Shame on Family Films?

Patriot Post ^ | October 1, 2010 | L. Brent Bozell

[Eldon Tyrell]

This is why Newseak - the entire business - is worth less than a dollar.

No one cares what inane stuff their leftists post.

Although the last few sentences should have been first - Newseak was so worried about sexualizing women that they put Palin on their cover in her running gear.

Joke.

[LibFreeOrDie]

http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/

[combat_boots]

People really need to get over themselves. Good looks are just that.

[a fool in paradise]

Worse than that, Baird the Angry Feminist protested, "The female characters were also more likely than men to be beautiful."

And how many of those "ugly men" were portraying the villain or some idiot comedic supporting role?

[Secret Agent Man]

This is BS.

Even if this is true in terms of stats, regular films more than make up for it.

I am so tired of seeing tiny non-muscular women flipping huge guys or knocking them out with one punch. That is not reality. We are flooded with this kind of crap. All the tv and movies in other categories have the guys being stupid, always needing women’s help to do anything. It’s just crazy.

[a fool in paradise]

Baird was especially upset that cartoons might exaggerate the female physique: "One in four women was shown with a waist so small that, the authors concluded, it left 'little room for a womb or any other internal organs.'

[dangus]

The “Gee, Nada Vis Institute?”

[a fool in paradise]

Baird even claimed "another study" found "women in G-rated films wear the same amount of skimpy clothing as women in R-rated films."

Pravda Media + Academic Bias BUMP

[Secret Agent Man]

Man there has to be something in a name. Every “Julia” I’ve ever met has been a liberal feminist. Actively looking at things in society people like and pointing out how they believe women are getting screwed over.

[Nea Wood]

I don’t know about the movie business but of you watch commercials you would think that white males make up about 10% of the US population, and that 50% of those are hen-pecked, morons, or both.

And the 50% who aren't henpecked morons are masked robbers breaking into some woman's house on a home alarm commercial.

[rhema]

Jessica Rabbit would also rate very high on Julia Baird's Harrumph Meter.

[a fool in paradise]

...the more (tv) a boy watches, the more his views become sexist...

Or metrosexist

[esoxmagnum]

My only problem with these animated films, is they offer a home to the actors and actresses who by virtue of their liberal beliefs, have lost the ability to draw revenue.

They turn off folks when on film, so they hide them away in these animated films as voices.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

They reportedly analyzed 122 family films (rated G, PG and PG-13), including 50 top-grossing ones, between 2006 and 2009. She found it "startling" that there is "only one female character to every three male characters in family movies."

I can tell you with good authority that this is a very conscious decision from the studios for the simple reason that experience has borne out time and time again that boys won't go see a girl movie, but girls will go see a boy movie. Look at the current marketing for Disney's "Tangled." It's the Rapunzel story, but they're desperately trying to make it look like it's a boy movie.

[Onelifetogive]

I am a big fan of Palin and Bachmann (both seriously hot), but I don’t think either has yet eclipsed the conservative accomplishments of Thatcher and Schlafly (not as hot.) Lefties hate conservative women based on their good looks. Conservatives love conservative women based on their principles and accomplishments.

[a fool in paradise]

Baird isn't just an Angry Feminist; she's a hypocrite, too. Last year, her own magazine tried to embarrass Sarah Palin by putting an old photo of her on the cover in running shorts, suggesting this Caribou Barbie wasn't ready for prime time. Did Baird protest? No, she defended the cover since Palin "has been photographed and filmed more than once in aerobic gear."

Use these for all future Newsweak cover photos of our man-child prezzydent.

[a fool in paradise]

Many (but not all) celebrity voiced cartoon features are crap. Time was that voice actors were hired because they had the skills to portray a number of characters just with their voices.

Scale is still being hired to do up to three different voices for a work and only drawing one pay.

Celebrities generally don’t offer numerous voices, or even put that much into their readings of the characters.

[fml]

The female characters were also more likely than men to be beautiful

I should hope so

[a fool in paradise]

Bit more contemporary "real life" photo:

[a fool in paradise]

What makes you think she sees anything positive in mothers and wives or nuclear families?