The vast majority of movie critics turned out to be white men
The overwhelming majority of movie critics are white men. These are the results of a study conducted by the USC Annenberg ’ s Inclusion Initiative, cited by The Wrap. The largest aggregator of professional reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes portal, was used as a platform for the study. 19.5 thousand reviews were analyzed and it was found that only 22 percent of them were left by women, and the rest by men. 82 percent of reviewers were white. "Advertising, Marketing and Distribution departments in the moviemaking industry can quickly change this situation by making it easier for women and people of other races to review movies," said research team leader Dr. Stacy Smith. As for the reviews themselves, 63.2 percent of them were written by white men, 18.1 percent - by white women. In 20 percent of cases, the race and gender of the authors are not indicated or cannot be determined. Note that among the reviewers of the Kino News portal, the percentage is even more disappointing for representatives of other races, since the overwhelming majority of authors are white, mostly males. The Topic of Article: The vast majority of movie critics turned out to be white men. |
