Inception

[asterroc]

I can't decide whether the character of Ariadne in Inception is great vis-a-vis feminism and women characters in movies, or is horrible token-ism.

I expect spoilers in the comments.

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

i think a lot of how you read the gender politics of that film is going to depend heavily on which characters you think are real an which ones you think are projections.

Good point, b/c if you assume certain characters are projections then the choice of a gender for them is based upon the personality/history of the character who is projecting them.

having a female character doing some of the audience-surrogate work is okay, and too rare in many genres, but is hardly revolutionary.

And having a female character (Ariadne) who is not a love interest is also rare, but not revolutionary. Or at least it shouldn't be revolutionary...