Thursday, March 3, 2016

Ghostbusters – Now Women On the Job

In an article entitled "5 Times the New 'Ghostbusters' trailer destroyed the patriarchy," USA Today brings us the trailer for the all-female version of the classic movie, to be released this summer.

Who you gonna call? The all-female new Ghostbusters team.

"Goodness gracious it is everything we hoped and dreamed for. In addition to being incredibly hilarious and visually on point, the trailer is also unabashedly proud of its four female leads and the feminism it is espousing."

With Hollywood feeling the pressure to move away from believing that good movies have to be about young white heterosexual men and their fantasies of violence, here is one alternative.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/03/03/ghostbusters-trailer-destroys-patriarchy-melissa-mccarthy-paul-feig-kristen-wiig-leslie-jones-kate-mckinnon-chris-hemsworth/81258406/