VIDEO : Brie Larson Calls Out Need For More Female Critics And Critics Of Color

Brie Larson's speech at the Crystal + Lucy Awards made a relevant and important point.

Larson's acceptance speech was dedicated to a recent study from USC Annenberg titled Critic's Choice.

According to comicbook.com, the study pointed out the lack of women and people of color film critics.


So earlier this week USC Annenberg's inclusive initiative released findings that 67% of the top critics reviewing the 100 highest grossing movies in 2017 were white males. Less than a quarter were white women, and less than 10% were unrepresented men. Only 2.5% of those top critics were women of color. So you're probably thinking right now 'like wow that super doesn't represent the country that I live in and that's because that's true. This is a huge disconnect from the U.S. population breakdown of 30% white men, 30% white women, 20% men of color, and 20% women of color.