Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Let's Play Spot the Sexism: Round 1

Is there anything more frustrating than to watch outright sexism, and have nobody be called on it? Granted, it was fictional. But come on!

Allow me to explain:
I watched Trust Me tonight (cable show on TNT). I pretty much love this show, although the only women as main characters completely annoy me. The overall boss, Denise, is a bitch. She's constantly trying to fire the lover who jilted her so many years ago. Sarah's going through a lot of personal issues, but mostly her behavior of what she thinks works in an office setting is just off. Anyway, they were shooting a hair commercial with a director named Yan. The entire sequence was full of Yan making a women's hair commercial about a man! First, the story wouldn't be relevant unless they showed the man's face. Then, it was stupid unless they showed the man's story, too. The person who created the commercial was a woman. The person representing the hair product company was a woman. The commercial was about one woman's story. The intended audience was women. The male director wanted to bring all the focus onto the man that was barely in the commercial. In the end, he would only deal with the male advertising boss. He said that either the creator of the commercial (woman) had to get off HIS set, or he'd leave. But NOBODY called him on the fact that he was being a sexist pig. They labeled his behavior as "trying to be an artist."

I was just sitting, staring at the tv, flabbergasted. How come no one is yelling in this guy's face that he's way out of line, or introducing him to the ways of the 21st century? But again, this is television. So... WHAT ARE THE WRITERS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS THINKING?!? Where are the women in this process? Grrrrrr!

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