‘How much women get to speak in films’ is the most shocking stat you’ll read this week
Here’s a stat worth sharing in the week of the Oscars.
If you’d asked us before we’d have assumed men speak more than women. But we wouldn’t have thought it would have been quite so one-sided as this.
On Oscar night, take a look at how much women get to speak in the top films. It's pretty shocking. (via @bbc100women) pic.twitter.com/OYS3vLGIJV
— Jojo Moyes (@jojomoyes) March 4, 2018
After Frances McDormand made such a memorable Oscar winning speech, it generated a huge response online, shared more than 2,000 times after it was posted by author Jojo Moyes.
Except not everyone got it.
1.
Not sure what the point being made is
— Gareth McCluskey (@GMcCluskey) March 4, 2018
2.
How much clearer would you like it to be?
— Stanley Barrell-Kane (@SBK_News) March 4, 2018
3.
Films are based on many things. Authors intentions. Historical facts.
Accurate representation in Braveheart for example does not show sexism or bias – just that the film was about clansmen – so naturally more male words.
Same is true for many films on list.— Gareth McCluskey (@GMcCluskey) March 4, 2018
4.
Wow, you really aren’t sure what point is being made.
Why do we keep making (and rewarding) films dominated by men to a ludicrous degree.
— Stanley Barrell-Kane (@SBK_News) March 4, 2018
5.
2017 Moonlight is also missing. Old data?
— AnDïï #FBPE (@gnu_andrew) March 4, 2018
6.
given Moonlight is essentially a film about a gay man coming of age I think it’s probably not going to throw the stats out too far…
— Jojo Moyes (@jojomoyes) March 4, 2018
And here’s that moment from the Frances McDormand speech last night.
That was pretty awesome. Great moment. Good for her and the rest of those ladies. #FrancesMcDormand #Oscars #Oscars90 pic.twitter.com/3bfc9lhugP
— Brien E. Edwards (@brienedwards1) March 5, 2018
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