Obvious points: 1. Female leads have basically not increased since the 50s. 2. No year has ever had more than 25% female majority movies.
Using the IMDB data set, I plotted what % of movies had a female lead, and what % had a majority female cast (3/5 top billing) since 1950.pic.twitter.com/k5lle91JN2
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3. It does not, in fact, appear as though feminists have taken over Hollywood quite yet.
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Here is the chart with romance included, for the people who thought I was doing some kind of bamboozle:pic.twitter.com/GESOmQ2PEy
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Accidentally swapped lead/majority %s, but you get the point. I excluded it because more women in romance movies isn't a sign of anything.
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Why exclude romance?
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Romance movies almost always have a man and woman as the two leads. Wouldn't want to show more women if romance movies just got more popular
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because romance will always (unless lgbt movies somehow become more popular) have an equal number of male and female leads...
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"...but the SJWs!"
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Romance has been excluded, but why not make dominated genres like action too?
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…excluding the genre that has more female leads than any other. You, sir, are a liar.
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