And yes definitely a willingness to kill. I watched a lot of Salt with my mind on what would be different had they kept the role a man. And I think that willingness to go there, to kill, to take extreme action is something that's a given when it's a male character, and something that's not a given with women. I think, maybe it's expected that they'll pull back or give in to the nurturing side at some point. Expected and...almost required, for them to be the hero.
Someone compared Salt in EW to a Bourne movie and I thought that was a really apt description. You don't know much about Jason Bourne and his motives (because neither does he) but you don't necessarily expect some kind of altruism at heart, whereas...maybe you do with female characters. (You being the more general you of course.)
I think the willingness translates into knowing they can do this well and taking a pride/joy in that fact. If that slight edge of pride/joy/confidence is missing and it's only getting done out of rote duty...I find it harder to believe.
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Date: 2010-07-24 05:20 pm (UTC)And yes definitely a willingness to kill. I watched a lot of Salt with my mind on what would be different had they kept the role a man. And I think that willingness to go there, to kill, to take extreme action is something that's a given when it's a male character, and something that's not a given with women. I think, maybe it's expected that they'll pull back or give in to the nurturing side at some point. Expected and...almost required, for them to be the hero.
Someone compared Salt in EW to a Bourne movie and I thought that was a really apt description. You don't know much about Jason Bourne and his motives (because neither does he) but you don't necessarily expect some kind of altruism at heart, whereas...maybe you do with female characters. (You being the more general you of course.)
I think the willingness translates into knowing they can do this well and taking a pride/joy in that fact. If that slight edge of pride/joy/confidence is missing and it's only getting done out of rote duty...I find it harder to believe.