Talk:Project Moonbase

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[edit] Sexism in full swing

This line:

"The film is unusual for its time ... for depicting a future in which women hold positions of authority and responsibility equal to men, without drawing comment."

...is completely inaccurate.

Heinlein's story is 1950s sexist white male reality in full swing. The female colonel, Briteis (pronounced "Bright eyes"), is only a colonel for the sake of appearances. The character is a whiny, impetuous housewife stereotype. In her first appearance, she refuses a mission when she finds out her co-pilot is an ex-boyfriend because, in her words, "the big lug hates me". Then, she falls victim to uncontrolled emotional outbursts and doesn't calm down until the general threatens to spank her. When things go wrong, Briteis (again, a colonel) turns into a shrieking violet. I'm convinced that Donna Martell was told that her character was the romantic lead in a western (just ignore the sets). What this role needed was someone more like Audrey Meadows of Honeymooners fame.

Heinlein created a character that is the epitome of everything feminists fight against. This movie may make inroads in technology, but there is nothing progressive about its views on women. Even the female president was delivered with a sense of irony.

Brienmalone 12:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)