Yeah nothing about stereotypes here, did anyone see the orginal comics? The name Modesty was supposed to be a joke, as the character was supposed to be anything but modest and definately more bulked out in a full female way, darn it I'll say it, Buxom, when buxom meant a full figured girl with a medium to large bust. The character was also supposed to be very intelligent and clever too.
The role should have been played by a possibly younger Kirsty Alley type, and who I think is way sexy, intelligent and smart before people start saying I'm age-ist, as well as sexist.
Remember the character was written before all this PC rubbish and men could actually freely enjoy real women!
I Know, I know, I'm going to have fifty billion 'sexist' remarks made about me now and how evil I am. If you do you've missed the point, I'm talking about a character who was a confident, intelligent and sexy, I bet skinny girls want to be that and that's a good role model.
I could go on, about our age, but I'm off to watch the film! Cheers!
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ravenscroft-3
17 years ago
Hey, I'm a skinny (or at least formerly skinny) woman and I agree that any Modesty should be slightly buffed, and definitely buxom with a nice set of hips to go with it.
Modestly Blaise defies traditional roles like "Whore" or "Madonna", the only two standard categories for women. She's both - and neither, a woman who plays (and plays well) in a man's world, but still retains an undeniable femininity.
Got to love her.
Got to worship her.
Got to hope someone, some day, makes a movie that does her justice.
P.S. I notice there's no Willie Garvin on the castlist - don't tell me they left him out! That's like leaving out her right arm...
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RSG_Corris
17 years ago
Saw the movie for the first time on TV last night and thought it was much better than I had been led to expect. As far as being skinny goes, she had not been in Tangier for very long and had been starving when she arrived, so had not had time to fill out her curves.
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