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BBC drama king screenwriter behind War and Peace and Pride and Prejudice claims women bosses [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 23, 2018 | Chris Hastings

Posted on 12/23/2018 2:46:15 AM PST by C19fan

In his illustrious 50-year career, screenwriter Andrew Davies has forged a formidable reputation for creating strong female characters. But now he says he is not allowed to make his women anything but feisty – by the powerful female executives who run television. Davies, who is known for adaptations of classics such as Pride And Prejudice and War & Peace, says bosses want to see an image of themselves projected on screen, and veto any 'droopy, soppy' girls he wants to pen.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: andrewdavies; brexit; censor; despotism; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; feminazism; feminism; metoo; orwelliannightmare; practices; prideandprejudice; standards; theresamay; thoughtcontrol; unitedkingdom; warandpeace
Feminism ruins everything.
1 posted on 12/23/2018 2:46:15 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Ideological rigidity can ruin anything.


2 posted on 12/23/2018 3:58:28 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Schumer delenda est.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Being rigid is a good thing, but see your doctor if it lasts for more than four hours.


3 posted on 12/23/2018 4:05:52 AM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: C19fan

Feminazism was never about “equality”. NOW was established to “take away his power”.

Of course feminazis want agitprop to achieve that end. Tune in and drop out. The dominant media culture hates you, your values, your faith, your history, your politics, your ethnicity, and in some cases your sex.


4 posted on 12/23/2018 4:41:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committtee)
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To: a fool in paradise

“The dominant media culture hates you”

Why let the left own all the media outlets and movie companies?

There is enough money on the right to create our own outlets and even movie companies.

You lose by default if you don’t get in the fight.


5 posted on 12/23/2018 5:06:01 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Yes. Same is true for every industry practically.


6 posted on 12/23/2018 5:22:20 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: C19fan

Andrew Davies has a proven track record of being excellent at what he does. His female bosses need to back off and let him do what they hired him to do.

If Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskill or the Bronte sisters created “soppy” female characters, who do these “female bosses” think they are to try to have them changed?


7 posted on 12/23/2018 6:04:23 AM PST by Cecily
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To: C19fan

BBC radio and TV is targeted at women and minorities exclusively. Literate muslim women must feel right at home.


8 posted on 12/23/2018 7:25:39 AM PST by fision
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To: C19fan

Women love to watch their female action heroes in the movies delivering beatdowns to every male opponent they happen upon... and that’s fine... until they start believing what they watch is true rather than fantasy.


9 posted on 12/23/2018 7:26:34 AM PST by fso301
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To: Cecily
Andrew Davies has a proven track record of being excellent at what he does.

He does. He's also written some clunkers like the 21 century remakes of Brideshead Revisited and A Room With a View. His lady bosses ought to be telling him not to remake things if he can't improve them.

10 posted on 12/23/2018 7:40:03 AM PST by x
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To: C19fan

I love watching British dramas and mysteries. Every one of the detective shows has a female in charge.


11 posted on 12/23/2018 11:17:54 AM PST by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: CondorFlight

100 years of America’s intellectual publishing and distribution rights are owned by liberal corporations.

Disney wasn’t founded as a homofascist advocacy liberal upstart but tgat is what it is today.

They reep billions every year without having to create any new content. And even then they want tax breaks from Uncle Sam.

They are monopolies. Compete if you want. You’ll still be denied distribution and advertisers. Membership in your site may be grounds for termination.

The head of Firefox-Mozilla was fired for legally donating his own dollars to the Prop 8 campaign in California. That ballot initiative passed with popular support, the IRS illegally leaked the donors list and he wad hounded out of his job.


12 posted on 12/23/2018 11:20:06 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committtee)
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