Times changed and the once favored damsel in distress has since fallen out of favor. She is now loathed, actually. The heroine is now the acceptable female protagonist. Alas, the mainstream is so fickle.
Women as villains: not so long ago the mainstream adamantly preferred the seductress. She was seldom the boss and had a tendency to fall in love with the hero. Her story may be tragic so that she was not entirely to blame for her evil.
Times changed and the seductress fell out of favor. The assertive dominatrix replaced her-- when the mainstream embraced the pleasures of being spanked.
Women are sexy. Whether protagonist or antagonist, weak or strong, female characters have always been the sensuality of fiction. They always will be for otherwise would be unnatural. Enjoy.
All of those tropes are fun. What I dislike is when one becomes the staple purely on the basis of political correctness. This is one of the reasons all those movies sell so well--it's all we got! If you like something, make a movie about it! Don't do something you dislike just because the powers that be are pressuring you. Great blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks indeed. Yes, politics change so as an artist, NO POLITICS! Love makes for a better product, always.
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