Re: Objectification of women
Stories objectify women all the time, men too when needed. Sometimes its for eye candy in to a teenage sex comedy, maybe its a story of how a man is a habitual offender of objectifying women. I imagine you'd see it there too.
The real question here is, can a man write a central female character that is essential to the plot and have women readers resonate with her?
99% of female writers will fail at this too. Do male writers envision more for a female character than a simple love interest? Most times not. Its rare you see a story where the female lead is running around figuring things out. A lot of that is numbers. Male lead movies make more money. To the guys in suits the business of movies comes before the art of movies.
Writers that know how to create a character, understand their connection to the plot, develop speech patterns and mannerisms, a writer that knows how to do that well all of a sudden won't lose those skills cause the character is suddenly female.
If I was a young writer trying to break in right now, I would write something that had a Black lead around the age of 35 - 45. A real struggle that allows the actor to show his emotions and make some tough decisions.
Why? Because of what is going on at the Oscar's. Not enough minority representation in the nominees and its not the voter's fault. Hollywood is as liberal of an industry as you can be. Who do you want the voter's to vote for? Kevin Hart in ride along 2? Only a certain type of roles get nominated for the acting Oscars. You have to portray a character that goes through a resonating struggle and expresses deep emotion. That emotion can be tears or laughter. A decent script with a black lead may sell before a decent script with a white lead in the next trend of sales.
Stories objectify women all the time, men too when needed. Sometimes its for eye candy in to a teenage sex comedy, maybe its a story of how a man is a habitual offender of objectifying women. I imagine you'd see it there too.
The real question here is, can a man write a central female character that is essential to the plot and have women readers resonate with her?
99% of female writers will fail at this too. Do male writers envision more for a female character than a simple love interest? Most times not. Its rare you see a story where the female lead is running around figuring things out. A lot of that is numbers. Male lead movies make more money. To the guys in suits the business of movies comes before the art of movies.
Writers that know how to create a character, understand their connection to the plot, develop speech patterns and mannerisms, a writer that knows how to do that well all of a sudden won't lose those skills cause the character is suddenly female.
If I was a young writer trying to break in right now, I would write something that had a Black lead around the age of 35 - 45. A real struggle that allows the actor to show his emotions and make some tough decisions.
Why? Because of what is going on at the Oscar's. Not enough minority representation in the nominees and its not the voter's fault. Hollywood is as liberal of an industry as you can be. Who do you want the voter's to vote for? Kevin Hart in ride along 2? Only a certain type of roles get nominated for the acting Oscars. You have to portray a character that goes through a resonating struggle and expresses deep emotion. That emotion can be tears or laughter. A decent script with a black lead may sell before a decent script with a white lead in the next trend of sales.
Comment