>>On a related rant, why aren't the strong female characters ever allowed to
>>live? Tasha Yar was written out early in the series, and other characters
>>in other popular movies that were seen as strong are all dead by the end
>>credits. (Thelma and Louise and Catwoman come to mind) It's like there's a
>>message that strong women are fated to face a very high cost for daring to
>>be who they wanted to be.)
>I like to call this the "Travis McGee" syndrome, after the fictional
>amateur PI's illfated girlfriends.
>
Well, let's see: Dax is still around (I -love- that she's paired off with
Worf. She can really help this guy. Nothing wrong with that). So's Kira.
Going to a different movie, what about Sarah Connor (played by Linda
Hamilton) from the Terminator movies? She's still around. Indeed, the
strong "male" (in quotes because the Terminator was a cyborg) "died". Then
there was Angela Bassett's character in "Strange Days", a pillar of
strength (especially for sticking by not her "man", played by Ralph
Fiennes, but for sticking by her -friend-). The point is, these strong
women are not all dead by the end credits. There is hope and things are
getting better for women in movies.
Perhaps what's needed is a definition of "strength".
-Sean
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