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Or at least thats what they used to say once upon a time. Only some grumpy old men hold on to the notion.
But that notion has changed completely, and I believe a certain lady Tina Fey has a lot to do with it. I just finished reading Tina Fey's book "Bossy Pants" and man that woman is amazing. Every time I learn more about her, I fall in love with her more. When I saw Mean Girls and heard she wrote it, I knew she was an incredible, intelligent and witty woman. And she's grown leaps and bounds since then. Her Sarah Palin sketches truly catapulted her to fame.
But there's a lot more to her. In her book she humorously discusses everything - growing up nerdy and unattractive, being a virgin too long, being a working mom and being a woman in a man's world. When Tina Fey started writing for SNL, the show was an old boys club dominated by male comedians. But things have changed dramatically in the past ten years. Women have made an impact for being very funny and popular. Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannong, Kristen Wiig, the list of women carving out successful careers keeps growing.
As a pretty blond girl Amy could have played the stereotypical dumb blond chick and tried to woo the male audiences, but she insisted on being different and breaking the rule. Kristen Wiig broke away from the stereotypical chick flick, breaking away from the dainty, pretty, held together dream woman and wasn't embarrassed to play a woman who is perpetually in awkward, desperately and perpetually in crisis mode. These women made awkward, nerdy, geeky, messy all become sexy again.
And you no longer have to be a drop dead gorgeous diva to be famous and popular either. Melissa McCarthy took cinema by storm in Bridesmaids and is still going strong. Recently Australian import Rebel Wilson charmed audiences as Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect.
Despite the airbrushing, the photoshopping, the be skinny messages from glamor magazines - these women continue to defy the pretty girl stereotypes and encourage women to be whoever they are and have fun with it. When Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Katniss in Hunger Games, some critics commented on her lingering baby fat and that she was not skinny or starving enough for the role. But look at how far she has come now!
To tie it to Bollywood we've had funny women in Bollywood. Some of our actresses have also had great sense of humor. But they have always been pushed to the background or sidelines as caricatures. And everyday I see Bollywood casting directors searching for the most skinniest, most exotic, most sexy looking bombshell for their next flick - case in point Sunny Leone. Even women with some semblance of clout like Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone are reduced to mere mannequins who simply have to look pretty and romance a hero - instead of something substantial. Barring Vidya Balan and Sridevi in English Vinglish very rare is it to see good female roles.
So after all that rambling...I'm just wondering when women in Bollywood will change. I'm wondering when the next Tina Fey or Amy Poehler will come by and bend the stereotypes. I wonder when a woman will say - I am more than a pretty face or a dumb bimbo - I am smart, funny, sexy and can carry on a film just as good as any man.
But that notion has changed completely, and I believe a certain lady Tina Fey has a lot to do with it. I just finished reading Tina Fey's book "Bossy Pants" and man that woman is amazing. Every time I learn more about her, I fall in love with her more. When I saw Mean Girls and heard she wrote it, I knew she was an incredible, intelligent and witty woman. And she's grown leaps and bounds since then. Her Sarah Palin sketches truly catapulted her to fame.
But there's a lot more to her. In her book she humorously discusses everything - growing up nerdy and unattractive, being a virgin too long, being a working mom and being a woman in a man's world. When Tina Fey started writing for SNL, the show was an old boys club dominated by male comedians. But things have changed dramatically in the past ten years. Women have made an impact for being very funny and popular. Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannong, Kristen Wiig, the list of women carving out successful careers keeps growing.
As a pretty blond girl Amy could have played the stereotypical dumb blond chick and tried to woo the male audiences, but she insisted on being different and breaking the rule. Kristen Wiig broke away from the stereotypical chick flick, breaking away from the dainty, pretty, held together dream woman and wasn't embarrassed to play a woman who is perpetually in awkward, desperately and perpetually in crisis mode. These women made awkward, nerdy, geeky, messy all become sexy again.
And you no longer have to be a drop dead gorgeous diva to be famous and popular either. Melissa McCarthy took cinema by storm in Bridesmaids and is still going strong. Recently Australian import Rebel Wilson charmed audiences as Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect.
Despite the airbrushing, the photoshopping, the be skinny messages from glamor magazines - these women continue to defy the pretty girl stereotypes and encourage women to be whoever they are and have fun with it. When Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Katniss in Hunger Games, some critics commented on her lingering baby fat and that she was not skinny or starving enough for the role. But look at how far she has come now!
To tie it to Bollywood we've had funny women in Bollywood. Some of our actresses have also had great sense of humor. But they have always been pushed to the background or sidelines as caricatures. And everyday I see Bollywood casting directors searching for the most skinniest, most exotic, most sexy looking bombshell for their next flick - case in point Sunny Leone. Even women with some semblance of clout like Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone are reduced to mere mannequins who simply have to look pretty and romance a hero - instead of something substantial. Barring Vidya Balan and Sridevi in English Vinglish very rare is it to see good female roles.
So after all that rambling...I'm just wondering when women in Bollywood will change. I'm wondering when the next Tina Fey or Amy Poehler will come by and bend the stereotypes. I wonder when a woman will say - I am more than a pretty face or a dumb bimbo - I am smart, funny, sexy and can carry on a film just as good as any man.
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