for mad women scientists, of which there are few thre are two examples, but they are stereotypic Devil Doll - a lovely depiction of madness gone over its altruistic edge in the early section also The Kindred, generally nasty scientist mother who has been cloning her son, ( I think this is the one i mean, but it is a cronenberg) as for non-mad women scientists there was been a whole load recently, contact chain reaction the peacemaker mimic the saint the daughter in Lost in Space and I'm sure there's more i would just add the woman in Making mr right isn't a scientist, she's the pr specialist Aylish On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:48:42 -0600 Donald Larsson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Scott Hutchins requests: > > >> I'm working on a script in which one of the major characters is one, and I >> only know of two other films to feature one, netiher of which have I seen: >> _Carnosaur_ and _Dr. Alien!_, both of which are apparently very bad, >> campy, hokey, sexist, gratuitous, and violent. Does anyone know of any >> others, particularly any good ones, or is mine relatively unique? >> (Particularly since it does not follow any predictable plots: no glasses, >> no sex, no falling in love, no loss of bookishness, no asylum, etc., etc.) > >Not certifiably "mad," and too much within the stereotypes you cite is >Ann Magnuson in MAKING MR. RIGHT. > >A parody of the concept is "Pearl Forrester" in the movie and series >MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. > >Don Larsson >---------------------- >Donald Larsson >Minnesota State U, Mankato >[log in to unmask] > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite ------------------- Aylish Wood [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite