Warner Brothers...You can has brain transplant?

[parsimonia]

EDIT: There is a follow-up post to this HERE!

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Come join the Warner Brothers, and the Warner Sister, Dot!

Apparently, Warner Bros. will no longer make movies where a woman is in the lead role.

(Thanks to troubleinchina and someone on fanthropology for posting about this.)

Warner Bros president of production Jeff Robinov has made a new decree that "We are no

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[troubleinchina]

(And it honestly sickens me realize that I have warm and fuzzy feelings for the hollow plastic image of a company, which in reality only exists to make a profit. It doesn't love me, but I love it. It just wants my money.)

I think that's the hardest thing to accept about any company, really.

I really am hoping this turns out to be a silly hoax. But I don't think it will. Even if it's not ever admitted to, the idea of women in a leading role in the movies and on t.v. is still something that's touted as a Big Deal because it doesn't happen that often. There are various marketing factors at play here, but I think the primary one is fear.

[For every independently or uniquely marketed film, like The Blair Witch Project or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, there's a chance taken that fails. That movies that are marketed normally also fail isn't seen as relevant because there are so many that succeed.]

[Which makes me want to ramble about Snakes on a Plane, but I'll try not to do that.]

[indego]

...I've been trying to write a coherent reply, but when ever I try to wrap my head around the WB's stupidity all I can think is "Gahhh!"

[yenesi]

The reason why those movies didn't do all too well is because there was no gratuitous nudity, nor were Jodie Foster and Nicole Kidman dressed in too-tight-painted-on patent leather outfits. Plus, there were no pirates or unnecessary explosions. *sigh* I hate the movie industry these days.

[parsimonia]

Idunno, as someone who rarely watches tv (or at least, watches tv, on the tv as opposed to online), I was barely aware that these movies were coming out. They really could use better marketing.

As for the pirates/explosions comment...I know I'm generally not as interested in something if it's just a straight-up drama, or a straight-up action movie. Give me pirates, aliens, magic, time travel, or superpowered heroes or whatever, I'll be more likely to watch it. But that's just me and my sci-fi saturated brain. XD

[lydia_petze]

.I know I'm generally not as interested in something if it's just a straight-up drama, or a straight-up action movie. Give me pirates, aliens, magic, time travel, or superpowered heroes or whatever,

You just described me perfectly!

[owlmoose]

Here via metafandom. If you read the update to the second link on the fanthropology post, it says that WB finally released a statement denying that the exec ever said that (although I doubt that's true, sadly, it's easy to believe that a studio executive would say something this idiotic and sexist), and that they don't have an official policy of ruling out women leads. So I think you're safe from a difficult boycott for now, although you raise interesting questions about how we deal with companies who make the media we love. It reminds me the LJ upheavals over the summer: what do we do when a company who provides a service we love and can't live without does something we can't bear? Something has to give; how do we decide what?

[scrollgirl]

Here from metafandom. *waves*

Yeah, I'm pretty much in the same boat as you re the WB. I mean, I've considered boycotting FOX and the WB when they cancelled my shows. But I'm not that strong! I need my DC Comics shows/movies, my Buffy and Angel, etc. But I did leave a comment on their website, and hopefully enough people will protest that they'll issue an apology for their sexism.

[parsimonia]

I don't really have anything to add other than "ditto", but I wanted to say I love your icon.