The Lego Batman Movie is a worldwide box office smash – but have the filmmakers delved too much into the character’s more ‘toxic’ elements?
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Articles on Women in film
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New research on gendered roles in top-grossing movies has found that 83% of characters in family films with a STEM career are men.
Women are underrepresented in the film industry, but it’s not their fault. New research analyses the system that ensures male dominance and identifies the ‘gender offenders’: men who work predominantly with men.
Scary moments with a wider social message.
More mothers and older women working in the industry can balance how women are represented onscreen.
It’s time for a new Bond – what about a woman? Two academics debate the cultural implications of changing the spy’s gender.
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Chair of Academic Board, Victoria University
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Hon Research Fellow in Poetry and Theatre studies, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia
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Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Professor, Screen and Media, Flinders University, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Screen and Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Film Studies, University of Leicester
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University of Winchester
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