Horst_In_Translation Review of Leading Lady Parts

Leading Lady Parts (2018 TV Short)

How much racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination can you fit into under 10 minutes?

[4/10 · 19 August 2018]

I assume that given the subject, the title of this 10-minute BBC production "Leading Lady Parts" is not a coincidence, but a play on words, admittedly not a very clever or funny one to be honest. And that problem exists from start to finish during Jessica Swale's short film here. The contents and references attracted many fairly well-known actresses (and one actor) like Oscar nominee Felicity Jones or Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey from Game of Thrones. We basically get to watch a casting session where the leading lady for an upcoming movie is picked and all the ones who want the part are discriminated against by those in charge of making the decision because of their age, weight, lack of sexiness, looks in general, skin color etc. Okay the coffee part was mildly funny with the Black Panther reference, but that was basically it. Definitely not enough, not even for under 10 minutes, it is roughly 7.5 without the credits. The one shining light was Catherine Tate who makes this ook more like a casting show than a job interview if you want to call it like that. It makes fun of the problems and issues that exist when it comes to casting female characters, but never really gets to the bottom of it all, if that is even possible for such a brief movie. But a better achievement than this movie sure would have been possible. I think you should skip the watch here, unless you are an avid supporter of the #metoo-movement. Then this could very well be exactly to your liking. Everybody else watch something else instead.