Angels

Well, yes. The discussion is tricky because in many ways they suck as female characters in the same way that most action men suck as male characters. Does the opportunity to be cartoony crappy characters represent a step forward? After decades of Magic Negroes, is it a step forward to have a black character how is an ass?

The angels will arrive next week from netflix, so I'll perhaps glean more insights, but here are just some quick responses.

I'm going to give them a pass on the comic relief sidekick mans-- it's pretty standard that an action hero doesn't get to be funny, and the angels actually get way more lightheartedness leeway than Stallone or Schwartzenoodle ever did.

I am more interested in the T&A aspect of the show. The original tv show was one of the pioneering jiggle shows, all about putting hot girls in skimpy clothes on the show (to the best of my recollection, the angels were never hired to travel to any place that required big bulky parkas). The movies seem intent on "reclaiming" that or something, but I've never quite grasped the idea of finding power in sexual objectification.

As for the other-- Drew Barrymore slept with Tom Green in real life. In the movies, she sleeps with the bad guys (which Jolie also does in Tomb Raider). Camron hooks up with Luke Wilson, and Liu has a LTR with whatshisname guy who played Joey on Friends.