Difficult Men
The reading “Difficult Men” goes over the history and the evolution that is associated with film production. Brett Martin, the author, talks about the early popular TV shows starting from The Sopranos and how much things have changed since then. For instance TV shows were known to be dominated by men both on and off screen, and when women were given roles to play they were usually being depicted as the love interest. But things have changed significantly and now there are movies and TV shows where men do not hold the main role furthermore there are many producers in Hollywood who are not male. In my opinion this evolution has benefited the film industry and it has started a new creative spark.
A movie that kind of reminds me of the evolution in film is “The Proposal.” This movie tells the story of a movie woman who holds a high position job and how she ends up proposing to a man. This movie definitely shows how far movies have evolved .
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This reading–and your post–also reminded me of a scene in FRIENDS where Monica proposes to Chandler and when Rachel holds a high position at Ralph Lauren. I feel like women have had dominant roles for quite some time because FRIENDS is an old show and these things still existed.
This evolution is interesting though because Game of Thrones is one of the shows that a recent example of this idea. Daenerys–the mother of dragons–is in a pretty high role, especially considering the time period the show is set in. It’s a pretty cool concept.