Ieldra2 wrote...
The double standard strikes again. Miranda would never be forgiven if she were that kind of character (just see the reactions in the Miranda thread last summer when Miranda's sexuality was a hot topic), but in James Bond it's almost a desirable atttribute.
It's undeniable that such a double standard exists.
That said, there's another tendency, when it comes to depictions of female sexuality, which is to portray women as either pure/virginal/good or promiscuous/temptress/bad. It's better that Miranda doesn't really fit either category.
It's possible that she was originally supposed to fit the second stereotype, more or less (at some point early in development), but the fact is she doesn't. She tries to convince Shepard, not seduce him. She cares enough about Jacob to keep a promise to him even when they're no longer together, etc.
Anyway, my point is: I'm wary of the whole "Miranda seduces someone to get the job done" idea mostly because it plays too much to the archetype (femme fatale), and not enough to the character. If anything, a lot of the time Miranda seems pretty oblivious to her "charms," so to speak, and behaves more like a scientist/administrator/XO than a temptress.
I'd argue that's one of the things that makes Miranda Miranda (rather than merely a riff on the femme fatale archetype).
Modifié par flemm, 27 mai 2012 - 07:56 .
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