Re: [*FSFFU*] FemSF and movies (was Re: Event Horizon)

From: Nalo Hopkinson (bl213@FREENET.TORONTO.ON.CA)
Date: Fri Aug 29 1997 - 08:35:29 PDT


On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Allen Briggs wrote:

NH: Ditto Allen. Where we perceive that they fall short is where we get
to have the fun of critiquing them. And someone else pointed out that
blockbuster movies have such a wide audience that it's usually impossible
to please everyone.

-nalo

> and women, but I think it's unreasonable to ask every film to do something
> non-standard. That is, I think that it's condemnable that far too few
> movies have strong female characters and far too many movies have only
> stereotypical characterizations. I also think that a movie displaying
> one or two stereotypes and/or not having a strong female (or male or black
> or gay, etc.) is not necessarily condemnable by itself.
>
> -allen
>
> --
> Allen Briggs - end killing - briggs@macbsd.com
>

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