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Women & Hollywood:  Women & Hollywood in the News

Alliance of Women Film Journalists:  AWFJ Women On Film - The Week In Women, October 30, 2009 - MaryAnn Johanson

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Hollywood's fear of strong women characters http://bit.ly/e4toO - maybe the web will be gud for women screen drama-makers & @venicetheseries 25 days ago

Leading roles of women (esp strong women) are being shoved aside b/c it doesn't hit the sweet spot demographic http://tinyurl.com/yj2t89k 26 days ago

Bingo! This is EXACTLY the problem "the movie business geared toward young men who go to movies most frequently" http://tinyurl.com/yj2t89k 26 days ago

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Women & Hollywood in the News
Women & Hollywood — Women & Hollywood has been in the news twice this weekend.  Thought I’d share: From Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post: Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail? This state of affairs distresses Melissa Silverstein, who tracks women’s issues in the entertainment industry on her Web site Women & Hollywood. “One of the things making me nervous this fall is the box office of movies like ‘Jennifer’s Body’ and ‘Whip It,’ ” ...

Where We Are as Women (in Film)
Women & Hollywood — ... In Ann Hornaday’s piece Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail? in the Washington Post (which I am quoted in) she makes the argument that strong women are out at the movies.  I agree with Ann but I will add that you can still see strong women in smaller dramas released by indies that will never make it to the multiplex near you.  So if you want to see a strong woman on film, you need to probably live in NY or LA or another major city if you are lucky.  Most other people (which is basically ...

AWFJ Women On Film - The Week In Women, October 30, 2009 - MaryAnn Johanson
Alliance of Women Film Journalists — ... HOLLYWOOD HATES WOMEN, PART 10,853,184. Ann Hornaday in The Washington Post laments the disappearance of strong women from multiplex screens: ...