David O Russell - On writing American Hustle
SSN: The women in American Hustle are great characters, not just eye candy. Are you both conscious of how you write the female roles? Singer: I don’t think in terms of gender as I do characters that are true to life, true to me, with a lot of heart and striving for something. David is really gifted at dimensionalizing all of that and bringing out this exuberance and heart in all of these characters. Russell: I see the women as a nuclear resource. That was [part of the] reinve
Scathing report on diversity in Film and TV
Just when you thought it was safe to be hopeful again, here comes another reality check. The Bunche Center at UCLA has released its annual "Hollywood Diversity Report" to remind us that we're still nowhere near where we should be in terms of gender and racial diversity. Researchers examined 172 theatrical films released in 2011 and 1061 TV shows aired during the 2011-12 season on six broadcast and 62 cable networks, eloquently explaining their reasoning as follows: "When medi
