Dear Women, You Don't Always Have to Roar
Being a woman, I'm all about the empowerment of women, obviously - but there are times when women just make it too easy to not take them seriously. Case in point:
Lorene Scafaria [who co-wrote "Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist"] and Diablo Cody are usually not a duo, but half of a quartet. With their pals Dana Fox, who wrote “What Happens in Vegas,” and Liz Meriwether, a playwright-turned-screenwriter, they make up a Hollywood powerhouse writing posse who call themselves “The Fempire.”
I liked "Juno", a lot - so my apologies to Diablo Cody - but are we really bragging about "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "What Happens in Vegas"? That makes you part of something called a Fempire? You can probably feel how red my face is right now and you are absolutely on point. I don't really know what else to say right now.
Editors Note: I feel obliged to mention that "What Happens in Vegas" was shown to me on a plane, and the only movie I have refused to watch on a plane is "Mad Money". I probably should have denied WHIV because I can never get those two hours back, but you win some, you lose some.
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Hi Mosa,
You know, what's interesting to me about your post here is that it actually highlights why a screenwriter, for example, needs a support posse. Because those movies you're dissing? Were really challenging to write and near impossible to get made. And maybe they aren't all the greatest movies ever, but they are accomplishments, and they are accomplishments to be proud of for what they are.
One's Fempire, or whatever anyone calls their group of friends, exists to support your work warts and all. To see the hard work and the accomplishments for what they are. To be honest with you about what worked and what didn't so you can learn and apply that earned knowledge to next time. Because it's a marathon out here.