“Barbie” has answered the billion-dollar question with a resounding “yes.” Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, according to official Warner Bros. estimates. This makes Gerwig the first solo female director with a billion-dollar movie.
‘Sexism’
Anytime a woman does something monetarily big in Hollywood people being up inflation. They also do with most records, but always with women.
Nah, people bring it up every time any of the highest grossing movies are discussed, like Avatar and Avengers Endgame.
Beating Gone with the wind is very hard. Avatar is surprisingly close, but not close enough.
Gone With the Wind only holds the record because it was in theaters for years.
That’s too broad a claim for me to agree.
In this specific event, adjusting for inflation on older movies might show that there was precedent where a movie directed by a single woman was more successful than this one.
If that happen, that achievement should also be celebrated. If that didn’t happen, this movie should be even more celebrated.
Asking for more data isn’t the same thing as attacking a claim.
Maybe I’m just naive, but I like to assume good intentions.
If someone actually say something sexist, calling them out is important. But I don’t think assuming sexism first is a good thing either.
I also used to be niave, but the decades have taught me that it is almost always sexism (or racism) even if it is subconscious. Now I just assume good intentions if that has no negative consequences.
Oh, believe me I know. That’s why I asked them to be specific about what they meant here.
The secret ingredient is always 🌈✨ misogyny ✨🌈