Yes, but it’s not like there were many other options for actresses to be fair. On that one I’d have to say the whole gross set up is to blame, not particularly her. There have been a lot of great actresses (not that she falls into that category mind you) that have taken demeaning roles to either get some kind of…

I feel like Angelina should just back off with the acting and start really focusing on improving her directing skills. The Changeling was well received, and that was a first effort from her, so if she could just apply some focus to projects that she doesn’t star in herself, I’m sure she could do better.
Because the…

No. Just no. Line crossed. You made it gross.

I think maybe this is me agreeing with you rather than disagreeing when I say I think she is fantastic in Kung Fu Panda...?

I have so much time for hearing about the things Jessica Chastain is up to. She seems like a really delightful person and someone that really gets it in regards Hollywood and it’s current biases / what needs to be done to fix it. Best of luck to her and her new company!

People act surprised that celebrities are actually human beings with emotions and flaws and not just perfect apparitions that materialize for interviews and red carpets. That’s on them really.
Some celebs are straight up assholes, some just have bad days. Like the rest of the world.

That sounds fine to me. And even describing a character of any gender as attractive or sexy is fine too if it is definitely necessary for your story. If you’re writing a story about 1950's Hollywood for example and you have a character that is a budding starlet, you’re probably going to describe her something like…

I feel like you’re investing too much on the idea of movie stars as guaranteed box office bank. It’s complicated, but generally speaking, no star guarantees a hit movie or big returns. A lot of movies flop with a cast chock full of bankable stars and a lot of movies break money making records with no name actors at…

It’s not particularly. She plays a character that people associate with her now, that of a 1950's starlet who looks beautiful. She’s the star of an aquatics show, but she gets pregnant while unmarried, so it’s up to the protagonist of the movie (studio producer), to keep her scandalous behavior under wraps.

I do sometimes wonder if there is a place Scarlett Jo can go after she ages out of the horrendously narrow Hollywood bracket for beautiful (to a young straight male audience). If you are an actress that doesn’t have that much else to define themselves with it seems to be a first class ticket to background Mom roles.…

My heart goes out to all the female producers and actresses in Hollywood, who have to deal with this shit on a constant day to day basis. How any woman survives in this town with sense of self and self esteem in tact is beyond me. Maybe this is why so many unbearably beautiful actresses end up dating old trolls.…

Nailed it.

Don’t be terrified! It’s really not that hard. If you are interested in crafting fully realized characters rather than bringing your sexual fantasies to life via film, then you will be fine.
A great practice is to take examples of interesting, compelling, well-written female characters that already exist in film and…

I had always naively thought that consumer demand alone would change things, but given how utterly clueless executives seem to be about what people want to see and why, I’m starting to think that’s really not enough at all. Seeing toy companies neglect to produce female action hero figures time after time when the…

Honestly, ALL women of color need including in this conversation. And (if we’re using this sliding scale logic) you could easily criticize Chris Rock for excluding them from his complaint, the same way he criticized JLaw for excluding black women specifically. Asian women are practically non-existent in the movie…

Jessica Williams would have been so perfect it’s not even funny. She is so on point with her commentary and would have let them have it from all the right directions.

Same. Use that power to talk about bias in general. More so with the powerful white men in the industry, who risk much less than even her.

I guess it’s more like I’m holding out hope that it’s a shot... for all actors of color. Mostly because it doesn’t feel like there’s any other immediately available avenue to get action out of discussion. How else to make a platform available and a discussion relevant to the media’s short attention span? Am I being…

Yup! It’s called Mind Hunter.

I love that second look an indecent amount.