If you thought that the lack of complex, three-dimensional women as protagonists in American film and television was an accident, you’re wrong.
As a matter of fact, one industry pro once said that,”The audience doesn’t want to listen to a bunch of women talking about whatever it is women talk about.”
“Whatever it is women talk about”? You mean stuff like:
- Politics
- Religion
- Art
- Sports
- Science
- Music
- Philosophy
- Technology
- Nature
- The average velocity of an unladen swallow
It’s almost like women are people with our own thoughts, feelings, interests, and passions.
Hard to believe, I know.
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Heh, the women around me spend far more time talking about how they would go about taking over the world, whether a Pegasus is more useful than a Unicorn, strategy for besieging a castle, whether scabby peasants may just bow or should full on grovel before your knight, and whether pigs or woodchippers are better for disposing of bodies
And that’s just in the last 24 hours.
And let’s not talk about the applications of magic to modern and future technology.
Exactly! These are vital questions!
I’m pretty sure a Pegasus is more useful. 92% sure.
See that’s what I said! flying so much more useful than impaling! But the argument is that if you had an impaly beast you would impale people so much more
But what if we’re talking about My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic unicorns who have magical powers like, oh, telekinesis?
Yes, this is what I’m wondering too. If we’re going with those unicorns and pegasi, then unicorns are far superior. Magic yourself super flight. Magic away a pegasi’s wings.
And shoot lasers from your horn.
I’m pretty sure the top 5 things I talk about are 1. Food, 2. Books, 3. Zombies, 4. Nintendo and 5. Destroying the Patriarchy.
*nods* Career is a big one too.
I have to ask, have any of these bastards ever met a woman. A real live actual woman?
Because seriously, the fact that this has to be explained at all…….
*smdh*
Maybe they did and they got intimidated. So they started writing versions of women which didn’t frighten them so much,