There are lots of reasons why I don't watch broadcast TV. The lack of decent roles for women is one of them.
Unfortunately, pretty much as long as TV and movies have been around, if you were a women, you had to fit a pretty narrow description of conventional beauty. You had to be what the studio execs thought was beautiful to stand a chance.
The few break-outs that deviated from what studio execs thought were beautiful, tended to already have a made a name elsewhere that drew an audience to them. (I'm primarily thinking Roseanne Barr and Nell carter).
If you are willing to play villains or do comedy, it's okay if you're a little less of a standard beauty.
Right now, the only demographic that matters is the 18-30-whatever aged men. The execs think they have the most disposable income and so we will continue to be bombarded with juvenile comedies that make my skin crawl and slasher flicks that are cheap to make and bring in the coveted viewers.
I'm hoping that more people who are dissatisfied with current media offerings, start doing it themselves. There's plenty of room on the web for shows that mainstream media would never touch.
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Date: 2011-08-31 08:39 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, pretty much as long as TV and movies have been around, if you were a women, you had to fit a pretty narrow description of conventional beauty. You had to be what the studio execs thought was beautiful to stand a chance.
The few break-outs that deviated from what studio execs thought were beautiful, tended to already have a made a name elsewhere that drew an audience to them. (I'm primarily thinking Roseanne Barr and Nell carter).
If you are willing to play villains or do comedy, it's okay if you're a little less of a standard beauty.
Right now, the only demographic that matters is the 18-30-whatever aged men. The execs think they have the most disposable income and so we will continue to be bombarded with juvenile comedies that make my skin crawl and slasher flicks that are cheap to make and bring in the coveted viewers.
I'm hoping that more people who are dissatisfied with current media offerings, start doing it themselves. There's plenty of room on the web for shows that mainstream media would never touch.