Someone counted who gets all the lines in Netflix’s ‘no mans land’ western, Godless
‘Welcome to no mans land’ says the trailer for Netflix’s new ‘female western’, Godless, set in a town mysteriously made up entirely of women.
That’s not the only mystery about the new show after @innesmck on Twitter kept a note during the pilot episode of the number of lines men had against the number of lines women had.
And this was the result.
Everyone loves Godless, the new Netflix show about a town inhabited only by women
Episode 1
Lines spoken by men: 73%
Lines spoken by women: 27% pic.twitter.com/TWcHSyPJYn— moth dad (@innesmck) November 22, 2017
Those workings in full.
For a town made up entirely of women, the men do a helluva lot of talking.
I used the subtitles to determine what constitutes a new line.
I’ve included the [speaks in Paiute] as best I could as women’s lines. I did not include the [Grunts] or [Sighs] though believe me, this would only have dramatically increased the count for men.
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 22, 2017
It also seems relevant to note that, as a plot point, the leading male character spends half the episode unable to speak.
And yet.
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 22, 2017
Some people suggested the trailer didn’t suggest anything else, and that perceptions of it being a ‘female western’ was purely down the viewer.
Watched 2 episodes based upon good story “A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated by women.” Story is exactly as described.
PS. Voted HRC & think women should run the world. pic.twitter.com/wRWcw0S1gv
— Tokenaut (@tokenaut) November 23, 2017
Did you see the trailer? I think it’s pretty clear from that why people expected better.
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 23, 2017
to be fair, 27 of the top 38 billed actors appearing in 4+ episodes (71%) are men. So it makes sense that 71% of the cast would have 73% of the dialogue…
— Dave (@DavePalmer41) November 23, 2017
It makes absolutely no sense that 71% of the cast are men.
— moth dad (@innesmck) November 23, 2017
Interested to know what you think (and … is it any good?)
