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pairustwo t1_j24igef wrote

Reply to comment by nmirandag_hn in Is it true the women in THE A TEAM were fired because the lead actor wanted an All Male cast? by Lili_Danube

What? Is that not true?

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[deleted] t1_j24jbqg wrote

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sweetpeapickle t1_j24zmks wrote

You do understand they are human beings as well? It's not being "woke" just because these are characters. They're showing up more, because they were not used like they should have been in the past. Being regulated to the slave, the maid, non-existent sexual preference, etc means being underused because they were deemed lower by some people.

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AgentElman t1_j24l56t wrote

If you think that's bad - release a movie without men in the main cast and see the uproar that results. Ghostbusters, Ocean's 8, etc.

Suddenly not having representation matters when it is men not being included.

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metametapraxis t1_j25w6ff wrote

I think most of the backlash against those movies (particularly Ghostbusters) was that they were absolutely terrible movies.

GB, for instance, didn't fail because of sexism -- it failed because of absolutely horrible writing and performances.

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datarulesme t1_j24lclz wrote

All i was saying was that it would be possible for women to be in the show, because of this fact. Your original statement accounted for getting rid of the women in the show because women weren't in the Vietnam war; they were so that's not a logical reason anymore... they could've connected her to the platoon via some historically accurate role played by women in the war ? Just a conversation pls don't go off

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