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The tide is turning. Ghostbusters has been re-made. A reboot, by director Paul Feig, features four fantastic ghostbusting babes: Kristen Wiig (whom Feig directed in Bridesmaids), Melissa McCarthy (of Feig?s Spy), Kate McKinnon (SNL?s secret weapon for the last couple of years), and Leslie Jones (in Trainwreck and whose comedy resume goes back further than all the rest). Sounds fantastic, no"
Well, not to some fan boys out there. The movie promotion began about a year ago and its bold cast of ladies has been forced to stare down an abyss of misogyny from the get-go. The backlash began with Ghostbuster fanboys waging an all-out internet war against the new movie, starting with giving its trailer nearly a million thumbs down on YouTube in a weird cyber-attempt to depress enthusiasm and sales. Despite Hollywood?s thriving history with remakes, there are vocal complaints that one will ruin the original and could ruin Ghostbro childhoods. Melissa McCarthy?s response in The New York Times crystallizes why we love her and want to hang out with her all day: ?I think their childhood was pretty much ruined already. If this broke it, it was pretty fragile to begin with. It is good to remember, it is a tiny, tiny fraction that screams. Normal, healthy people don?t stand outside, saying, ?You?re ruining my childhood!?
According to The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, females comprised only “22% of protagonists in the top 10...