Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture 2: L2. Does Hollywood have a Diversity Issue?
14 Nov 2016
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Efforts to convince lm industry it was not re ecting audiences date back to at least. Gaay tuckmen and other researchers thought that what we see on tv should be an accurate re ection of the people who are watching the tv shows in the rst place. 1978 report by california advisory committee to us commission on civil rights . Despite claims to the contrary, minorities and women are poorly represented in decision-making positions in the motion picture industry . Is it any better in 2015? numbers are still very skewed (see chart in slides) An idea of numbers : usc 2009 of the top 100 grossing lms, only 30% of speaking roles were women, geena davis institute 2004 women and girls comprise only 17% of any given crows scene. In 1929 eight years after women had won the right to vote the percentage of female directors was higher than it is today.
