The Oscar show this year will be led by two women with strong producing credentials, sending us this message: There’s a new generation of self-styled “badass” women filmmakers out there…
On another front, women are winning corporate power wars – witness the rise of Ann Sarnoff of WarnerMedia and Jennifer Salke of Amazon. Lesser gigs, too, are being awarded on the grounds of what HR operatives call “gender muscle.”reminds us that the dominant creative role played by women in the early days of the film industry has not as yet been revisited. According to writer Margaret Talbot, at least half of all film scenarios of the Silent Era were written by women.
Research done by the Women Film Pioneers Project at Columbia tells us that “women occupied an outsized role in the origins of filmmaking.” Early studio chiefs quietly initiated training programs to encourage women filmmakers. Some of Walt Disney’s grizzled employees, who grumbled about his focus on training female animators, would be nettled by the new book titled
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic HistoryWhy did this once dominant role slip away? Various theories abound: The takeover of Hollywood by corporate monoliths has favored a “bro sensibility.” Franchise films largely embody the values and testosterone levels of the men’s club.
Then there’s the issue of male panic — the need to protect one’s turf. A manifestation can be found in the fading fortunes of so-called “bro bibles” – male magazines likethat have witnessed a turnover of editors reflecting drops in advertising and circulation. GQ recently published a “gender fluid” issue themed to “The New Masculinity,” andWill the recalibrated Oscar membership reward its newly motivated female nominees? One third of Academy voters are recruits from the last four years.
The great success of the “flawed women” genre surely will give hope to the less flawed women waiting in the wings.
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