God this comment annoys me, children aren’t responsible for what their parents did.

And I don’t blame individual people for taking money, when its handed to them. But historically, there is overwhelming evidence that when the potential to earn a lot of money goes up in an industry, women get pushed out, or at least, are kept from advancing into positions where they would compete with men for that…

That “white men are not letting go of those opportunities” is sort of...exactly...the point.

It’s partly because the face of Hollywood is liberal, but oftentimes the back room decision making is made by the MBAs in suits. It’s risk-averse number crunchers that determine a lot of the hiring, and they don’t exactly value diversity or equality. (These are the same morons that are shocked e v e r y time a black…

There’s still quite a bit of internalised misogyny there though. For example Anne Hathaway came out earlier in the year saying she used to be more sceptical of female directors. And I would generally think she’s on the more progressive side of gender politics.

This is exactly it. They want to work with and promote people they like, and people they like are always going to be people that they have stuff in common with, that remind them of themselves and that they want to have a beer with, which is 99% of the time going to be other white men.

Ooh I remember when he got the honorary Oscar presented to him by DeNiro and Scorsese and he kind of got boo’d, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan were so angry he was getting the award. It was an awkward night.

“Meanwhile, somehow making one movie with a $750,000 budget (and no CGI action sequences) is proof enough that Colin Trevorrow is capable of directing something with the budget and scale of Jurassic World.”

Look at 60m people who voted for #45.

I call it the Matt Damon Effect. It’s super easy to rant, rage, and protest against discrimination. Bonus if your antics get you more fans, headlines, and viral videos. Bigger bonus if those things happen during awards season or your latest movie opening.

Sins of the father? Yeah, that always works out well.

Look at our President!

Safety Not Guaranteed was the first feature film from its director (after a short film and a documentary that was shown at a couple small film festivals), and it grossed $4.4 million. The next film that director was hired to direct was a little movie called Jurassic World.

I love that movie! Saw it at my local indie theater, bought the DVD when it came out, then bought the book. My first introduction to Emily Blunt! I’d recommend the book too; it’s less whimsical but a perfect summer read.

But see here’s the problem. Male directors make flops all the time and they still get second, third and fourth chances. Female directors make one movie that doesn’t do well and suddenly no one is willing to hire them.

Future generations of Kazans should pay for their predecessor’s crimes? They weren’t involved?

Jane Austen Book Club is unbelievably underrated. That is a great movie, and anyone who hasn’t already done so, I recommend you watch it with your mom/grandma/etc.

So we should judge you for crap your parents did in their lifetime? What’s wrong with you?

“Are you really willing just to go down a tier to a man who’s just kind of mediocre but can still do the job instead of reaching across and getting the talented woman?”

Casting of geisha aside(which she obviously had no control over) those are a pretty solid group of films, hopefully this one will be just as good.