Tag Archives: Hollywood
The Hunger Games: A story for women and girls that everyone can love
Tweet The only thing that could have made me more excited about The Hunger Games is if the trailer was put to Rihanna…Oh look! In case you didn’t notice (ha!), last night The Hunger Games premiered at midnight across the country. The highly-hyped movie sold more advance tickets on Fandago than any other non-sequel film [...]
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Quick hit: Why are all those movie trailers voiced by men?
TweetThe New York Times ran an article last weekend about why so few movie trailer voiceovers are performed by women. The article discussed the perception that women’s voices aren’t strong enough to cut through the noise of a movie trailer, and suggested that even if they can, many of us trust men’s voices more than women’s: [...]
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In case you missed it: Viola Davis’s SAG Awards speech
TweetWhen “The Help” hit theaters last year, there was an enormous amount of discussion about it in the feminist and progressive blogosphere. It was harshly criticized for its ahistorical depiction of the Jim Crow South, and for its implication that racism is a thing of the past (and that it is over largely thanks to [...]
Lily Tomlin on being out in Hollywood
Tweet There’s been a good deal of discussion, in the last few months, about the experience of queer actors in Hollywood. Should they come out? Will it damage their careers? What responsibility do queer actors have to rest of the queer community? Now, Lily Tomlin has weighed in, observing that while things have improved for [...]
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FYI, Western world: African men are not coming to kill you