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So, the WHEEL OF TIME TV series is a go at Sony by flea
"Totally with you about suldam and damane. It wa..."
Nov 07 2023 04:26 PM -
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In Topic: So, the WHEEL OF TIME TV series is a go at Sony
Yesterday, 11:46 AM
amphibian, on 08 December 2023 - 05:51 PM, said:There's much joking about how so many of the women characters tug braids or fold arms under boobs or do whatever
I agree with Amph's whole post, but this bit.... listening to it in earbook form really brings home how often he describes "X folded her arms beneath her breasts" and how often it's put there in such a way as if to suggest it's something they're doing deliberately to distract/annoy/catch the eye of the men in the room.
.... where else do you think women fold their arms, Robert Jordan? -
In Topic: So, the WHEEL OF TIME TV series is a go at Sony
07 December 2023 - 05:59 AM
I would say the problem isn't so much their individual characters (Faile aside, who is just genuinely terrible), it's Robert Jordan's limitations when writing women showing through - he relies a lot on what would today be considered very tired tropes.
What you'll start to get a lot of repetition of is them all thinking that the men around them can't possibly do anything without their guidance/nagging/yelling, and any time women are together (with the exception of Egwene, Elayne and Aviendha as the series progresses) it turns into a bitch fest, or they get competitive over a man and want to scratch each other's eyes out. It's tedious.
Whilst the show has it's flaws, what it's done to elevate Liandrin and Lanfear in particular cannot be overstated, and I hope the same sort of thing will apply for the main ladies going forward too. I like the little we've seen of Elayne and Aviendha, and I like show Nynaeve predominantly for the actress. Based on what she did with the damane scenes, I expect show Egwene is going to be brilliant if the series survives to the later books. -
In Topic: So, the WHEEL OF TIME TV series is a go at Sony
06 December 2023 - 06:31 AM
Thanks for that, I just had a look. He and the lady playing Hermes do an incredible Wait For Me! -
In Topic: So, the WHEEL OF TIME TV series is a go at Sony
05 December 2023 - 04:01 PM
Bonus trivia - new Mat is playing Orpheus when Hadestown opens in the West End in February!
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