From: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: one female in Star Wars
Article-I.D.: watcgl.166
Posted: Mon Feb  7 01:13:31 1983
Received: Mon Feb  7 01:52:54 1983
References: burdvax.528

I don't think that the occasional Hollywood film with a strong female lead
has anything to do with Hollywood "doing its duty".  If someone thinks that
such a film will make lots of money, it gets made. (An Unmarried Woman was
probably an example of this.)  I suspect the lack of good women's roles
in general is a reflection of the fact that neither Hollywood nor the
audiences are used to it.  Star Wars is a Western, a good guys vs. bad guys
picture, and wouldn't seem quite as familiar and reassuring if the female
lead was a strong as the male lead(s) or if there was no romance between them.
There seem to be many more solid female roles in European cinema; I wonder
if women are closer to being seen as equals there?

	Dave Martindale