If all the episodes have stupid sex scenes and bad acting then overall it's going to suck. Nothing against the books I haven't read them.
Read them. (Though I personally thought the acting was fine.)
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If all the episodes have stupid sex scenes and bad acting then overall it's going to suck. Nothing against the books I haven't read them.
Read them. (Though I personally thought the acting was fine.)
Maybe... I'm cautious of books that become so commercially popular.
They're from a warm climate, and in any case, the Dothraki seem to be rather like the Huns, made up of lots of ethnicities. Some of them naturally have brown skin, but some of them appeared to be Caucasian with heavy tans. Furthermore, not all the brown-skinned people are barbrarians.And why do the brown people have to be part of the "savage" tribe things like that get on my tits.
- Assuming that the Male Gaze and Fanservice occur at a rate that is noteworthy, do you see them occuring less often or more often than in times past? How so?
- If there were more female writers, directors, producers, and artists were employed and/or commissioned to produce works for the masses, do you see them offering more of a Female Gaze? Or do you see more or less the status quo continuing unless there are more socio-political progress made outside the humanities and the arts/entertainment industries?
- Assuming that the prevalence of the Male Gaze and Fanservice provide a wall of opportunity for womens equality, what solutions do you have to change it?
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I would imagine it would. Writing for the opposite sex, especially any sort of internal story, is incredibly difficult to do. Plenty of people who try end up with narrow characters. I have reason to believe that women find the same difficulty writing men.
I suppose that would depend on location, time, and means of comparison. My guess would be that it is, obviously, occurring more in number, but less in the ratio aspect.
I would imagine it would. Writing for the opposite sex, especially any sort of internal story, is incredibly difficult to do. Plenty of people who try end up with narrow characters. I have reason to believe that women find the same difficulty writing men.
When ever I watch the majority of any film or TV, I find too much amusement too actually take them seriously. I suspect there is little I can do outside of creating media that tries to be greatly skilled and articulate at portraying people who have circumstances that differ from the writer.
That, and I guess, ignore media or any associated ads that blatantly do such a thing. Don't bother giving them money or their advertisers money.
Also, just not being afraid to talk about it. I dunno.
It's really not difficult at all. I'd write women pretty much the same way I'd write men.
The only times I'd need input from women is if I'm writing about experiences that men simply cannot have, whether that be due to the setting, or motherhood, etc.
I don't find it difficult to write men. It's only when you've managed to convince yourself that there are insurmountable barriers of extreme difference that it becomes hard to write a character. I might find it hard to write, for example, a Japanese person, or an Inuit, because their culture and background is so different from my own. But a man with a familiar background story and cultural context? Pish posh. No trouble at all. I don't perceive people as an inaccessible "other" purely due to the state of their genitals.
Alexander McCall Smith has made an entire career out of writing great women. Terry Pratchett is at his best when he's writing women, IMHO. Stephen King's women are very believable. The Cohen brothers films usually feature great female characters. Mike Leigh's female characters are spectacular.
OTOH, when I was in film school with a mostly male class I had to read parts for a lot of REALLY BAD female characters - they apparently couldn't bring themselves to write in a convincing female person. They were basically only able to write women as ruthless, sex starved sluts or kind supportive wives / girlfriends. It's an error in perspective. It isn't difficult unless you MAKE it difficult by exclusively viewing women through a filter of whether or not a man gets to have sex with them, and what kind of sex it is. As soon as you lose those goggles, it's easy as pie. Just write a believable character, then make it female.
Nor do I, but I have found that all people are inaccessible by virtue of having a different body then me. I find most people to have a background story that is basically insurmountable in mind.
I didn't mean to imply that such a task was impossible, but all the people you mentioned are usually noted for their exceptional writing ability.
I guess it just ain't that easy for me. The female characters I'm working on are taking me such a long time... I mean, all the characters are -- they are almost all based on people and situations I know. I was never granted access into these others minds about their intentional or rationalizations of events etc. Perhaps it's difficult for me because I generally find individuals difficult to understand.
In truth, if you feel like you don't "get" other people - how they feel, what makes them tick, what they want, etc. then it will be hard to write compelling characters of any gender or background.
That's not to say you have to be RIGHT about feeling you know what makes people tick. You just need a little imagination. Maybe more than a little. Good writing is equal parts inspiration, observation and imagination.
With all of the talk about how to write male/female characters, I figured I'd put this here just for the lolz.
Writing Gender-Specific Dialogue.
^_^
So, dust1n, make sure your female characters know about fashion details and colors, and are bubbling over with emotion. Now go write, young man!
I think it may have been in a later re-release of Carrier where I read this, but apparently Stephen King nearly gave up on that book because of his lack of having a female perspective putting up a wall of challenges for him. I even recall him mentioning he didn't even know how much which ever feminine hygiene product it was that the vending machine in the locker room in the opening scene cost (It's been awhile since I read it, I think it was wipes, maybe tampons, but I really don't remember).With all of the talk about how to write male/female characters, I figured I'd put this here just for the lolz.
Writing Gender-Specific Dialogue.
^_^