Monday, June 02, 2008

Gender Bending

I spent far too long today contemplating what a film would be like if after the script was finalized, and the characters cast, and the costumes designed, the director came in and said, "Ok, everyone, now, what I want you to do is find someone with the same basic physical characteristics and features as those already cast, but of the opposite gender.

And then, completely flop the gender of every single character in the film. Naturally, there would have to be some allowances made for changes. For example, the characters going to the ball will probably want to be wearing traditional gender appropriate attire. Similarly, it would be kind of silly to say "He wants me to go to his house." When the 'he' in question is now a 'she'.

As a taste of what would probably never happen, I give you Ursala, Female, and Male. Hmmm... think Disney would have made him look decidedly different if the main villain had been male?

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