon]

I find this a mind blowing stat.

In 2012, less than 29% of speaking roles in movies were portrayed by women. That's down from just under 33% in 2010.

Makes more sense when you consider how many movies are about cops, criminals, and soldiers.

Anyway, I don't think this is because Hollywood's being sexist on purpose. They're just giving the people what they want. Society is sexist.

While society affects media, society is never affected media.

[Neil]

Tom Hardy does disappear from the trailers, but it seems to me he wasn't replaced with women, but rather fire, explosions, racing cars and disfigured psychopaths.

As to the main point, I couldn't care less about the empowerment and portrayal of women in film.  I have problems of my own.

[Malthus]

You keep track of people's Latin mistakes?

Everyone needs a hobby. 

Still a fairly sad one.

Well, yeah. 

[Valmy]

While society affects media, society is never affected media.

Well when it is pandering media like Hollywood that tries to make films bland enough to be popular in as many countries as possible one shouldn't be too surprised they are a lagging, rather than a leading, indicator.