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Producer Tweets Terrible Descriptions Of Women Characters In Real Scripts
Seems about right. (Photo by tobkatrina via Shutterstock)
A producer is tweeting all of the terrible, sexist descriptions of female characters he reads in actual screenplays. Producer Ross Putman started a new twitter account—@femscriptintros—that logs all the ridiculous descriptions he finds in real scripts.
In every tweet, he has changed the female character's name to Jane, but has otherwise left the description verbatim. Surprising no one, most are laughably focused on the character's looks.
Like:
JANE, 28, athletic but sexy. A natural beauty. Most days she wears jeans, and she makes them look good.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
JANE stands next to it (30's) dressed in a paramedic's uniform - blonde, fit, smokin' hot.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
A gorgeous woman, JANE, 23, is a little tipsy, dancing naked on her big bed, as adorable as she is sexy. *BONUS PTS FOR BEING THE 1ST LINE
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
Others convey the treacherous toll that being a just living "an actual life" can take on a woman's beauty.
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JANE is in her mid-30s and attractive, even now with dark semi-circles underlining her closed eyes.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
His wife JANE is making dinner and watching CNN on a small TV. She was model pretty once, but living an actual life has taken its toll.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
Though drop-dead beautiful, JANE (40) has the appearance of someone whose confidence has been shaken. She is a raw, sexual force, impeded.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
Others are hiding their beauty behind professionalism or drab clothes. But just wait until that part of the script where they take off their glasses and let down their hair, or where they have to go undercover at a fancy gala to learn more about a crime!
Like draping the Venus De Milo in a burlap dress, Jane’s sensational natural beauty fights through her plain blue Ann Taylor outfit.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
JANE (late 20s) sits hunched over a microscope. She’s attractive, but too much of a professional to care about her appearance.
— Ross Putman (@femscriptintros) February 10, 2016
This Twitter account pairs nicely with Some Lady Parts, a project from NYC-based actress Katrina Day that posts misogynistic casting calls.
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Does anyone else think "prototypical left-wing bitch" would make an excellent tattoo? #ladyparts #sexistbullshit pic.twitter.com/Un0Co5AP4Z
— Katrina Day (@katrinaoftheday) December 22, 2015
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