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Probably because women becoming more prominent in Hollywood is a fairly newish phenomenon, and there aren’t a great deal of female-led prodctions so those few are given a pretty big spotlight.

I’unno, I don’t mind it usually. So long as they’re making solid movies and not more Ghostbuster remakes.

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I don't care what gender/ethnicity a director is so long as the movie isn't shit.

But then if the female lead or directors shit and you call it shit people call you sexist.

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Oh! Wait, Manchester Black is kind of an anarchist icon isn't he?

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What's with all the jerking off over Female TV shows/movies being directed by female directors?

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Because representation matters, and said people can represent the struggles of a female better than men can.

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I get that, but what I'm getting about is all the patting on the back people give eachother because they're doing that.

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Because representation matters, and said people can represent the struggles of a female better than men can.

This ain't an argument I'm gonna touch with a ten foot super pole.

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I'm gonna disagree with that statement outright. "Women" and "men" aren't faceless monolithic collectives, with common stats and capabilities across the board for each particular set. It dismisses and ignores some of the most genuinely excellent female characters written and directed by men, and some of the most disastrously bad characters written or directed by women, because it's ignoring the merits and faults of them as individuals. It's missing the trees for the forest, so to speak.

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I wasn’t saying men are incapable of telling a good story with female characters. But all you have to do is look at he representation numbers of women behind the camera in big studio movies to see why people are psyched when a women heads a female-centered show or movie, especially when there are so few of them as well

Good call.

In other news, anyone else see the trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters? Because hoooooly shit.

This ain't an argument I'm gonna touch with a ten foot super pole.

There's a difference between mandating that a woman must direct a woman-centric movie, and when a woman happens to be chosen to direct a woman-centric movie because of their merits and is subsequently celebrated for it. You are arguing against the former, Andy, and you are right - affirmative action just for the sake of diversity instead of selecting and awarding those best suited for the role, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, etc, is a bad idea. But I believe Henry is discussing the latter. I don't see him reducing the discussion down to collectives, I see you two debating two entirely different aspects of the industry.

Slowly catching up on IC events. Really digging the Superman stuff, but I've always liked how Andy writes supes, which is saying something because I really have almost no interest in him normally. Also, every time I read Bounce's intro monologue I hear the Law & Order sound effect after I finish it.

@Sep I'm also enjoying FemFlash. I had just finished reading a Superman post before hopping over here. I'm game for meet ups. Maybe someone can meet the X-Force after they handle that storm.