Mike Frank notes: > . . . what remains to be determined is whether this is a change in > the signifier merely or in the signified as well . . . or, to put > it less stuffily, is maddy really more sexual than phyllis or is > she, to appropriate jessica rabbit's wonderful formulation, > merely drawn that way?? My point too, Mike! (I should have checked your post before sending mine!) But now that I think of it, it is ironic that Jessica turns out to be more like Lauren Bacall in THE BIG SLEEP than like Phyllis--and voiced by BODY HEAT'S Kathleen Turner, no less! Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]