tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737980321158585254.post5042510017501978763..comments2024-03-22T16:45:17.544-04:00Comments on Acts of Minor Treason: Tailings of the Golden Age: The Goddess of World 21Phoebe Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457452561340581723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737980321158585254.post-80225275790366439342023-03-16T14:18:50.628-04:002023-03-16T14:18:50.628-04:00Very much enjoyed this article and all the referen...Very much enjoyed this article and all the references. Great analysis of the myopic, male-gaze "sci-fi" of the early to mid-20th century. And yet you gave credit where it was due, when it would've been sufficient to hang the story on its (de)merits. I found this post when trying to locate 'Goddess of World 21' in the Internet Archive, grateful to have come across it.Aborigenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066326839062316084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737980321158585254.post-4366011630550729632019-01-26T00:45:08.104-05:002019-01-26T00:45:08.104-05:00Intriguing. I've written (and am seeking to se...Intriguing. I've written (and am seeking to sell) the feature "Stand Tall!", a romcom spin on "giant woman" movies. (No one really has tried that angle aside from "The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock," which is more silly than funny.) <br /><br />But from the start, I intended to make 16-foot-1 1/8 protagonist Colleen Cossitt a semi-superheroine -- someone both vulnerable and active, with plenty of integrity. When a botched breast-enhancement procedure instead makes this singing-dancing Vegas waitress three times her size, she and scientist Keswick Fletcher do right by each other. He gives her refuge in his laboratory (a converted trucking warehouse); she refuses to be angry at him, a longtime casino customer of hers, and they soon fall in love. <br /><br />She's tracked down by the eccentric billionaire casino owner, signs a million-dollar contract as a showroom headliner and soon becomes a beloved Sin City icon. (Moreover, she eventually loves being a gentle giant.) But when he's kidnapped by three rivals, Colleen and three female buddies join forces to save him. As Keswick says of the woman he loves, "Why settle for normal?" <br /><br />Find the screenplay at https://filmfreeway.com/projects/476988 VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.com