“It's amazing what Woody has written for women,” said Blake Lively ... noting a series of complicated female characters dating back to the 1970s. Lively said any news coverage of Allen's personal life did not register as she was making the movie. “It's very dangerous to factor in things you don't know anything about," she said. "I could [only] know my experience. And my experience with Woody is he's empowering to women."

She's very much right

Woody was written some of the best, most interesting, layered and entertaining roles for women in Hollywood throughout his entire career.