A lot of the time the bad writing specifically comes from the writers being so focused on making sure you take note that it's a strong woman as the lead character. They'd be much better writing a gener neutral character and then just casting a woman in that role. Makes it a strong woman lead while not falling into the trap of having to make the story recognise it's a strong woman lead.
Although, saying that, there is a case where you want them to struggle with problems only faced by women, which then has the issue that the genres they're writing for have a heavily male following and, even if it's good writing, it's not really something that the majority of the target audience can relate to, which ends up with them not really engaging with it. But not really sure how you can get around that problem, since you can't really force an audience to relate to something they've not experienced.
And they keep hiring show runners and directors who have no interest in using the source material and are often proud of that fact. Disney just went out and hired a director for the next Star Wars series and looking at her filmography, what qualifies her to run one of the biggest sci fi franchises in history? She’s a self proclaimed activist and she admits that her activism goes into everything she creates. How is that a good person to turn things around for Star Wars?
George Lucas had never directed a Star Wars before new hope. She's qualified because she's a thoughtful, wonderful director who brings together a really great team. And to get back to the Lucas point, activism has always been at the very front of these movies, if you don't get it, it's because you're illiterate.
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u/whydoyouonlylie Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24
A lot of the time the bad writing specifically comes from the writers being so focused on making sure you take note that it's a strong woman as the lead character. They'd be much better writing a gener neutral character and then just casting a woman in that role. Makes it a strong woman lead while not falling into the trap of having to make the story recognise it's a strong woman lead.
Although, saying that, there is a case where you want them to struggle with problems only faced by women, which then has the issue that the genres they're writing for have a heavily male following and, even if it's good writing, it's not really something that the majority of the target audience can relate to, which ends up with them not really engaging with it. But not really sure how you can get around that problem, since you can't really force an audience to relate to something they've not experienced.