I shouldn't be surprised, and yet...
"We need boys, but we need girls right there, right one step behind the boys" -- this is the network talking -- "one step behind the boys, not as smart as the boys, not as interesting as the boys, but right there."
The excerpt from an interview between Paul Dini and Kevin Smith in which Dini flat-out confirms that networks do not want the audience of a children's show to be predominantly female (which those of us in fandom have known for decades, but hey, confirmation is nice, I suppose) is so blatant that I ended up boggling despite this really being old news.
The reason for this? Girls don't buy as many dolls as boys.
You really cannot make this shit up.
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The excerpt from an interview between Paul Dini and Kevin Smith in which Dini flat-out confirms that networks do not want the audience of a children's show to be predominantly female (which those of us in fandom have known for decades, but hey, confirmation is nice, I suppose) is so blatant that I ended up boggling despite this really being old news.
The reason for this? Girls don't buy as many dolls as boys.
You really cannot make this shit up.
This entry was originally posted at http://cereta.dreamwidth.org/1031061.html. If you can, please speak there.
have spoken there.