The full interview notes in passing that Hardwicke's reward for helming TWILIGHT (2008), an enormous hit that made more than $400 million worldwide on a budget of $37 million, was getting kicked off the franchise. All the sequels had male directors.
If we need a term to encapsulate the phenomenon of companies rewarding female leaders dramatically less than similarly situated male ones, "the Mini Cupcake" could be a good one. Jan's new marketing campaign made the company $5 million, but they gave her the Mini Cupcake
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