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Subject: Re: Spielberg
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 14:09:36 EDT
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From: Peter Alfke 

orstcs!richardt writes:
> Two great fallacies about Spielberg movies ...
> 2) Steven Spielberg has never had a major female character.
> Although Princess Leia is not exactly Kate Hepburn, she isn't all
> sweetness and light either.

Let me be the 56th to point out that Leia is a creation of George Lucas,
not Steven Spielberg.

How "major" was Karen Allen's character in "Raiders"?  She certainly had
less screen time than Harrison Ford, but I found her a very likeable,
strong woman.
Hearing that not only was she not in "Temple of Doom", but that the
female sidekick was a stereotypically weak woman, was one of the major
factors that made me decide to not see that movie.
						--Peter Alfke