Geena Davis Talks Gender in the Media
Oscar-winning actress has devoted her life to defining and correcting a media imbalance
By Mallory Potosky
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/acting/article/geena_davis_gender_in_media_20080124/
Whether intentionally or not, actress Geena Davis has taken on many a female character with strong ideas and values. Her most iconic roles in recent years have included the vulnerable-turned-resolute Thelma Dickinson in Thelma & Louise, the independent, motherly figure Dottie Hinson in A League of Their Own, the first American woman to become the “Commander in Chief” and the role that won her an Academy Award, the complicated dog trainer Muriel Pritchett, a woman who isn’t shy when it comes to what she wears or getting what she wants, in The Accidental Tourist