Largest Script Analysis Ever Breaks Down Over 2,000 Scripts by Gender and Age

Even movies that are ostensibly female-focused like Mulan ended up having a majority of male lines. One could make the argument that since Mulan is the only female character for the majority of the film, it might make sense, but the interesting thing is that her co-star, Mushu, had 50% more lines than she did. As well, the folks behind the analysis acknowledge that it’s not exactly perfect; these are statistics based on analysis of the screenplay, which doesn’t necessarily reflect the final product. Thus, there’s perhaps a bit of a margin of error involved. Read More…