Funny Like A Dude

A lot has been said about Hollywoods unwillingness to work outside of female stereotypes, but all of that is starting to change with the rise of Kristin Wiig and Anna Faris. Both women have an appetite for Aptow-style humor, and they think that audiences are ready to see women in those vulger roles. Anna and Kristin have pushed hard for their films to be made (Kristin was asked to write Bridesmaids in order for it to be produced). While the women are conventionally beautiful, they are also funny, silly, a little gross, and most of all - human. Gone are the one-dimensional 'girlfriend' or 'bitch' roles; these women are real.

It's a gamble - as this New Yorker article points out- but I'm hoping its a smash success. We've seen the scope of female roles widen over the years; Meryl Streep still has a thriving career past the age of 40 (and Betty White!).

Here's hoping it continues, after all, according to the Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media, "The more hours of TV a girl watches, the fewer options she believes she has in life. The more hours boys watch, the more sexist their views become."

*scorpio*