Did I fall asleep? Since when is the pure horror genre driven by female audiences? And as for women not responding to Fox, is it that she's too sexy and beautiful for them, or (more likely) that she hasn't displayed a range and depth that makes them interested in anything she has to say on screen? I mean, there have been untold numbers of actresses over the years who've been classified as beautiful and sexy in the extreme, from Liz Taylor to Racquel Welch, from Pam Grier to Halle Berry. Such women have always found a female audience, depending on the roles they play. I think this is more the script and Fox's one-note facial expressions.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 1:39:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Megan Fox's Scary Box Office Problem >From Entertainment Weekly, October 9, 2009: "Jennifer's Body" deadly $6.8 million debut is attributed to Megan Fox's "sexy-beast" persona proving off-putting to women, without whom a horror movie don't stand a chance. "The genre is driven by the female audience, and I don't know that girls relate to her," says the executive. "Megan leads with pure, raw sexuality, and for girls it's a turnoff." Fox's drawing power will be tested again with next summer's western "Jonah Hex," aimed at her core: young guys. "If I were cutting the "Hex" trailer," says a studio strategist, "I'd make sure she was in as much of it as possible - in compromising positions." I imagine it would do even better if she could be raped during the movie. ~(no)rave!
