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Can any men ghost write a movie about women for them?

posted 8 years ago by WermhatsWormHat
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These Ghostbusters and Magnum PI type remakes are so bad for women. It's basically confirming that white males are the best at everything so if we want to make a movie about chicks, we need to use one of their scripts. Since women can't write good movies, this trend is just going to continue and ruin a lot of franchises written by men for men.

So why doesn't some lady just hire a guy to ghostwrite something original these women can star in? Then sign him to secrecy about the project and pretend a woman actually was able to write a good original script? Then we can stop the trend and empower young women to think it's possible to write a good movie.

[–] Egon_Spenglers_Slinky 8 years ago

'Ghost write' - points for cleverness ;-)

[–] WermhatsWormHat 8 years ago

HAHA that was unintentional. Seriously though, can we contract a guy to secretly write a script pretending to be a lady so this stops?

[–] jalexoid 8 years ago

Yes... yes... Women can't write movies. That definitely no misogynistic at all.

[–] BrexitNow 8 years ago

Whats the funniest comedy movie written by an all female writing team?
I'd be interested to know.

[–] Ace_Spade 8 years ago

Some (widely enjoyed) funny films written by women:

A New Leaf (Elaine May)
When Harry Met Sally (Nora Ephron)
Juno (Diablo Cody)
10 Things I Hate About You (Karen McCullah and Kristen Smith)

Cliche, but I'll put Tina Fey on the list, too. She's responsible for a lot of beloved material.

It would also be smart to log some male/female writing teams responsible for:

Guardians of the Galaxy (Nicole Perlman)
Kickass, Kingsman (Jane Goldman)
Fawlty Towers (Connie Booth)

I'm sure there are others, but I'm tired of Googling right now.

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[–] Egon_Spenglers_Slinky 8 years ago

Can I have some denim chicken mr wermhat?