I watched two episodes of Supergirl - 1x13 and 2x13 and recorded the amount of time in each episode that a female character got to speak. I chose these episodes because 2x13 is the most recently aired, and for a fair comparison, I selected the 13th episode of season 1.
1x13 had 22 minutes and 46 seconds of dialogue spoken by female characters, which is just slightly over half the episode (43 minutes long). The remaining time was made up of all male character dialogue, all establishing shots and scenes with no spoken dialogue (e.g. fight scenes).
2x13 had 10 minutes and 57 seconds of dialogue spoken by female characters, which is around a quarter of the episode.
When people say that Supergirl is no longer focusing on female characters, this is what we mean.
When we say that Supergirl is now a secondary character in her own show, this is what we mean.
When we say that itâs no longer Supergirl, we mean that a show that is supposed to be about women now only lets them speak for 25% of the time.
I am disgusted. This show that I loved so much in season 1, that was about brilliant, smart, brave complicated women becoming heroes in their own ways, and supporting each other, has become something I donât even recognize.
How can a show with a female character as the lead and title character only have the women talk for 25% of an episode?
And itâs not like Supergirl herself just got 25% of the time - thatâs split between the five female characters who got to talk (Kara, Alex, Maggie, Lyra and I counted the Kryptonian computer because it was a female voice).
This is not Supergirl. This is why Iâm angry. A show that I loved, that used to be about women, now only lets them talk for 25% of the screen time. This is not okay.
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