'What kept me sighing throughout LongShot was Hollywood once again having a little fun with the notion of a woman in or pursuing a position of power that no woman has achieved yet—Given the current state of affairs, it’s not that funny anymore' marymacTV
and raced off to my local theater on Friday morning for a little technically job-related escape.
No, what kept me tensely sighing throughout the film was the sight of Hollywood once again having a little fun with the notion of a woman in or pursuing a position of power — president, vice president, late-night host — that no woman hasOnce upon a time, the merest glimpse of a woman in any such role felt progressive, even if the character was a monster. The female leaders of “24,” “Prison Break,” and “Homeland” were just as rotten and corrupt as the men they replaced , but that was fine.
Maybe it felt a little weird to have a show making fun of a female vice president when no actual female vice president has ever existed, but at the time — Obama was in office with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state — such a thing at least seemed possibleAnd sure, Selina Meyer’s endless assortment of sleeveless body-con dresses may have intensified some of the issues the show appeared to be satirizing — that for women, it’s not enough to be vice president; perfectly toned arms and no visible...
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