THE WEEK IN WOMEN: It’s Still a White Man’s Celluloid World – Brandy McDonnell comments

The dearth of female protagonists doesn’t represent the box-office success of women-led films. Still, “It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World” found that stats on female characters of color haven’t changed much, showing a slight increase in black female characters since last year, but no boost in Latina characters, and even fewer Asian females on screen. Samantha Bee, The Daily Show correspondent now launching her own late-night show, Full Frontal, offered a so-simple-it-just-might-work solution to Hollywood’s diversity problem: “Hire women and people of color.” Read how the studios stack up and other items of interest on THE WEEK IN WOMEN…