It surprises me that McKinnon has been brushed aside in the promotion of this movie. I mean, if you blink at the wrong moment in any given trailer, you may not even know she is part of the cast. This is strange to me because she is arguably the second most talented member of the cast (behind Wiig who is criminally underrated as a straight (wo)man, which seems to be her role here) and the little bits of her we get are some of the few bright spots of trailers.
I get focus on Melissa McCarthy. I personally don't find her to be funny (especially since her entire comedic schtick seems to be "LOOK AT ME! I AM FAT AND I FART!"...she is the female Kevin James) but she is box office gold, so I get it. But the heavy handed focus on Leslie Jones in the promotional material really baffles me. Her character seems to be little more than every over-the-top stereotype of an uneducated, loud, middle aged, frumpy, black woman imaginable....and its not a particularly funny portrayal of those stereotypes either. But the marketing team just keeps pushing ahead with her, front and center. I just don't get it, are they trying to win over the Tyler Perry crowd?
Now they may be working with what they have, maybe McKinnon's role in the movie is fairly limited and Jones is the central focus leaving them with little choice. I dunno. But you'd think advertisement would be an attempt to put their best foot forward and, at least from what we've seen, that isn't Leslie Jones.
Ghostbusters.
