Good Girls Revolt
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Good Girls Revolt |
| Original title | Good Girls Revolt |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2015-2016 |
| Production company |
Sony Pictures Television |
| length | about 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 in 1 season |
| genre | Dramedy |
| production | Dana Calvo |
| music | Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks |
| Initial release | November 5, 2015 on Amazon Video |
First publication in German |
December 2, 2016 on Amazon Video |
| occupation | |
Good Girls Revolt is an American historical dramedy series based on the book The Good Girls Revolt by Lynn Povich and the lawsuit filed by Newsweek employees against their employer.
background
Good Girls Revolt is the fictionalization of a true story from 1970. At that time, 46 women filed a class action lawsuit against their employer Newsweek , one of the “big three” of opinion-forming English-language news magazines, for “systematic discrimination”. Lynch Povich, the author of the book on which the series is based, was one of these women and five years later rose to become the first woman to become executive editor of Newsweek. The legal representation was incumbent on Eleanor Holmes Norton (played by Joy Bryant on the series ), who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991 .
A leading role in the series is played by Nora Ephron (played by Grace Gummer ), who actually worked temporarily for Newsweek in the 1960s, but was not involved in and before the EEOC proceedings.
action
The USA in 1969: Responsibilities are clearly distributed in the editorial team of News of the Week magazine : the older men have the individual offices and the power, the younger men are the journalists and women only appear as researchers, one for each - of course male - editor. These teams compete with each other over stories, which are then distributed by the superiors as they see fit. But the female employees, to which Patti and Jane belong, no longer want to accept that. The changes that are taking hold in the USA are also affecting the editorial staff, as much as the gentlemen resist.
reception
Good Girls Revolt received consistently positive reception from critics, often comparing it to Mad Men and calling it the feminine variant of this series. On Rotten Tomatoes resulted with an average of 71% "Good Girls Revolt featuring a compelling true story, which is represented by a talented cast, although the series not yet reached, Mad Men 'Level." On Metacritic the result was a Metascore of 65, corresponding to “generally favorable reviews”.
“The series does not come close to the special atmosphere and detailed rhetoric ' Mad Mens '. 'Good Girls Revolt' is more colorful, faster and sometimes slips into clichés : At a New Year's Eve party, guests indulge in wild drug excesses and group sex. Andy Warhol walks through the picture - of course. But the strength of 'Good Girls Revolt' lies in the side stories of the protagonists . Your individual experiences with sexism at work, but also in your private life, are told. ... These little scenes characterize the series. "
"... a history lesson from the not too distant year 1970 that is well worth seeing. ... the complexity increases with each other, as we learn more and more about the characters, visit them at home, take part in their hopes and developments."
"The Amazon series tells a piece of journalism history."
"'Good Girls Revolt' tells about the time after 'Mad Men' - from journalists in New York in the early seventies."
“With Good Girls Revolt, you realize that there have always been many good reasons to consider the status quo to be the best of all possible conditions. Then as now, because the gravity of the existing is unfortunately not a historical phenomenon. And so the central question women at News of the Week have to ask themselves is very topical: does it pose more risks to a happy life to leave everything as it is, or is it more dangerous to force change? "
“Like 'Mad Men', 'Good Girls Revolt' shines in outfits and costumes and perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the late 1960s. ... The careful figure drawing by creator Dana Calvo prevents 'Good Girls Revolt' from revolving around intrigue or competition between the women who at first glance are archetypal. … 'Good Girls Revolt' succeeds in taking a snapshot of the women's movement of the late 1960s on the basis of a historical event and shows feminism as a community project that does not fight for itself in isolation, but rather intersects with other social movements. Produced with high quality and with a very good cast who act in an exciting narrative , it is hardly surprising that the first season was well received by critics and the audience. "
“A charming feminism story with cool sounds and great characters. ... Series creator Dana Calvo tells this story ... as an entertaining editorial drama that immerses the viewer in the lifestyle of the time: hippie parties, ladies in Audrey Hepburn look, rattling telex machines and chain-smoking journalists - plus there is background music that simply pleases wakes up to a retro party. 'Good Girls Revolt' serves - also with humor - topics that are still relevant today: in addition to the salary difference that still exists between men and women, this would be e.g. B. the question of how the magazine ... should be positioned in order to compete against newcomers like ' Rolling Stone '. "
“'Good Girls Revolt' is a totally strenuous history lesson. The series is very entertaining because it's not all that complex and populated with a bunch of characters that you can easily identify with. Their “developments” are in part rather template-like and predictable, and they also tend to explain the plot to the viewer so that the last person can check: 'HERE WOMEN ARE DISCRIMINATED'. Points are deducted for this - but plus points for the fact that the series manages not to portray 'the woman' as a poor, oppressed being and 'the man' as the greatest enemy of equality. "
occupation
| role | actor | Voice actor | Main role (season) |
Notes (with instructions for action) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patti Robinson | Genevieve Angelson | Maximiliane Häcke | 1.01–1.10 | 24-year-old hippie girl , which in the evening stoned the news looks and even during the day as a researcher in the newsroom of the News of the Week does not mince his words |
| Jane Hollander | Anna Camp | Mareile Moeller | 1.01–1.10 | Conservative blonde researcher in the News of the Week newsroom who realizes that marriage shouldn't be her only goal in life after all |
| Cindy Reston | Erin Darke | Marie-Isabel Walke | 1.01–1.10 | was given a year by her husband as a researcher in the newsroom of the News of the Week before he wanted to start a family with her and found that he perforated her diaphragm |
| Douglas "Doug" Rhodes | Hunter Parrish | Nicolás Artajo | 1.01–1.10 | originating from a wealthy family of young journalist of the News of the Week and friend of Patti |
| Evan Phinnaeus "Finn" Woodhouse | Chris Diamantopoulos | Jaron Lowenberg | 1.01–1.10 | As editor-in-chief of the News of the Week , he faces the challenge of presenting his magazine as innovative and interesting |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Joy Bryant | Anna Carlsson | 1.01–1.10 | young black lawyer , professor , activist and heavily pregnant, which encourages women not "Good Girls" to be more and the two-class society to bring the magazine to court |
| William 'Wick' McFadden | James Belushi | Joachim Tennstedt | 1.01-1.04, 1.07, 1.10 |
News of the Week newsroom boss |
| Nora Ephron | Grace Gummer | Julia Kaufmann | 1.01-1.05, 1.07 |
the newly hired researcher decides to leave the editorial office because she doesn't get a chance to write articles herself and thus triggers a chain reaction up to and including the EEOC procedure |
Episodes
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in English | German-language first broadcast | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | pilot | pilot | 5th November 2015 | 2nd December 2016 | Liza Johnson | Dana Calvo |
| 1.02 | Self-awareness | The Folo | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Scott Winant | Darlene Hunt |
| 1.03 | future | The futures | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Scott Winant | Darlene Hunt & Dana Calvo |
| 1.04 | Expenses | Out of pocket | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Dan Attias | Dana Calvo & Daniel Shattuck |
| 1.05 | New Year | The year-ender | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Gloria Muzio | Tracy McMillan & Dana Calvo |
| 1.06 | The strike | Strikethrough | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Minkie Spiro | Richard E. Robbins |
| 1.07 | The brilliant idea | Puff piece | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Daisy by Scherler Mayer | Bronwyn Garrity |
| 1.08 | test bench | Expose | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Roxann Dawson | Matt McGuinness |
| 1.09 | Deadline | Dateline | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Jennifer Getzinger | Darlene Hunt |
| 1.10 | The press conference | Newsser | October 28, 2016 | 2nd December 2016 | Scott Winant | Dana Calvo |
Web links
- Good Girls Revolt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Good Girls Revolt in the online movie database
- Good Girls Revolt at Fernsehserien.de
- Backstory for the film:
"Good Girls Revolt": The Feminist Legacy of a Newsweek Lawsuit . In: Newsweek , October 23, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timo Niemeier: Amazon finds a date for “Good Girls Revolt” . In: DWDL.de , October 31, 2016
- ↑ Evelyn Roll: In the cheap places it gets restless . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 4, 2017
- ^ Juliane Kipper: Daily editorial work under Chauvis . In: n-tv , October 27, 2016
- ↑ Newsweek agrees to end sex discrimination policy . In: The Register-Guard , Eugene (Oregon) , August 28, 1970
- ↑ a b Nadja Schlueter: Women are not allowed to write in this editorial office . In: Now , November 8, 2016.
- ↑ Reviews for Good Girls Revolt at Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Reviews for Good Girls Revolt at Metacritic
- ↑ Carolina Schwarz: Women at the typewriter . In: the daily newspaper , December 14, 2016.
- ↑ Andrea Diener: You just want to work. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , December 2, 2017.
- ↑ Karoline Meta Beisel: Little dolls in the pit . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 4, 2016.
- ↑ Series review: The very latest . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 2016 ( online ).
- ^ Marie Schmidt : Strike of the worker bees . In: Die Zeit , No. 49/2016.
- ↑ Maxi Braun: The right to write . In: Missy Magazine , December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Isabella Wallnöfer: Good girls ask before they revolt . In: Die Presse , November 5, 2016.