From: brucegb@realtime.net   
      
   David Milligan  wrote:   
   :   
   :    You know you've broken into the boys' club when you cant seem to stop   
   : taking roles originally played by guys.   
   :   
   	Yawn. Angie Dickinson played a police sargent in the mid - late   
       70's serial "Police Woman".   
      
   	Today there is nothing special about a female police investigator.   
       In fact, they seem to be required for PC reasons.   
   :   
   : PARK will be pulling the sex swap all over again this fall, as Det.. Kono   
   : Kalakaua in CBS' reboot of "Hawaii Five-0. (Kono was played by the burly   
   : actor Zulu in the 1968 original.)   
   :   
   	Quite aside from the fact that police aren't allowed to beat   
       confessions out of suspects today (at least, while there are   
       any cameras around to record the fact), who cares who she is   
       replacing.   
      
   	There are women in the military and in police forces. Park is   
       hardly blazing any trails by taking roles already commonly accepted   
       by society.   
      
   	Which is what makes Dickinson's role in "Police Woman" so   
       different that Parks roles in Cattlecar Galactica or H5-O.   
   :   
   : gravitas, but to Hollywood's zeal fro remakes and the need to inject them   
   :   
   	"zeal for remakes" - is that double speak for "lack of creativity"?   
       Not, not a swipe at Park, but at the dross coming from Hollywierd.   
   :   
   : said, she sees plenty of ways to exploit this trend: "My next goal is to do   
   : J.R. from 'Dallas.' Then maybe Larry from 'Three's Company."   
   :    Note to network executives: Please  make this happen. -- Jennifer   
   : Armstrong.   
   :   
   	Note to network execs: Don't do it. Soaps like Dallas are   
       so last millenium, regardless of who is playing JR. Besides, with   
       Dubya and Jerry Jones living in Dallas, Dallas doesn't need a   
       TV show based on oil bidness tycoons - they get plenty of that   
       with Jones every day.   
      
   	As for "Three's Company" - do you really want a PC version of   
       that? Really?   
      
   							Bruce   
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