Going 'Overboard': Hollywood's glut of gender-swap remakes

Yahoo ^ | June 5, 2018 | Staff

[C19fan]

From the polarizing "Ghostbusters" remake to the controversy over female versions of James Bond and Doctor Who, Hollywood's proclivity for gender-swapped retreads is among its most enduring and contentious.

The trend -- seen as empowering or annoying, depending on who you ask -- is getting fresh attention with "Ocean's 8" due for release on Friday, "Overboard" still in theaters and "What Men Want" coming out in January.

[ek_hornbeck]

The most absurd feminist gender-swap adaptation that I've ever come across was a recent film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest with a Prospera instead of a Prospero.

[Noumenon]

Are you as tired as I am of the relentless flood of mixed race couples in commercials?

[spintreebob]

Daughters of Katie Elder?
My 3 daughters?