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Hollywood Stopped Making Movies About Women. Susanna Fogel Flipped the Script

Susanna Fogel describes shifting from conventional comedies to spy stories to tell women’s experiences on a larger canvas.
Ponies, set in 1977 Moscow, stars Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson as embassy secretaries who become nascent CIA operatives.
Fogel notes the ongoing gender imbalance in directing and the need for more opportunities to tell women’s stories.
The interview frames the broader commitment to evolving content with references to Ponies and its director’s broader body of work.
Ponies is described as a Cold War thriller focusing on identity and emotion within spy storytelling.
Fogel emphasizes that while male directors have made strong films about women, opportunities for women to tell their stories must increase.
Ponies centers on two embassy workers whose spouses are killed, triggering their entry into clandestine work.
The Ankler interview is part of a broader discussion on gender representation in Hollywood and the spy genre's potential.
Fogel reflects on her career path from research work on Hulk to her later directorial and writing success.

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