Yellowjacketsmay be one of the biggest and best shows on TV, but it’s not entirely original.
The misogyny might have been frustrating, but one woman namedAshley Lylewas paying attention to the conversation.
It got the wheels spinning, and a few years later she was creatingYellowjackets.
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There are even some heartbreaking deaths, just as withYellowjackets.
There is also aBBC adaptation series coming soon, and Italian directorLuca Guadagninoisworking on a film reboot.
On August 30, 2017,Deadlinehad the exclusive report that Warner Bros. was doing just that.
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They had even hired two directors, withScott McGeheeandDavid Siegelready to bring the vision to the screen.
It was an interesting take, but then came the predictable backlash.
The movie never happened, but Ashley Lyle was candid about her thoughts on the discourse.
With the season finale looming, Shauna has been causing trouble in both the past and present.
They’re not squirming over the dirty parts of survival, but doingwhatever it takes to live.
The Yellowjackets are selfish.
A wildly talented high school girls' soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
None of this is done because they are women, but because they are human beings.
As Ashley Lyle andYellowjacketshave shown, you don’t have to be a boy to experience that.
Just like everything else, girls can do it too.
