Comments on: Hollywood Still Behind the Times in Treatment of Women http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/04/25/hollywood-still-behind-the-times-in-treatment-of-women/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Mon, 20 May 2013 02:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Thom http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/04/25/hollywood-still-behind-the-times-in-treatment-of-women/comment-page-1/#comment-111026 Thom Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:21:34 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=11940#comment-111026 Actually, I’ve seen that brought up regarding Hit Girl, but all the women I have spoken to had no real problem with it, because Hit Girl has shown herself more than competent. I suspect the wife in the original Salt script did not spend the film kicking tail before needing some help. A female character getting saved is not the issue. It’s about how it is done…is the character weak? Is their only real purpose to be saved?

]]> By: Thad http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/04/25/hollywood-still-behind-the-times-in-treatment-of-women/comment-page-1/#comment-111007 Thad Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:27:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=11940#comment-111007 Kick-Ass has to save Hit-Girl at the end of the movie, too. Which is frankly ludicrous given how much better than him she’s been at pretty much everything for the preceding two hours.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/04/25/hollywood-still-behind-the-times-in-treatment-of-women/comment-page-1/#comment-110970 James Schee Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:50:30 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=11940#comment-110970 Dang…. I mean isn’t the reason they made the whole switch of the movie is because Jolie’s such a popular and powerful actress?

Worrying about the masculinity of a male supporting character in a Jolie movie, is about like worrying about no one caring about the victims of the shark in the Jaws movies. That isn’t what the audience is going for anyway!

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