Hollywood is remaking male buddy movies with all-women casts – but the fact the opposite trick wouldn’t work shows masculinity is movies’ default setting Hollywood has suddenly decided that the key to promoting diversity while ensuring safe box office is to gender-swap aged movies. In 2016,the remade Ghostbusters will replace Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, or Harold Ramis with Melissa McCarthy,Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon. An Ocean’s 11 reboot will replace George Clooney with Sandra Bullock, or the male team of heist specialists with a female team of heist specialists.
There are tons of other classics which could easily be retooled in the same fashion. Reservoir Dogs is another male bro heist drama which could switch to female sis heist drama. This is Spinal Tap could bear an all-female band. Star Wars,Fellowship of the Ring, The Untouchables, or The Guns of Navarrone … there are countless movies with men teaming up to be manly together.
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Source: theguardian.com