By Natalie Issa Even before the new Ghostbusters film premiered, it received a dizzying amount of backlash. Like, a crazy amount. All you have to do is scroll on the trailers comments to see how much...
“To all those 40+ adults who lived through the premiere of a Ghostbusters movie and who literally will not stop complaining: stop. Seriously. Stop whining.
I hate to break it to you, but this new Ghostbusters movie is not for you. It wasn’t written for you, it wasn’t marketed to your generation, and it wasn’t created with you in mind.
You know who it was created for? The younger generation who didn’t have the opportunity to live during a Ghostbusters movie premiere. This is a generation who has a different sense of humor, a different point of view, and a completely different pop culture than when the first Ghostbusters movies came out.
But even more, it was written for girls. That’s right: young girls. In a world full of predominately male and testosterone-fueled hero teams who save the world, the new Ghostbusters movie gave us something we haven’t seen before.
They gave us a team of imperfect, intelligent, normal looking women scientists. Who save the world.
Do you realize how important this is for young girls to see?”