Comments on: Catwoman: Film Versus Game

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:34:39 +0000

In reply to chris.

I know what you mean, but I always find the term “strong woman” really telling. No one ever says “he’s a strong man”. It’s as if “strong”, when applied to “woman” actually denotes “in spite of being a”.

“She’s a strong woman” really just means “she’s a character who asserts herself”. I don’t see why Hollywood has to make a big “look at me doing this EVEN THOUGH SEXISM, and even though I’m a WOMAN!” out of it. And the “bitch” line does do that, I think.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:46:05 +0000

I actually liked the “dumb b*tch” line. She’s a strong woman, and that seems to be the default insult for someone like that. I could definitely see lots of (recently less rich) people calling her a b*tch, so I just don’t think she cares. She’s used to it. Cost of not being a wimp.

Plus it was kinda funny.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:03:54 +0000

In reply to Pet Jeffery. The new film is, I think, the first one in the franchise to pass Bechdel. Speaking as someone who loves Batman despite the concept's problems, that speaks volumes.

By: Pet Jeffery

Pet Jeffery — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:42:59 +0000

To be honest, I haven’t been following the Batman films. The last one I saw was “Batman and Robin”, starring Alicia Silverstone, Uma Thurman and some men. Nor do I play computer games. So I’m not well placed to comment on this. But I followed one of the links from this post, and saw that Anne Hathaway is placed fifth in the cast list, after four men. I suppose that says something about the status of women as far as this film franchise is concerned.