The failure of feminist Hollywood

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[cinemint]

"Do you know how often I have to control my anger while men explain my field of expertise to me?" - as she loses her temper explaining Hulk's field of expertise to him

[AnonyBoiii]

We went from Spider-Man and “with great power comes great responsibility”

To She-Hulk and “saving people are for narcissists, billionaires, and adult orphans”

That, in itself, is a narcissistic statement

[theminorgent]

"We don't need strong female characters, we need strong characters that just so happen to be female."

[marcoc]

It's like they desperately want that so-called "toxic masculinity" in their female leads.

[Shrekrules]

“I’m an expert at controlling my anger”
Jen says, angrily.

[aaronmurrayhenson]

"It's like writers WANT people to hate female leads."
Honestly, that's the thesis right there. That's the crown jewel of this whole video.

[stephanwatson]

The problem actually IS that women don't have any strong female characters in movies anymore; instead they have perfect, infallible characters, that they cannot relate to. Characters whose only fault is that they have an ego-driven hatred of men, which they pretend is a redeeming quality

[megamind]

Thank you for an excellent article, great to see a woman setting the record straight on issues that men are becoming increasingly uncomfortable about addressing, thanks to this insanity in Hollywood and Disney.

[leannwebb]

My problem with these is that they go out of their way to make all men look creepy and with no redeeming qualities. Tearing others down to make yourself look good is the laziest way to promote yourself.
It's possible to be a strong woman without hating men.

[dragonlyra]

George R R Martin always comes to mind in cases like these. An interviewer once asked him how he can write such well-developed and complex female characters, and he answered 'well, I tend to think of women as... well, people'
When characters are believable as people and they aren't just a cardboard cutout of an ideology then they work.

[HobbitDD]

They seriously give her the tag line, "Saving the world is for narcissists, " and she refuses to be a superhero because she's pursuing narcissistic goals like dating and a career....
WELL DONE!

[markdevant]

You nail it. I love the Hollywood elite who think no strong woman ever made a movie before. They clearly never watch Kathrine Hepburn, Mae West, Audrey Hepburn, or Lauren Bacall in a movie. There have been strong women characters in film throughout history. The difference is those characters were the result of talented writers who could flush out the characters strength not the hacks writing in Hollywood today.

[mikoraud]

"The box office doesn't lie. Even if Screen Rants does."
This line alone made clicking the thumbs up worth it.

[silverstreak]

If I recall correctly, She-Hulk is written in the comics as a (occasionally) 4th wall breaking character struggling to juggle her professions as a lawyer and as a super-hero(ine?) plus her personal life.

What's with this decision to make Jen not wanna be a hero?
Also, Ruby Rose's Batwoman was very cringe.

[kennethcrenshaw]

One of the things that really bothered me about the female Ghostbusters was that the male counter part to the secretary was wildly incompetent. Jenine from the original group was never incompetent. She was part of the team. Chris' character just made men look like baffoons.

[mattwilliams]

Arya Stark.Every man loved her, it showed her loose, train, loose, train finally become a killer.She wasn't perfect from the start.

[TreasureByMeasure]

We don't need stronger women, we need stronger storytellers.

[lunaredelvour]

If you're making men weak or useless to make your women look stronger, you're doing it wrong. You don't bring down a group to make the other better. You can make your men and women equally as capable and still make a strong female lead character. You can totally go down the brains vs bronze route and have a story of a woman having to outsmart male combatants and that can make a very interesting story - but then you can't make her physically stronger, and you can't make the men so stupid that it's unbelievable. This is basic storytelling 101, idk why I have to say this towards Hollywood script writers (I mean I obviously know the answer, but you know what I mean-)

[theinnerlight]

"My real plea is for men to have enough empathy to watch movies starring women."

I pay for and watch movies for my entertainment, not out of pity, nor will rich Hollywood people guilt trip me to do it.
What a sales pitch, really! "My product sucks, but please have empathy and buy it anyway."

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[pauIaaaa]

If you're strong, you don't have to remind everyone of that. Only weak people HAVE TO do it. That says a lot about these feminists.