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'Lithe, leggy, spirited' - Hollywood sexism exposed in scripts
Producer is tweeting descriptions of female characters from actual film pitches, ranging from the hilarious to the downright creepy
A Hollywood producer is highlighting sexism in the film industry by Tweeting preposterous examples of how women are introduced in scripts.
They range from overwrought and pretentious to simple, sexual objectification
Ross Putman began the project on Wednesday and had already attracted more than 30,000 followers by the evening.
“Names changed to JANE, otherwise verbatim,” he states on the site. “Update as I go. Apologies if I quote your work.”
The entries cover all possible clichés - from uniforms to strippers - and make for hilarious reading.
Until you realise quite how creepy they are.
Female actors, writers and directors have long complained of sex discrimination in Hollywood.
Jennifer Lawrence, star of the Hunger Games films, said she was horrified to learn of a gender pay gap in the film Hustle from leaked emails.
She explained the difficulties of speaking up for a better deal as a woman.
“I didn’t want to seem ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled’," she wrote in a blog post.
"At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the internet and realised every man I was working with definitely didn’t worry about being ‘difficult’ or 'spoiled’."
While the pay gap remains, a survey published this week by the Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that the number of lead female charactors in major films rose 10% last year, although women still hold only 19% of senior behind-the-scenes jobs.
Sexism is not the only problem facing Hollywood. The absence of any black actors in the four main acting categories at this year's Oscar nominations threatens to overshadow the Academy Awards.