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‘Fast Color’ was snubbed by Hollywood’s white male gatekeepers because it doesn’t fit their worldview

In rejecting the limited portrayals of women as tools or objects of affection, a story that utilizes a male-centric genre to consider the supernatural and ordinary experiences of women is uninteresting to male gatekeepers who are out of touch.

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