tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post9017032836099512529..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Mean GirlsLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-2495243844022294922018-04-22T14:48:36.826-04:002018-04-22T14:48:36.826-04:00Bill, I actually considered listing the Maltese Fa...Bill, I actually considered listing the Maltese Falcon lady--my problem was, she wasn't all that scary. As you said, you don't know until the end that she was so evil. As for the Blair Witch, good thought there, too--she should've probably been in the lineup.<br /><br />Trying to remember all these female villains was a lot of fun, even though the list was really incomplete. Thanks for stopping in, here!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17762057671735841932018-04-22T14:20:31.824-04:002018-04-22T14:20:31.824-04:00Great post John. if you were including animated c...Great post John. if you were including animated characters you can't beat the evil queen from Disney's Snow White. And if you include female antagonists you never see, how about the Blair Witch (from the first film, not the later ones). <br /><br />But the greatest bad lady of all? Mary Astor as Ruth Wonderly/Brigid O'Shaughnessy from the Maltese Falcon. You don't know she's bad until the end, but she uses and manipulates everyone and she killed Sam Spade's partner. <br /><br />Best, BillWilliam Burton McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502763547533922846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36737833900457285282018-04-22T09:11:40.273-04:002018-04-22T09:11:40.273-04:00Hey Barb. Yep, she was maybe even more villainous...Hey Barb. Yep, she was maybe even more villainous than Bellatrix. I think all of us who read the books first enjoyed the movies that much more. Thanks!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1142315155508893412018-04-21T23:58:41.930-04:002018-04-21T23:58:41.930-04:00I keep thinking of Delores Umbridge from Harry Pot...I keep thinking of Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Hated her in the books. Continued to hate her in the movies. Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-75430781993082989882018-04-21T13:46:01.741-04:002018-04-21T13:46:01.741-04:00Melodie, I thought about your series, when I was w...Melodie, I thought about your series, when I was writing this. And I think making the protagonist a less-than-good guy (or gal) is fun to do--we see it all the time: Butch Cassidy, Get Shorty, Thelma and Louise, the Sergio Leone westerns, etc. As for ladies as bad guys, they're always among the most interesting, to me. And Ellen Ripley remains one of my favorite protagonists ever, so it works both ways.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48140154117394291362018-04-21T12:38:08.109-04:002018-04-21T12:38:08.109-04:00Funny you would mention that - grin.
I have a stor...Funny you would mention that - grin.<br />I have a story coming out this summer in an anthology called The Dame Was Trouble, in which the protagonist is bad-ass, and breaking the law big time.<br />I have another story coming out in Mystery Weekly very soon, in which the protagonist is actually more of a villain than the villain she's supposed to be protecting.<br />Not to mention, the protagonist in The Goddaughter series is a mob goddaughter. People usually like her, happily. It's a tough thing to write: where the protagonist is actually not one of the good guys. I couldn't have done it early in my career.<br />Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17278761223185841442018-04-21T09:52:45.588-04:002018-04-21T09:52:45.588-04:00The scariest thing, not the scariest think. The scariest thing, not the scariest think. John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86036345495749646642018-04-21T09:52:04.636-04:002018-04-21T09:52:04.636-04:00You're right, Jeff. And that was 1939! (The ...You're right, Jeff. And that was 1939! (The flying monkeys will always be the scariest think in that movie, for me.)<br /><br />Thanks, Art. It was fun trying to remember all these villains--and reminded me that not all villains are evil. The female lead's family in <i>My Big Fat Greek Wedding</i> weren't villains at all--they were just antagonists. Forces standing in the way of the protagonist's needs and desires. John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56668052376596008302018-04-21T08:55:41.660-04:002018-04-21T08:55:41.660-04:00Great list! So many of my own favorites here as we...Great list! So many of my own favorites here as well. Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-5482143316393918222018-04-21T00:55:27.424-04:002018-04-21T00:55:27.424-04:00Wow! "The Wizard of Oz" has three powerf...Wow! "The Wizard of Oz" has three powerful women in lead roles: The two witches and (of course) Dorothy, who is very powerful in her own way!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.com