I read something the other day about “strong female characters” in movies today. The author used a quote from Megan Fox to point out how distorted our idea of a strong woman is. Miss Fox was quoted as saying,
“Both of the female characters in the movie were very strong characters. Rachel [Taylor]’s character is very intelligent. I thought that they were representing women very well.”
Anyone who has seen the Transformers, knows why Miss Fox was cast. I agreed with the blogger but did not think much about it until I saw this post this morning by Emily Polis Gibson at Barnstorming.
I have always thought Mary Bailey/Donna Reed was sexy. But maybe it is really about her being a “strong female character.”
Just an idea.
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