Feminism is coming to Hollywood in a big way… there’s the ACLU action against industry-wide discrimination against women, Mad Max: Fury Road became a smash hit, and now Paramount has announced the Transformers writing team is bringing on board two women for work on the next film.
The Paramount thing is very interesting, and not just as a response to the ACLU. I’m sure studio bosses took note of how well Fury Road did at the box office. But there’s a common-enough assumption floating around that bringing women into the workforce will encourage more women-friendly/feminist approaches to business. It’s going to be much more complicated than that. If these trends continue and women come to be represented more and more throughout Hollywood’s industry, we’re going to see people faced with complex political situations.
The Paramount thing is very interesting, and not just as a response to the ACLU. I’m sure studio bosses took note of how well Fury Road did at the box office. But there’s a common-enough assumption floating around that bringing women into the workforce will encourage more women-friendly/feminist approaches to business. It’s going to be much more complicated than that. If these trends continue and women come to be represented more and more throughout Hollywood’s industry, we’re going to see people faced with complex political situations.