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Hot Bosses in Chick Flicks

TheOldMole Jun 28 2006 08:31 AM

Maureen Dowd says "Except for Faye Dunaway in 'Network,' Hollywood de-eroticizes women in power." Can we think of other exceptions?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 28 2006 08:33 AM

Liz Taylor in Cleopatra?

MFS62 Jun 28 2006 08:37 AM

Sigourney Weaver as the boss in Working Girl. She had been carrying on an affair with Harrison Ford. Any woman would probably tell you that you can't get more erotic than that. Later

Methead Jun 28 2006 09:05 AM

Demi Moore in "Disclosure".

Edgy DC Jun 28 2006 09:07 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2006 09:33 AM

I can thinnk of a dozen without trying --- Elizabeth, Lord of the Rings ( on edit... same woman!), that stupid Disclosure, um Coach. (Both Cathy Lee Crosby in the movie, and Katherine Helmond in the unrelated TV show of the same name.) JoBeth Williams in Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot. What is she getting at?

TheOldMole Jun 28 2006 09:32 AM

My thought was, she figured she could get away with a dumb statement because no one would challenge her. How about Anjelica Huston and -- especially -- Carolyn Jones in The Addams Family?

Edgy DC Jun 28 2006 09:38 AM

Well, that's not as official a type of power, but yeah. There's a whole lot of thinking out there suggesting that power helps to sexualize a woman, and Hollywood has happily played off of that for years. Robin Givens and Eartha Kitt in Boomerang. Now, granted, most of these examples are post Network, but the occurence of women in power has vastly expanded since then.

TheOldMole Jun 28 2006 09:43 AM

Greta Garbo in The Scarlet Empress?

MFS62 Jun 28 2006 12:00 PM

Kate Hepburn in Desk Set? Later

Farmer Ted Jun 28 2006 02:38 PM

Terri Garr in Mr. Mom. Melanie Griffith in Working Girl.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 28 2006 03:01 PM

MFS62 wrote: Kate Hepburn in Desk Set? Was Katherine Hepburn EROTIC in Desk Set? As I recall it, she came across as rather manly to me. She might be more of an example of Maureen Dowd's thesis than an exception.

MFS62 Jun 28 2006 06:40 PM

Well, Spencer Tracy thought she was hot. Later

dgwphotography Jun 29 2006 08:54 AM

Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.

Edgy DC Jun 29 2006 09:03 AM

Whose boss was she?

ScarletKnight41 Jul 04 2006 04:53 PM

Meryl Streep was pretty impressive for an old broad in The Devil Wears Prada.

RealityChuck Jul 05 2006 06:31 AM

Geena Davis in Commander in Chief (It is impossible to de-eroticize Geena Davis). Felicity Huffman in Sports Night.

MFS62 Jul 05 2006 07:21 AM

Who was the actress who played the hot team owner in Major League? Later

Centerfield Jul 05 2006 07:48 AM

According to IMDB, her name is Margaret Whitton. I think she also played the hot boss in The Secret of My Success.