“Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull”: Did Cate Have To Have That Haircut?
Coming next week: “Sex and the City,” baby! “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is far and away a guy film. Women will enjoy it, too, but they may have to turn a blind eye to the fact that only two females appear in the film, and both have been painted into a stereotypical corner. One could credit the stereotyping to the era in which the film is set. It’s 1957, six years before Betty Friedan would write “The Feminine Mystique.” Women didn’t work and stayed at home to rai read
Everyone I know–snob and non-snob– is psyched for the new Indiana Jones movie. The Indy trilogy was a huge part of our generation (late Gen X, early Y/Millennial) and whether you hate Spielberg or not, he helped define a huge chunk of the early lives of us children of 80’s pop culture. What I’m most excited for is the return of Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood on screen, possibly the most kick-ass female action character ever created. Allen was one of the most beautiful actresses of the late read
News Mix: Karen Allen's Return in "Indiana Jones"; Kimberly Dozier's "Breathing the Fire"; Unions Appeal to Women Includes Caregiving Help; Hot Flashes Reduced by Neck Injection ... Karen Allen is Back as Marion Ravenswood: "What are the chances a director would call you to shoot a sequel 27 years after the first film? For an actress, forbidden by Hollywood law from aging on screen, I'd say about one in a trillion," writes Clint O'Connor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Karen Allen beat thos read
EnlargeBy Karen AllenAllen the artist: Allen makes and sells these Navajo zip sweaters, scarves and hats. By Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY NEW YORK — He has his bullwhip and fedora, but Harrison Ford has a message for co-star Karen Allen. “I’ve been promised a scarf. I’m waiting,” says Ford, the titular star of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Allen, of course, reunit read
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. To hear an audio clip, click here. ‘Indy’ redux Karen Allen revisits feisty role in 4th ‘Indiana Jones’ film In 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Karen Allen got to drawl one of the seminal action movie’s now-immortal lines: “Indiana Jones. I always knew some day you’d come walking back through my door.” But Allen never expected to step back into the high heels or sturdy boots of Marion Ravenwood, the fieriest of the Indy’s leading lad read
