For women, cinema is (and has always been) a medium of limited characters.
With the new trend of female reboots and remakes, it looks like we're slowly getting there in terms of accurate reperesentation and character diversity - only because these roles used to be written for men, of course.
But for now, it's the same 13 or so stock types of characters over and over again... And you know what? We're sick of it.
The 13 Types Of Female Characters In Film And TV
Because we all know every single black female on this planet is a sassy diva, right?
1 of 13HBOThe Angry Black Woman - Example: Cookie in Empire. Because we all know every single black female on this planet is a sassy diva, right? RIGHT?
2 of 13LionsgateThe Mighty Warrior - Example: Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. She’s strong, she’s independent, but she’s also a little bit of a bitch. Her biggest weakness is men. Of course everything has to revolve around men…
3 of 13Fox/Comedy CentralThe Cat Lady - Example: Gayle in Bob’s Burgers. She’s been single for years because she’s (cat) crazy. Either that or she’s a lesbian. There’s no other explanation.
4 of 13DisneyThe Bad Witch - Example: Maleficent. She’s pure evil because of her traumatic past that more often than not involves a man. There’s nothing we can do to save her now.
5 of 13Warner Bros.The Smart One - Example: Hermione Granger in Harry Potter. She’s intelligent and saves everyone’s ass all the time, but do they thank her? NO! Instead, she’s keep being objectified and told that she won’t find a man if continues to be so stubborn.
6 of 13DisneyThe Damsel in Distress - Example: Sleeping Beauty. A beautiful, noble lady who is literally incapable of doing anything in life.
7 of 13DisneyThe Gorgeous Geek - Example: Mia in The Princess Diaries. She takes off her glasses and all of a sudden people realise she’s been beautiful all along. It’s like Hannah Montana, but for visually impaired men.
8 of 1320th Century FoxThe Femme Fatal - Example: Jane Smith in Mr and Ms Smith. A cut-throat bitch who lusts after a man and nothing will stop her until she gets him because the society failed her and now she thinks that’s what her purpose in life is - to “hunt” for a man.
9 of 13The CWThe Girl Next Door - Example: Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls. A super chill and down to earth girl, much like Jennifer Lawrence. Everything she does is Relatable (TM).
10 of 13FoxThe Tragic Lady Homo - Example: Alex in The O.C. She finds out she’s gay, she gets with the girl she likes, she dies. Alternatively, the girl of her dreams dumps her for a dude. Yay, heteronormativity!
11 of 13DisneyThe Tomboy - Example: Mulan. She’s not like other girls, obvs. More often than not, she’s into some sort of sport or physical activity. How unladylike…
12 of 13Warner Bros.The Popular Girl - Example: Regina George in Mean Girls. Everyone knows her, everyone fears her. She needs to be mean. That’s just the way it has to be, right?
13 of 13The CWAnd of course, The Drama Queen - Example: Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl. Things just have to be her way, full stop! She’s also the one men call crazy after a break up.
Related: 20 Unnecessary Movie Remakes
20 Unnecessary Movie Remakes
The 2005 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a joke.
1 of 20Warner Bros.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The beginning of the end for Johnny Depp.
2 of 20Paramount PicturesVanilla Sky - Tom Cruise ruins literally everything, always.
3 of 20Warner Bros.Godzilla - Hollywood has an exceptional talent to ruin good foreign films by remaking them.
5 of 20DisneyFreaky Friday - Sure, Lindsay Lohan is bae, but nothing beats the original movie.
6 of 20DisneyArthur - We blame Russell Brand for this one.
7 of 2020th Century FoxThe Omen - Now, this one isn’t *terrible* per se. But there is nothing that modern film-making has brought to this film to make it stand out against the original. It was completely unnecessary.
8 of 20SonyThe Pink Panther - This prequel to the Pink Panther series was an abomination. No one expected it to be *that* bad, let’s be honest.
9 of 20DisneyGone in 60 Seconds - Is it entertaining? Sure. But it’s so, so shallow. Cage’s character has absolutely no personality.
10 of 2020th Century FoxPlanet of the Apes - This "re-imagining" of Planet of the Apes could have used some imagination.
11 of 2020th Century FoxFantastic Four - A slap in the face for comic fans. Why did they use so very little of the actual comics?
12 of 20Disney101 Dalmatians - Without Glenn Close, this movie would be a disaster. With Glen Close, this film is just flat.
13 of 20MGMFame - Tons of homogeneous talent and absolutely no character development. Just… WHY?
14 of 20Warner Bros.Poseidon - And absolute snoozefest. Apparently $160 million doesn't buy a good script.
15 of 20DisneyAround the World in 80 Days - Decent entertainment, but extremely forgettable. *cough* Unlike the original *cough*.
16 of 20Screen GemsProm Night - A title-only 'remake' that pulls out every cliché in the slasher handbook.
17 of 20Dimension FilmsPiranha 3D - Girls gone wild with a few CGI fish thrown in. Talk about male gaze.
18 of 20Paramount PicturesDinner for Schmucks - The original French version is one of the funniest movies ever made. Steve Carrell simply couldn’t handle the legacy.
19 of 20Columbia PicturesKarate Kid - From the beginning to the end, this movie really talks down to its audience.
20 of 20FocusPride and Prejudice - THE 1995 VERSION WITH COLIN FIRTH 4 LYFE.
