Bored with seeing headlines about the best way to “discover your skinny inside” and “snag a partner,” a younger feminist vows to create a publication worthy of its ladies readers in “Minx,” an HBO Max comedy set within the ’70s. “This nation treats ladies like second-class residents. We’re neglected, underpaid, and overwhelmed — we deserve {a magazine} that conjures up us,” Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) explains in a pitch assembly. Her dream publication, The Matriarchy Awakens, doesn’t go over properly, however it does be a focus for an editor recognized for sleazy mags.
A trailer for “Minx” sees Joyce creating an unlikely bond with Doug (Jake Johnson, “New Woman”), who helps her feminist agenda however argues that they’ll must make her message extra palatable to attraction to the plenty. “You gotta conceal the drugs,” he insists. “It’s like if you give a tablet to a canine — you dip it in peanut butter first.” He’s satisfied that nude males will operate equally to peanut butter.
Joyce and Doug group as much as launch the primary erotic journal for ladies, and “stage the taking part in subject for women and men.” Not everyone seems to be passionate about their union. “This filth has no place in our group,” they’re advised.
Lovibond’s credit embody “Really feel Good,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Elementary.”
Created by Ellen Rapoport (“Desperados”), “Minx” launches on HBO Max March 17.
Supply: Women And Hollywood