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It would be a mistake to consider these narratives, however, without the context of their time period. While they might be offensive to some today, these female characters are progressive for their time in terms of what roles women play. Uhura was hugely significant, because she was an officer who had a job that involved more technology and know-how than making coffee; Barbara Gordon was one of the first female action heroes who acted on her own.
It’s relatively easy to compare social values of the sixties and of the current decade, and conclude that the position of women has significantly changed. What remains unclear is whether current treatment of women in fiction has improved proportionately. Reboots, meanwhile, provide the unique opportunity to directly compare the treatment of those values in narrative while taking into account the context of changed social environment. By taking the same story and telling it in two different time periods, one can easily juxtapose the treatment of values against said time periods.
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However, there are some reboots in which the changed role of women in the narrative is not merely a recapitulation, but actually seems to be a regression. That is, not only has the treatment of women in narrative not improved proportionately to the changed role of women in society; some of these reboots would seem significantly behind their source texts even in the sixties. Christopher Nolan’s Batman reboot, J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, and to some extent Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who sequels and Sherlock Holmes re-imaging in some respects make female characters of the sixties sometimes look damn good.
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Date: 10 November 2011 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10 November 2011 10:54 pm (UTC)However, I do have to say that if Sherlock Holmes were female in the BBC adaptation/reboot/re-imagining I'd actually, y'know, watch it.
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Date: 10 November 2011 10:58 pm (UTC)I believe there's actually one adaptation of Sherlock Holmes with a girl!Sherlock (well given the sheer number of adaptation, they would have to be one)... can't remember the specific or where I heard of it though.
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Date: 10 November 2011 11:03 pm (UTC)It rings a bell with me too, but I can't remember at all. I think it was a book, but that doesn't exactly help.
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Date: 15 November 2011 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 November 2011 11:40 pm (UTC)amazing show <3
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Date: 14 November 2011 11:51 pm (UTC)and hi :)
eta: err, links doesn't seem to work?
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Date: 14 November 2011 11:56 pm (UTC)the show was called The Adventures of Shirley Holmes -
http://youtu.be/ptpXq3p1rHw
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Date: 15 November 2011 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11 November 2011 04:30 am (UTC)The main part I dislike is that someone suggested she would steal the Doctor's thunder if he regenerated as female. Fuck you, DW creators. Just because one lady is awesome doesn't mean you've filled your quota for the series.
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Date: 11 November 2011 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 12 November 2011 06:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 November 2011 11:52 pm (UTC)http://peri-peteia.livejournal.com/340736.html
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Date: 15 November 2011 12:05 am (UTC)