Re: Female characters

In article <1180630575.036991.84670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nicky <nicky.matthews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 31, 1:01 pm, Peter Knutsen <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nicky wrote:
On May 31, 7:32 am, Peter Knutsen <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
lclough wrote:

1). Describing a female character solely by her appearance. A bad
writer can focus this to a truly laser-like myopia; the classic example
is when a pair of large shapely breasts enter a room, incidentally
attached to a woman.

What if the character doing the describing has issues with breast size?

I thought all men had issues with breast size - different sizes,
different issues.

Who says the character doing the describing is male?

Well if she's female she would probably notice but may or may not
comment - if she had an issue
with breast size she probably would.
People notice waht interests them.

Or what offends them. I have a DVD of the Bach B Minor Mass in
which the contralto is equipped (I would say "afflicted", but
maybe she wouldn't) with enormous boobage and is wearing a gown
with a neckline that displays them like St. Eulalia's (hers were
cut off and presented on a plate). If she were singing Carmen I
don't think I'd mind, but for a Mass? Recorded in a church????

That is one of the few circumstances under which I have noticed
another female's pectoral equipment. Another I can think of is
the BBC's "Police at the Funeral," with Peter Davidson. At one
point in the plot the actress playing Joyce is seen in thin
pajamas which make it quite clear that she has boobs the size of
robins' eggs, and I get so envious.....

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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