The ongoing public debate about equal representation in movies is more significant now than ever — but it turns out we did n’t really realize just how high-risk the situation really was . It turns out that , agree to a new report , if you ’re not straight , white-hot , male — or in the case of a Marvel movie , named Chris — in Hollywood , you ’re have it away .
The report from the University of Southern California , title “ Inequality in 700 democratic films ” , took the top 100 grossing films of each year between 2007 and 2014 and add together up some jolly damning statistic :
Just 30%—30.2 % specifically — of all speaking roles were play by adult female .
No actress over the age of 45 has played a leading or co - leading role in that seven - class time period at all .
73.1 % of all speaking role were encounter by White citizenry , with 12.5 % played by ignominious actors , 5.3 % by Asiatic actors , 4.9 % by Hispanic and Latino actors , 2.9 % by Middle easterly actors , and less than 2 % played by thespian of other ethnicity ( including less than 1 % played by American Indian , Alaskan Native , Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander actors ) .
woefully , it ’s just as dire for LGBTQ visibleness too — GLAAD ’s annual reportabout representation , released in April this year , reassert just 19 of the the 4,610 character reference in the top 100 picture of 2014 identify as Lesbian , Gay or Bisexual ( none identify as Transgender ) .
This is not to say that everything is an absolutely irredeemable mess — the legal age of the films feature in the header above feature at least feature non - white actor and actresses in major roles . But none were leads , and obviously as the number show , nowhere near enough of some of our favored movies are doing a beneficial job , when it comes to representation both in front of , and behind , the television camera . The try is there , in small way , but there has to be more done . A lot more done .
This is n’t a conversation that is curtail to just “ geek ” cinema , but its one that ’s steadily growing more authoritative in this circle — a debate that hasmore and more bump in the films we lie with , as geek residential area strive to make themselves better , more inclusive spaces . We can do intimately than just drowning in a ocean of man named Chris .
[ ViaVariety ]
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