10 Tweets That Nail Why Oceans 8 Is an Intersectional Feminist Film

10 Tweets That Nail Why Oceans 8 Is an Intersectional Feminist Film Warner Bros. and Time Warner Inc.sOceans 8topped the box officeduring its Friday-through-Suday debutweekend with $41.6 million thats the biggest weekend gross ever for theOceansfranchise. In the all-female spin-off, Debbie Ocean devises the biggest heist of her life obtaining a necklace worth more than $150 million. She and her partner in crime, Lou Miller, recruit a crew of specialists,including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball and fashion designer Rose, to get the job done.The heist movie has proven, once again, that movies for, by and starring women are elend box office poison, writes Forbes contributor Scott Mendelson. Youd think wed be well past having this conversation,but were not. Even in the 11 years afterWarner Bros. president Jeff Robinovwas accused of declaringthat he didnt want to make any more female-fronted movies following the failures of Hilary SwanksThe Reap ing,Nicole KidmansThe Invasionand Jodie FostersThe Brave One (a charge hedenied, although the ensuing controversy brought this disparity back to the forefront as a topic of cultural discussion),were still having this conversation despite counterexample after counterexample.Nonetheless, however,film critics flooded the web with conflicting reviews. That said, some are calling out white male critics for misunderstanding the film and giving it negative reviews. In fact,a new study released just last week detailedthe gender and racial breakdown of film criticism for the top 100 movies of 2017. And theUSC Annenberg Inclusion Initiatives findings suggestthat the majority ofthose reviewing these filmsare white males specifically, 80 percent were men and 82 percent white.Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Mindy Kaling called the dominance of white male reviewers unfair. If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like Oceans 8, what I work on, what Sarah Paulson works on, she said.And the thing about so much of what this movie is, I think white men, critics would enjoy it, would enjoy my work, but often I think there is a critic who will damn it in a way because they dont understand it, because they come at it at a different point of view, and theyre so powerful,Rotten Tomatoes.Oceans 8 scored just a 66 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, garnering 76 rotten reviews of the 224 total thus far. The only reason to see this film is Hathaway...Youd say she steals the show, but theres nothing to steal, one part commented. Another wrote, It just didnt feel as engaging as it could have been, given the actresses you have delivering the lines.Despite the negative comments, however, the spin-off has thus far avoided the backlash that met Paul Feigs gender-flipped Ghostbusters film two years ago. Its debut weekendbox office gains werefueled by an audience that was 69 percent female, many of whom took to Twitter to rave about the intersectional feminism displayed in the film.Oceans 8 brings together women of varying races, ages and sexualities in the ultimate girl gang. Here are 10 tweets that describe why the feminist films intersectionality resonates so well with the viewers whove picked up what its putting down (i.e. not so much the white men).1. Pant suits Enough said.Source Twitter2. Its an all-female film,for once with lesbians.Source Twitter3. The womenare totally themselves.Source Twitter4.It proves that women are not box office poison.Source Twitter5.It embraces sexuality.Source Twitter6. It touts womens brains over their beauty.Source Twitter7. ...While still appreciating their impeccable style.Source Twitter8. Even the press tour brought the world together.Source Twitter9. Its a reflection of how powerful women are.Source Twitter10. It bringsiconic actresses together.Source Twitter--AnnaMarie Houlis is a multimedia journalist and an adventure aficionado with a keen cultural curiosity and an affinity for solo travel. Shes an editor by day and a travel blogger at HerReport.org by night.