You Can't Blame Sexism for 'Supergirl' Bombing at the Box Office

German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Hollywood has a script it likes to follow whenever a movie flops: blame sexism, blame angry fanboys, blame anyone but the people who made a bad film. The excuses don't hold up against the numbers, though. So why does Hollywood keep reaching for the same tired alibi instead of admitting the obvious?