Commentary
We’ve come a long way from the days when female reviewers grumbled that men won all the star parts in movies whilst female characters were one-dimensional props to hero males.
Many of the producers and playwrights churning out today’s entertainment display total indifference to making male characters believable.
One of my favourite movie performances is Bill Murray in “Lost in Translation.” He plays a fading movie star stuck filming in a Japanese hotel who befriends a young woman, played by Scarlett Johansson, portraying an equally lost soul.
He’s in a troubled marriage, and she clearly has the hots for him, yet he resists temptation, valuing their growing friendship. It’s a complex, touching story celebrating male restraint and kindness….