Comments on: Diablo Cody Says The Lack Of Women In Creative Positions In Hollywood Is “Deeply Depressing” https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/ Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: c https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122171 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122171 Men are weak. I wish they never existed. Cody is right. Good for her for speaking up. Every industry is somewhat like this.

]]> By: Maurice https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122172 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122172 I hate all of the movies in that little Fempire of hers but I thought Young Adult was pretty damn fantastic.

]]> By: DK https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122173 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122173 More than Cody being snubbed, Charlize Theron was snubbed.

]]> By: JD https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122174 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122174 One more reason to hate Diablo Cody: even though the industry has handed her one golden opportunity after another, she cries sexism whenever anything less than incredible happens to her. The industry is no more sexist than she is. Cody could have brought Young Adult to a female director, but she chose to let a man direct it. You know why? When she worked with a female director, the movie sucked. That's logical decision-making, not sexism. As for Young Adult, it's really just Greenberg with a female protagonist and a really obvious script. If Baumbach's film — which is infinitely better and more original than Young Adult — didn't get nominated for anything, why would YA?

]]> By: SNUB https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122175 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122175 Also, to clarify. Of course I'm for more diversity both in front of the camera and behind the camera.

I just think in Hollywood, money is the most important thing, no matter what gender you are. If you prove you can make money, you'll have no problem getting work (Nancy Myers, Nora Ephron) and getting projects off the ground. If your movies flop (Lexi Alexander, Karyn Kusama) it will be harder. I don't think that's a gender thing.

]]> By: jimmiescoffee https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122176 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122176 pretty much agreed. i think saying cody is hit and miss is an oversell. maybe if she didn't typecast herself with such obvious projects and repeatedly hit the audience over the head with her dialogue tendencies she would be better serving the female film community.

]]> By: Snub https://staging2.theplaylist.net/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-20120201/#comment-122177 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/diablo-cody-says-the-lack-of-women-in-creative-positions-in-hollywood-is-deeply-depressing-253997/#comment-122177 Why was she "snubbed?" why should it be set in stone that her screenplay gets nominated? Time to come to grips with the fact that just because the internet per-ordained it a great movie because it had Patton Oswalt, her, and Jason Reitman attached, doesn't mean it turned out to be any good or that the Oscars have to recognize it.

It's also worth noting that the movies her "fempire" has created – "What Happens in Vegas" "Couples Retreat" "Jennifer's Body" "Nick and Norah" etc, were all awful, hated movies. That has nothing to do with the gender of the people who wrote them, but let's not act like these are amazing writers and directors who aren't given a fair chance. The fact is they've put out mediocre to bad work. Not saying they can't provide something great in the future, but come on – can you really argue that the director of "Jennifer's Body" deserves to be in the running for studio films? Or that the writer of "No Strings Attached" should be getting higher profile writing gigs?

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