Now,
here's the thing: I see this photo and I want to make all sorts of
salient and socially responsible points. Points about how for all its
improvement in terms of diversity the Star Wars franchise is still
rather lacking in women of colour in leading roles; how this woman
has been portraying a middle aged female action hero on Agents Of
SHIELD for years and that's an archetype we could do with more of on
the big screen; or, just plain how it would be nice to have an older
woman as a Jedi now the chance to stick a lightsaber in Carrie
Fisher's hands has passed us by forever.
Any
of these points could make for a long and detailed blog post but I'm
tired and my eyes keep drifting to her arms and suddenly coherent
thought becomes impossible.
Also,
I did not know she was the voice of Mulan until I looked her up on
Wikipedia. Come on, Disney, metaphors don't come much more perfect
than this: give Mulan a lightsaber!
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