Comments on: Thor VS Bridesmaids http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828 As if these people didn't already have enough. Mon, 07 May 2012 20:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mari http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828&cpage=1#comment-26294 mari Tue, 24 May 2011 02:12:26 +0000 http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828#comment-26294 I think there's a gender parity among my friends with pretty extreme political beliefs, conspiracy theories and everything. Maybe you're not paying attention. I think there’s a gender parity among my friends with pretty extreme political beliefs, conspiracy theories and everything. Maybe you’re not paying attention.

]]> By: Peter Brandon http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828&cpage=1#comment-26290 Peter Brandon Fri, 20 May 2011 17:08:56 +0000 http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828#comment-26290 Conspiracy theories haven't been a big thing with my women friends that I've surveyed so far. And they have been too nice to swear at me for asking. I don't think they're familiar with the Bechdel test, which is why I thought I'd ask you. I wasn't asking about conventional politics - like the issues in this recent election, where I've had a lot of mixed gender discussion. Which wacko theories did your mostly female office discuss? Was there a birther (something I find particularly peculiar from a Canadian)? Since the election was prior to Bin Laden's death that would not have come up, like MR. Mulcair's comments. Was there somebody who thought that the CIA or Israelis brought down the twin towers? In order for this sort of conversation to take place, there has to be somebody who buys into one of these oddball theories AND somebody passionate enough about historical accuracy and professional journalism to care to challenge them. Something that is fairly rare regardless of gender. Conspiracy theories haven’t been a big thing with my women friends that I’ve surveyed so far. And they have been too nice to swear at me for asking.

I don’t think they’re familiar with the Bechdel test, which is why I thought I’d ask you.

I wasn’t asking about conventional politics – like the issues in this recent election, where I’ve had a lot of mixed gender discussion. Which wacko theories did your mostly female office discuss? Was there a birther (something I find particularly peculiar from a Canadian)? Since the election was prior to Bin Laden’s death that would not have come up, like MR. Mulcair’s comments. Was there somebody who thought that the CIA or Israelis brought down the twin towers?

In order for this sort of conversation to take place, there has to be somebody who buys into one of these oddball theories AND somebody passionate enough about historical accuracy and professional journalism to care to challenge them. Something that is fairly rare regardless of gender.

]]> By: mari http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828&cpage=1#comment-26288 mari Thu, 19 May 2011 20:22:11 +0000 http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828#comment-26288 Holy shit, Peter! Women so totally discuss politics and wacko theories. I worked for Elections Canada, a mostly female office, and we were all up in that shit. Do you even know any women? You should. We're nice. Holy shit, Peter! Women so totally discuss politics and wacko theories. I worked for Elections Canada, a mostly female office, and we were all up in that shit. Do you even know any women? You should. We’re nice.

]]> By: Peter Brandon http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828&cpage=1#comment-26287 Peter Brandon Thu, 19 May 2011 18:33:40 +0000 http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=828#comment-26287 Nice timing of you to mention the Bechdel test. I'm taking Fava's Video Kitchen course right now. The project for the course is a five minute short and part of my script at the moment (it hasn't survived the review process, yet) involves two people in a restaurant discussing the JFK assassination - one a conspiracy buff and one who believes that Oswald acted alone. This is partially based on my own debates over the years with a (male) friend who is convinced that some combination of Cubans and Russians did it. I was thinking of casting the two debaters as male because that's based on my experience. However, I have the impression that this seems to be a guy thing. When I look at the bibliography of one of the books I have on the subject, it is overwhelmingly male. I wouldn’t mind casting women in these roles; as a student project, I’d take the best acting I could get, but I don’t think that it is something that women discuss. Have you ever observed such a discussion with women participants? For instance, have you indulged in a chat with some women over coffee about all the wacko theories flying around about Bin Laden? Nice timing of you to mention the Bechdel test. I’m taking Fava’s Video Kitchen course right now. The project for the course is a five minute short and part of my script at the moment (it hasn’t survived the review process, yet) involves two people in a restaurant discussing the JFK assassination – one a conspiracy buff and one who believes that Oswald acted alone.
This is partially based on my own debates over the years with a (male) friend who is convinced that some combination of Cubans and Russians did it.
I was thinking of casting the two debaters as male because that’s based on my experience. However, I have the impression that this seems to be a guy thing. When I look at the bibliography of one of the books I have on the subject, it is overwhelmingly male.
I wouldn’t mind casting women in these roles; as a student project, I’d take the best acting I could get, but I don’t think that it is something that women discuss. Have you ever observed such a discussion with women participants? For instance, have you indulged in a chat with some women over coffee about all the wacko theories flying around about Bin Laden?

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