Top writer says woke Hollywood's obsession with 'smug, mean and reductive' female characters who

Top writer says woke Hollywood's obsession with 'smug, mean and reductive' female characters who never show a softer side is ruining movies like The Marvels...as latest movie in superhero franchise tanks

Hollywood's recent obsession with 'smug and mean' characters is ruining movies including the disappointing box-office draw The Marvels, an author claims. Penned by Daily Beast contributor Fredrik deBoer, the piece claims the archetype is ruining releases such as The Marvels. As of Sunday, the film has reportedly raked in less than $40million at the box office - the lowest-ever for a film from Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. 'As Hollywood has made progress in representing women in genre films, the industry has also developed a grating tendency to write the same kind of female characters, a series of tired tropes that inevitably leave us with women who insult everyone, never betray the vulnerability that actual human beings possess, and drop tired joke after tired joke in lieu of real dialogue,' he wrote.