Reed Morano and Olivia Wilde’s ‘Meadowland’ Challenges Hollywood Sexism

The partnership between Morano and Wilde is unusual in Hollywood. When you think of silver-screen duos, it’s usually a bromance: the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. Even brilliant female-male partnerships, such as Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar, or Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, often leave women relegated to the role of the muse, rather than an equal. Of course, sexism has been Hollywood’s open secret since before the talkies. Women in all aspects of the film industry are paid less and have fewer opportunities than their male counterparts, and that difficulty is exacerbated as women hit the dreaded age of 40. Read More…