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I got the feeling that that was the misunderstanding here. I meant that he is true to his own personality, style and character.
If you want to get real technical or philosophical about it, I hardly think we are masters of our own destinies or free to shape our own personalities. Calling personality character works for me, for this reason.
Also, English isn't, after all, my first language.
DS: Joss Whedon criticizes comic book movie industry for intractible sexism "there's always an excuse." Jan 28, 11:47
"most of the best characters in Marvel are owned by Fox" {nm} Jan 28, 11:48
Guess he is referring to the 100s of X-Men characters, rather than the FF characters. {nm} Jan 28, 11:59
Quote doesn't seem to indicate this but I wonder from context if he is referring to most of the best female characters {nm} Jan 28, 12:19
..ever the feminist.. {nm} Jan 28, 11:56
and? {nm} Jan 28, 12:08
I'm saying he stays in character. {nm} Jan 28, 12:20
what "character"? he's written strong roles for women throughout his career {nm} Jan 28, 12:32
That underlines my point - don't be obtuse {nm} Jan 28, 12:37
Wow, you actually think oen can't a feminist "in real life", that it's just playing a "character". {nm} Jan 28, 13:13
I got the feeling that that was the misunderstanding here. I meant that he is true to his own personality, style and character. Jan 28, 14:01
However, "strong female roles" (or "leads"), as a term, is an abomination. Jan 28, 12:39
(egotists) {nm} Jan 28, 12:39
female roles have traditionally been written as weak or passive, so yes it matters to be gender-specific {nm} Jan 28, 12:43
"Settle down, Beavis".. ;) {nm} Jan 28, 14:02
Or one can read "We're losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome" Jan 28, 17:13
Sounds like he's still bitter that his Wonder Woman project was scrapped. {nm} Jan 28, 12:06