30 Days of Female Awesome, Day Twelve
30 days of female awesome, Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Rose Sayer from The African Queen
You know, I do have to wonder if a film like The African Queen could be made these days. By which I don't mean the colonialism and exoticism - unfortunately, that stuff's still around. I mean, would Hollywood consider making an expensive adventure movie in which the leading lady is a middle-aged, God-fearing spinster with stern ideals who shows very little cleavage?
Even if they did, I doubt she'd be as awesome as Rose. Because let's face it, you don't get a lot of Katharine Hepburns in the world, and Rose is Katharine Hepburn at the top of her game. She's Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit crossed with Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Maggie Smith in Sister Act, and Princess Leia. She comes off, at first sight (at least for people who don't know Hepburn) as a very boring, uptight person with a small world and a lack of imagination, yet she turns out to be someone who'll go, "Hey, let's load our boat with torpedoes and run it into a German vessel."
Like most of my favourite characters, Rose is ever so much more than meets the eye. She's tremendously interesting, great fun to watch, and - dare I have the hubris to say it - very relatable to a mousy person like me.
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
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Rose Sayer from The African Queen
You know, I do have to wonder if a film like The African Queen could be made these days. By which I don't mean the colonialism and exoticism - unfortunately, that stuff's still around. I mean, would Hollywood consider making an expensive adventure movie in which the leading lady is a middle-aged, God-fearing spinster with stern ideals who shows very little cleavage?
Even if they did, I doubt she'd be as awesome as Rose. Because let's face it, you don't get a lot of Katharine Hepburns in the world, and Rose is Katharine Hepburn at the top of her game. She's Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit crossed with Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Maggie Smith in Sister Act, and Princess Leia. She comes off, at first sight (at least for people who don't know Hepburn) as a very boring, uptight person with a small world and a lack of imagination, yet she turns out to be someone who'll go, "Hey, let's load our boat with torpedoes and run it into a German vessel."
Like most of my favourite characters, Rose is ever so much more than meets the eye. She's tremendously interesting, great fun to watch, and - dare I have the hubris to say it - very relatable to a mousy person like me.
Click to viewDay Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
This entry was originally posted at http://katta.dreamwidth.org/535302.html and has
comments there.