Re: Mary Ann's new rant
My writing partner and I are both white males. I'd say that 2/3 of the projects we have written have female protagonists.
In the last pilot we finished, we went out of our way to make the cast as culturally/racially diverse as possible.
Why?
I won't deny that some of the thought process was commercial. Makes the script feel more international and stick out amongst stacks of scripts with the same white male as lead.
From a writing standpoint, we did it because it's just more interesting. Different cultures, different perspectives. It opens the door to way more plots and backstories. It challenges us to think outside ourselves. I think it helped make these characters much more rounded individuals.
Now, the script we're about to finish has a teenaged Hispanic girl as the lead, and I can't be more pleased with how it's coming out.
So I agree that we need to be the change we want to see in the world. But at the same time, I wouldn't call Mary Ann's rant as whining. She is making a point of her frustrations, which are all valid. And just like getting notes on our scripts, sometimes it takes an outside voice to see things we can't because we're buried too deep in the work.
Originally posted by FoxHound
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In the last pilot we finished, we went out of our way to make the cast as culturally/racially diverse as possible.
Why?
I won't deny that some of the thought process was commercial. Makes the script feel more international and stick out amongst stacks of scripts with the same white male as lead.
From a writing standpoint, we did it because it's just more interesting. Different cultures, different perspectives. It opens the door to way more plots and backstories. It challenges us to think outside ourselves. I think it helped make these characters much more rounded individuals.
Now, the script we're about to finish has a teenaged Hispanic girl as the lead, and I can't be more pleased with how it's coming out.
So I agree that we need to be the change we want to see in the world. But at the same time, I wouldn't call Mary Ann's rant as whining. She is making a point of her frustrations, which are all valid. And just like getting notes on our scripts, sometimes it takes an outside voice to see things we can't because we're buried too deep in the work.
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