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Edward Case
On Misogyny and Double Standards

Film has tried to even the odds in action and thrillers with female characters, but it seems that we have a double standard at work. Can we writers put a female character through the wringer physically, like John McClane in Die Hard, without hearing cries of misogyny? At what point do we as writers...

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Jessica Rotondi

Don't focus on her being "sexy" the whole time and you can do whatever you want to her...as you have to be hard on your protagonist. But if you make her strong, creative, and capable as you would a ma...

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Edward Case

Some good points being made here (I discounted the mother angle of Kill Bill, for example), but I noticed something with the others. The Long Kiss Goodnight and Hanna were box office disappointments w...

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Todd Folts

Some really good points there EC, I was going to add "untraceable" here. Aren't there a lot more female action stories that come out through YA literature (like hunger games?) i did a quick search and...

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Edward Case

That's a fair question, although comedy as a genre gets away with bending rules by definition. So The Heat, while groundbreaking in a lot of ways, did it through a genre that is better suited for such...

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Rick Hardin

I recently saw The Heat and although I find both of them generally very funny, I though they were constantly trying too hard in this movie, trying to be their characters and trying too hard to get a l...

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Systir Productions
Hey everyone! Our webseries 'T…

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Cherrie Dr

I really enjoyed them good job, very appealing kept me watching

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