OK, so we recently had a debate here about introducing a female character as "strikingly pretty". While everyone who posted comments has some connection to screenwriting - hoped-for or realized - participants were self-selected, have varied sorts of current employment (which, to some extent, will inform/suggest our PsOV), and were of "varied" genders.
So let's narrow things down a bit: Two writers, both are women, both write for The Washington Post, and (therefore) both were selected by The Washington Post.
Here's their conclusion(s) on the Variety cover photo (and caption) of Melissa McCarthy (and her husband*) -
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* - Ben Falcone
So let's narrow things down a bit: Two writers, both are women, both write for The Washington Post, and (therefore) both were selected by The Washington Post.
Here's their conclusion(s) on the Variety cover photo (and caption) of Melissa McCarthy (and her husband*) -
Double take: Is Variety’s Melissa McCarthy cover sexist?
Double take: No, Variety’s Melissa McCarthy’s cover isn’t sexist.
And so, as bright as each of us at DDP may be, no wonder we could not come to an agreement on "strikingly pretty". Even the Washington-farking-Post can't resolve such things.Double take: No, Variety’s Melissa McCarthy’s cover isn’t sexist.
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* - Ben Falcone
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