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