Meryl Streep on Sexism in Hollywood
Posted: February 26th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: discrimination, film, inspiring women, media, sexism, television | Tags: hollywood, invisibility, oscars, sexism | No Comments »
From ABC News:
“Three of the nominated films this year have 26 men and one woman [in featured roles] — ‘Slumdog [Millionaire]‘ and ‘Milk,’ and ‘Frost/Nixon.’ You know, we accept it. It’s not unusual. But we would go nuts if three of the nominated films had 26 women and one man. It would be a very, very unusual thing.
“We’re still not telling everybody’s story in our country and that’s where we are,” she said.
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