#GAReads | How Hollywood's male power players can step up and be allies to women
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“How Hollywood's male power players can step up and be allies to women”:
Hollywood women fed up with their pitiful numbers behind the cameras have long agitated for more power. Now, more of the men with clout in showbiz have joined the cause.
They include men like Paul Feig, 58, whose career includes stints as an actor, producer, writer and director in a long list of successful films and TV shows, from "Freaks and Geeks" to the 2016 reboot of "Ghostbusters."
Contrary to assumptions, Feig says Hollywood is not a town scheming to shut out women; it's just clueless, maybe lazy and deeply risk-averse because so much money is at stake. When the mostly white male powers-that-be are deciding who gets to, say, direct or write a film, their first thought is someone they already worked with – usually another white male.