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"Establishment gonna fall down and go boom."

WOS = Women of Science

I'm not expecting many to know this one! Ruth Leavitt played by Kate Reid from The Andromeda Strain (1971). She's the microbiologist of a team of scientists brought together to investigate and nullify an extraterrestrial organism that turns blood to powder. It's a super sciencey film about scientists working together and the only foe is the unknown.

Interestingly, in the original novel Dr. Leavitt was a man. The director (Robert Wise) was iffy about changing him to a woman at first, thinking they'd cast a sex bomb. Luckily they had Kate Reid in mind so he agreed to the change. And now we have this lovely woman who's probably the best character in the movie.
So there you have it! Changing the sex of a character actually works really well in some cases- namely with good casting and good direction... but not so well in others... Ghostbusters Reboot.

Now available as a print, iphone case, t-shirt and more!

More Women of Science

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Description
"Establishment gonna fall down and go boom."

WOS = Women of Science

I'm not expecting many to know this one! Ruth Leavitt played by Kate Reid from The Andromeda Strain (1971). She's the microbiologist of a team of scientists brought together to investigate and nullify an extraterrestrial organism that turns blood to powder. It's a super sciencey film about scientists working together and the only foe is the unknown.

Interestingly, in the original novel Dr. Leavitt was a man. The director (Robert Wise) was iffy about changing him to a woman at first, thinking they'd cast a sex bomb. Luckily they had Kate Reid in mind so he agreed to the change. And now we have this lovely woman who's probably the best character in the movie.
So there you have it! Changing the sex of a character actually works really well in some cases- namely with good casting and good direction... but not so well in others... Ghostbusters Reboot.

Now available as a print, iphone case, t-shirt and more!

More Women of Science

This picture on Tumblr . Please reblog from my page. Don't repost.
This picture on Twitter