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The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.
Dale Spender, quoted by Anne Thériault in The real reason some men still can’t handle the all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ for The Daily Dot, via fette. See also. (via blech)
Chris Hemsworth joins Ghostbusters cast as receptionist – BBC News
Chris Hemsworth joins Ghostbusters cast as receptionist – BBC News
According to Variety, Australian actor Hemsworth originally passed on one of the film’s male roles as it was too small.
Sources told the industry website and magazine the part had since been “beefed up” after Sony worked on the script.
On one hand this mildly worries me. On the other hand… you mean a male role in a movie was too small? Oh darn.