The Painful Reality

[lutamira]

While the results of this USC study on Oscar-nominated films are not exactly surprising, the numbers are pretty disheartening. Of films nominated for Academy Awards between 2007 and 2010:

• Only 32.6 percent of speaking characters were female
• Only 14.3 percent of directors were female
• Of the speaking characters analyzed for race, 78 percent were white

Comments

[thepuddinhead]

That was shocking and depressing. I was especially surprised by latino actors having less than 2% of speaking parts! To be honest, the 32% rate for women disappointed me a little too. I knew it wasn't 50/50 but ...

I find this kind of thing endlessly interesting, so thanks for pointing it out.

[lutamira]

I was especially surprised by latino actors having less than 2% of speaking parts!

Isn't that awful! I mean, for how much of the US (and Hollywood/LA) population Latinos make up, it is pretty unbelievable they are still only written 2% of speaking parts. But then, as you say, 32% for women isn't great either. Ugg.

[penny_lane_42]

OH HOW SHOCKING.

Sometimes I really hate the world.

[lutamira]

Right? Lame lame lame lame lame lame lame X infinity.

ps. I unlocked the post. Thanks for sharing the link - I want everybody to see this, you know?

(Also, perfect icon is perfect.)

[irisbleufic]

RaceAndGender!Fail comes to Hollywood *headdesk*

[lutamira]

I see your headdesk and I raise you some loud but ultimately futile yelling and a couple of f-you's in the general direction of SoCal. (But then, it is all of our faults, I guess. Maybe.)

[ever_neutral]

And yet, not surprising at all. Thanks for the link. :)

[lutamira]

right? right. and this is not even to start talking about the substance of the roles those characters are given, in their tiny percentages of the whole. grrrr.