I think what you're saying is, "Pixar does better than most with good messages, so we might as well be thankful and move on to other things."
I don't think it's out of line to ask a major filmmaker to produce pictures that will show women in starring roles as strong characters, since they already show women in secondary roles as strong characters. I don't like complacency and I believe in letting companies know how I feel about their products. How else are we to get truly representative media works, if the companies think nobody wants them?
As for role models - Elizabeth wants to be a screen writer when she grows up. Movies are her medium and I would like to see better representation there. I will certainly expose her to great women in other ways. But it's wrong that boys can find strong, worthy characters everywhere they look, and girls have to seek them out.
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Date: 2009-06-10 12:21 pm (UTC)I don't think it's out of line to ask a major filmmaker to produce pictures that will show women in starring roles as strong characters, since they already show women in secondary roles as strong characters. I don't like complacency and I believe in letting companies know how I feel about their products. How else are we to get truly representative media works, if the companies think nobody wants them?
As for role models - Elizabeth wants to be a screen writer when she grows up. Movies are her medium and I would like to see better representation there. I will certainly expose her to great women in other ways. But it's wrong that boys can find strong, worthy characters everywhere they look, and girls have to seek them out.