Lexi Alexander wants to know why there are no female directors on The Crown

The new Netflix series The Crown dropped this weekend and while it's great (I'm reviewing it for The A.V. Club), there's one notable weak spot: Of the four directors who helmed the show's 10-episode first season, not one was a woman. Oscar-nominated director/activist Lexi Alexander (Green Street, Punisher: War Zone) took to Twitter to point out the inequality:

Ironically, the show was central to a "girl power" Emmy campaign that Netflix released earlier this year. So it only makes sense to question why that girl power message doesn't extend behind the scenes too.