I bet kathleen kennedy is pretty sick
and tired of being asked about women and
Star Wars both in front of the camera
and behind the camera in fact I'm sure
she's sick and tired of it because their
answers are getting pretty salty
however I also think her answers are
missing formed and detrimental to women
in this area both in terms of the
working in the film industry and
blockbuster film making and also women
as fans of this material so as a woman
hello woman hello Kathleen as a fellow
woman who professionally reports on film
and also enjoys it as a consumer I've
decided to make this video in response
to two of our most recent comments about
women in Star Wars because I think we'll
Kathleen Kathleen Kennedy without that
with I don't know Kathleen Kennedy I
should be respectful
I think that while kathleen kennedy
think she's part of the solution
I think she's quickly becoming in fact
part of the problem
alright so part1 their chapter x in the
video description if you'd like to skip
to a specific part of this discussion
but where I want to start is why she's
getting ask these questions she seems
annoyed by it again but let me explain
why their right to be asked her first
off she has made to movie so far and
both of those movies have female leads
and both were bein switches right for
the whole ad campaign for the force
awakens it was then we're gonna have the
first Jedi you know lead character of
color and everyone was really excited
about it that was like surprised it's
ray and everyone went along with it
they're like Daisy releases Jim could
find Star Wars JJ Abrams and Kathleen
Kennedy but then with one they're like
oh it's gonna be a team film we're gonna
do like a whole like suicide squad Dirty
Dozen that's gonna be really exciting
right and they're like surprise
felicity jones is the star and everyone
was like wait a minute
also I think it doesn't help that Jenner
so seems constantly in a bed mood way
reinforce gender stereotype
it's kathleen kennedy and how women
can't work in a group but and was also
the only one in the group another bad
stereotype and especially a bad
stereotype when it comes to women in
film but that also behind the camera
she hasn't hired any women in prominent
positions sure during Star Wars
Celebration Kathleen Kennedy will try
out some story people and they see but
there they don't get really anywhere
near the exposure that the directors get
you don't get the feeling that women are
crafting the Star Wars story because
they certainly are their part of the
story team but I don't know their names
you know they should be happy you should
be able to know their names instantly
you should pick them out of a lineup
they should be part of the conversation
and therefore part of the promotion for
these films that also kathleen kennedy
is a top female executive and Hollywood
a business that has few top female exact
exact UTA's period and let's not forget
that promotion for her career she was
kind of like a glorified secretary to
steven spielberg sorry i had to say it
she mostly just like carried out Steven
Spielberg's wishes he needed a producer
she did it so for the first time in her
career
she's out front making major decisions
so you know fingers crossed that she
knows what she's doing Steven Spielberg
here to pick up the slack so I so she's
the first major female executive are one
of the few whose you know there have
been very few Amy Pascal look how that
turned out
all this isn't looking good for women
sharing landing was a famous one
they're far and few between and also
usually when they do work they make
women's films so she's a female
executive with tremendous power and it
working in a genre that's traditionally
male ah and that's very exciting i mean
remember when Diane Nelson was hired to
run DC Entertainment where the heck did
she go she still works there
just nobody talks better and she
apparently has no power also Victoria
Alonso over the MCU she wasn't the news
recently forced talking about wanting to
have more women working there but that's
only touch never been in the news so
it's it's frustrating because you know
so often woman get into these businesses
they have to really fight against being
again
glorified secretary is like you organize
everything and put cute little notes on
it and put it in binders and you know
being like the mom of of the of the
production right and in fact Mimi leader
won the first female directors of
blockbusters she was called but by
people on the crew they're like it's
like being on crew with your mom and
it's like I've never heard anyone say
when they work with you know Michael day
it's like being on set with your dad
right it's just it's a really bad
situation so that's why that's why
Kathleen Kennedy you know if you want to
be someone who forges a new path and be
on the front lines that also includes
being in the spotlight being asked lots
of questions about it
alright so here's how this is her
response so bad then I have PR I'm not
have PR people over there but perhaps
kathleen kennedy need someone assigned
specifically to her to bet these answers
so she says when it comes to more men
more male characters and in Star Wars so
she says I have a responsibility to the
company that I work with I don't feel
that I have a responsibility to cater in
some ways to these particular fans
I you know this is her speaking to The
New York Times i guess in reference it's
an article about felicity jones perhaps
some being like another female lead and
so Kathleen Kennedy goes into like major
I did the best defense is a good
offensive mode so she can take you
saying I would never just seized on
saying well this is a franchise that's
appeal primarily two men for many many
years and therefore I o men something
that is like the most insulting worst
comment and so so indicative voice so
many people don't want women working in
these in these areas of the business
that I'm shocked it so bad
so what oh my goodness where to begin
alright so first off you of course
oh the male fans something for what
they've done for star wars they built up
that those movies into the brand that it
is today anything brought all those toys
over the years
what do you think went to see all the
movies not just once but multiple times
anything read all the books and watched
all the animated series i mean there are
women who enjoy store
ours and they're more and more everyday
thanks to counseling Kennedy's efforts
but something that Kathleen Kennedy
needs to realize is that because this is
a bad business position to take as well
that while women do show up eventually
to watch these things they are at the
level of engagement engagement for the
most part as their male counterparts
right what do you think about midnight
on Sunday by Road won tickets mostly men
i'm gonna get women will show up late on
sunday or saturday or maybe a guy bought
tickets for them and there are some
women who are this engage myself be one
of them and I know many of you are as
well but you have to be honest with the
overall numbers and that the vast
majority of hardcore Star Wars fans are
men so the other thing i want to say
before i get to my my my conclusion on
this part is that kathleen kennedy also
needs to work against the stereotype of
the women are brought into these
situations they take everything over
this is a stigma with women and
everything before we can you invite a
woman into the group she will change the
group fundamentally to suit her needs
you will make it more girly
she will say everything has to you know
go to her this is with any I you know
you know different demographic by the
way it's one of the problems people
sometimes feels about with diversity in
terms of ethnicity as well that suddenly
everything but it's particularly bad
women i feel it suddenly everything has
to reflect the female perspective and
that's really bad and also I've seen
some very inspiring commercials of
little girls dressed as Star Wars
characters there was some great
halloween commercials with Ray costumes
from the force awakens to a great
duracell commercial little girl is
ginger so but in the same commercials
that really no boys playing so Star Wars
no longer a place where boys are welcome
it's no longer a fantasy world for them
to imagine as well
kathleen kennedy needs to to ruin she's
one of the first you know she fails
it'll give people that much more reason
to rethink hiring a woman to be in
charge of another big franchise later on
down the line right so Kathleen Kennedy
needs to be able to prove that she
doesn't take over star wars for women
but you know maintains the fan base and
does cater to that fan base but I just
expands upon it and caters to another
fan base as well I'm it's just
this idea of like revenge like to
cruelly turn on men particularly white
men and be like huh you know how you
know I'm let's see how you like it
I think that's a really bad way to go
you can see the political backlash
that's going on right now with that and
in regards to that I don't think the
entertainment industry wanted to come
over to their area that I would be very
concerned about that then I with female
directors this is something else that
she said you make me so angry kathleen
kennedy so Kathleen Kennedy said first
she was like okay I'm gonna find a woman
don't worry about it i'm on the hunt and
then she said okay well I looked and
none of the female directors that i
found had enough experience to handle a
major tentpole movie so we're gonna hold
off on that and that's just such an
insulting comment and such an idiot
miss informed and lazy comment again I
don't know where to begin
alright so first off patty Jenkins on
Wonder Woman she doesn't have any major
experience on blockbusters and so far
she seems to have done a very good job
right so we haven't seen that film but
still
so far so good right then also when you
have some recent male directors who have
come on to blockbusters with no
experience calling travel and jurassic
world
Jordan vogt-roberts anh khong Skull
Island re-inject ryan Johnson for Star
Wars Episode eight so are you saying
kathleen kennedy that male directors can
adapt to their to the new task at hand
but women directors can that is just so
incredibly insulting i think maybe what
she means is that there isn't a
mentality there isn't an affinity for
the for the for the genre i can see
maybe that argument being made but there
is a female director out there who knows
what she's doing
I mean there's some great women
directors working intelligence right now
I know Michelle Maclaren through with
her shot you know I'm like Hamilton
right she threw away her shot with a
wonder woman with some stupid
suggestions but that you know all the
time when you watch TV these days you'll
see the credits come up and you'll see
these women writers and directors
turning out great content that does not
seem like it was made by a woman so go
get one of them I it
just goes on and on of people of men
that can have worked have adapted to the
new their their new demands of a
blockbuster so women surely can as well
i'd also like to point out the Gareth
Edwards had experience with Godzilla he
went on to Road one and he needed major
reshoots so clearly it's the individual
classroom again for being a female
executive she really needs to know she
really needs to be a Kevin foggy
equivalent and of course she can have
her own distinct touch but it shouldn't
be gender-specific nobody should look at
a brand say a woman runs this you know
this is clearly the work of a woman it
should just be the work of a talented
individual so by the way I want to end
up saying that I do love with Star Wars
is doing in terms of diversity I think
it's very important for the industry and
maybe it's the only franchise that can
do it and so far so good but I think
they're pushing their luck a little bit
but we will see i rode one does seem to
be tracking crime quite well in terms of
box office but I think what's important
to remember is that diversity isn't just
the cast but we're also talking about a
diversity of leads you know lead
characters and so far star wars is just
white brunette
british women as the lead characters i
think that's really disappointing and
again I think that ostracizing white men
and some kind of revenge plot is really
short-sighted and that we should all be
working towards the ideal goal of
representation for everyone and that
does include you know caucasians and
also male Caucasians so i can't stress
this strongly enough and i think that if
we will you really want to get to a
place where everyone's excited about the
content that's coming out and feels good
about it it needs to you no
representation again I again I cannot
stress this enough representation isn't
just used in terms of in the past
under-represented groups representation
means everyone needs to be represented
and I think we're losing sight of that
is the society not just as in film
industry but as a society and that's
what we're running into some problems I
think we'd all be better off if we just
14 true representation across the board
so that's my thoughts on Kathleen
Kennedy and women
in Star Wars i'm curious to hear your
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