I do think it's sexist. I think that having to ease males into liking strong female characters is a sad commentary in and of itself that the entire system and the society that we live in is sexist.
Yeah, I saw that there's one coming out in um, three years. That's fabulous. It really is. But I think that having a lead female character in one film out of ten is a really really pathetic track record.
I don't wish that Pixar would have a female lead. My wishes are a bit more far reaching than that. I wish that every film that Pixar produces would have a fairly equal distribution of female and male characters. For instance, I wish that Ratatouille had more female chefs, and female rats. I wish that Cars had "female" race cars, that there had been a higher percentage of "female" vehicles in general, and that some of them had been trucks or more traditionally "masculine" vehicles.
I wish that for every film Pixar produces with a male lead, they would produce one with a female lead. I wish for equal and varied representation.
I guess that makes me ridiculous in your book. I'm okay with that. I'd rather be ridiculous and calling society on the generalized and specific gender issues that I see than be anything else. There wouldn't be any strong female characters if women hadn't started drawing attention to the issue, and I genuinely don't think that we as a society are anywhere near far enough towards gender equality for us to STOP drawing attention to it.
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Yeah, I saw that there's one coming out in um, three years. That's fabulous. It really is. But I think that having a lead female character in one film out of ten is a really really pathetic track record.
I don't wish that Pixar would have a female lead. My wishes are a bit more far reaching than that. I wish that every film that Pixar produces would have a fairly equal distribution of female and male characters. For instance, I wish that Ratatouille had more female chefs, and female rats. I wish that Cars had "female" race cars, that there had been a higher percentage of "female" vehicles in general, and that some of them had been trucks or more traditionally "masculine" vehicles.
I wish that for every film Pixar produces with a male lead, they would produce one with a female lead. I wish for equal and varied representation.
I guess that makes me ridiculous in your book. I'm okay with that. I'd rather be ridiculous and calling society on the generalized and specific gender issues that I see than be anything else. There wouldn't be any strong female characters if women hadn't started drawing attention to the issue, and I genuinely don't think that we as a society are anywhere near far enough towards gender equality for us to STOP drawing attention to it.