No, really.
Link courtesy of sloanesomething:
Warner Bros. has apparently decided that in a wholly male-dominated industry where box office takings are lagging overall, the best way to guard against poor returns is to officially stop considering any script where a woman is in the lead.
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Like I said to Sloane, I think they're missing the point here. Obviously, the problem isn't female characters, it's actresses. Who wants to see a woman on-screen at all? Clearly, they need to keep buying the same scripts and making the same movies in the same way, but using male actors to play all the roles. Hey, it must work because Shakespeare did it and that guy's like, a legend or something.
Seriously, I think this is the key to a goldmine. Warner Bros., if you're reading this, you don't have to give me any of the profits -- maybe you could just name the new policy after me. Because this is gonna be big.
You wait and see. Inside of three years, they'll be extending the formula to porn.
ETA: My girlfriend just presented another great what-if -- wouldn't it be awesome if the richest women in Hollywood (Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Hilary Duff, the Olsen Twins, etc.) got together and bought out Warner Bros.? It's not going to happen, but man, would I laugh if it did.
ETA 2: spinooti just described this policy as "bros before hos."
Warner Bros. has apparently decided that in a wholly male-dominated industry where box office takings are lagging overall, the best way to guard against poor returns is to officially stop considering any script where a woman is in the lead.
...
Like I said to Sloane, I think they're missing the point here. Obviously, the problem isn't female characters, it's actresses. Who wants to see a woman on-screen at all? Clearly, they need to keep buying the same scripts and making the same movies in the same way, but using male actors to play all the roles. Hey, it must work because Shakespeare did it and that guy's like, a legend or something.
Seriously, I think this is the key to a goldmine. Warner Bros., if you're reading this, you don't have to give me any of the profits -- maybe you could just name the new policy after me. Because this is gonna be big.
You wait and see. Inside of three years, they'll be extending the formula to porn.
ETA: My girlfriend just presented another great what-if -- wouldn't it be awesome if the richest women in Hollywood (Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Hilary Duff, the Olsen Twins, etc.) got together and bought out Warner Bros.? It's not going to happen, but man, would I laugh if it did.
ETA 2: spinooti just described this policy as "bros before hos."