So, is it a man or a woman, this fellow?
Thursday, November 19, 2009

One thing I just love to do when I'm working with an idea is to switch the character’s sexes.

If my first impulse is to make a character a man I halt and consider “why a man?” I do the same with female characters.

If my first impulse to make “the director” a man is because male directors are more common, he turns into a she.

It is soooo easy to assume male and female parts. Men do this and women that. Why enhance this by writing scripts that embrace this illusion? See this blog entry.

Alright, I might get a woman behaving like a bulldozer – which is far less accepted than a male bulldozer – but I prefer that before having all women behaving as expected (which almost always have something to do with looks and beauty).