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Charlize Theron CALLS OUT Golden Globes for snubbing female directors; Here's what she said
Charlize Theron recently slammed Golden Globes for snubbing female directors. Read on to know more.
Charlize Theron has slammed the Golden Globes for the lack of female director nominees. The 77th award ceremony sparked controversy when five men, including Bong Joon-ho for Parasite, Sam Mendes for 1917, Todd Phillips for Joker, Martin Scorsese for The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood were nominated. The backlash was a result of snubbing the liked of Little Women’s Greta Gerwig, Hustlers’ Lorene Scafaria and The Farewell’s Lulu Wang from the category.
Asserting that it is a tough fight for women out there, the actress said that it is very frustrating when even after having such a great year and creating great content, women are not recognised. “It’s tough. It’s really, really tough. And I think it gets really frustrating when we have to remember that women directors, especially, are just trying to get their numbers up. They represent 10% of our directors in the industry, and when you have a good year like we had this year with such great work, it is incredibly frustrating,” she told LA Times.
The award for best director has only been won by a female once, in 77 years -- by Barbra Streisand in 1984 for Yentl. Before and since then, the honor has only been extended to male directors. The women hardly make it to the nominations. In addition to this, fans also flooded the social media platforms by criticising Golden Globes for ignoring the likes of Game Of Thrones, two serials who have done exceptionally well during their run and according to their massive fan following, were eligible to get a nomination.
