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>For others, what are triggering terms in character descriptions that make you say, “Not going to do this”?
LARSON “Broken but beautiful.” Or “beautiful but she doesn’t know it.”I’ve read that so many times. I read it last week, probably.
FOSTER For most of my career, I was always shocked that so many of the scripts that I read, the entire motivation for the female character was that she’d been traumatized by rape.
*KILL THOSE TROPES WITH FIRE*
Trying to explain a male writer why his "strong female" can have a character that is NOT stemming from rape - was like monty python level of asinine - or trying to argue with a toddler. At some point, we just had to go - no you can't have that, go pick something else.
Genuinely can't compute another flaw or you know, no strings attached powerful portrayal when it came to women. That instinct for some sort of comeuppance wrapped as realism, TEDIOUS
To think there are 1000s of women in industry - spread across generations, skills and countries - frustrated with this, and yet.
Just insane.
That "broken but beautiful" also stems from the same poisoned well of imagination when it comes to women.
ps - I love Brie's portrayal of Carol Danvers .Devoid of that male gaze needed feminine submission, it is genuinely one of the blockbuster portrayals of women not for men.
pps - i see the article is by Lacey Rose, who genuinely is one of the best moderators for thr- she lets the actresses speak and always has some interesting prompts midway.
(as opposed to the other one ugh, those actress roundtables were PAINFUL to watch under that dude)