Off-Topic Stereotype Observations

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3522

Susan McGee wrote:

> Of course not. Has anyone else seen the movie Starship Troopers?
> There was such an effort to equalize men and women's roles (having
> the sky marshall be an african woman for example)....it had a
> dramatic impact on me.... It was interesting that they changed that
> from the book

Is anyone besides me getting tired of the man generally being the idiot in
commercials and shows and such? The white man, most times? Why should
elevating women and our perception of them mean that we must denigrate men?

On a related note, has anyone noticed that overweight characters are often
the bad guys, or bumbling idiots? (Jurassic Park springs to mind, also as an
example where the movie changed the book to have the girl and not the boy
save the day). I think weight is an often overlooked and thus still very
perpetuated stereotype.

--Amanda (okay, a little overweight herself)