From lojban+bncCICntNPQBRCHp57iBBoEkcbrrA@googlegroups.com Wed Jul 21 17:40:58 2010 Received: from mail-gy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.160.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ObjqI-00086F-Ux; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:58 -0700 Received: by gyb13 with SMTP id 13sf432352gyb.16 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:mime-version :received:received:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references:user-agent :x-http-via:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=U+6IbzWpj+s3K7WYWzXTgbF73gsZneZRno+Jyi39DsA=; b=WOSvaNr8hrp0g4tIU2d9CcgdWUJhcg4+r83q0n3c7t52wX0iH0OI6ylJe5OYhzHcZU umpSOK4iUthb/0UTCYJbwds/FUZHLmQEJ5LWotuA5XDqdbEEwan7XPAEXiJSZQNTL7s0 LzS52RGS/MCPpfXSSC8RPRxu0ceL46QDXLB04= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references :user-agent:x-http-via:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=A8sgzy7uRhJurnt+Q0XSgrjpUOda2oKVk3gKAMxs3xeGMDnqM2bkK7+wsr3/l2mtHS XSJm1VMF5HY1YFwsUKBVg7rkP5bxzgW/+T5Lgt95TZJ8FVfLjoj4p961l+ea14fIAK5X /D94xbvaQh0OQrcbwaywEQcHDpHU/eXXSKXzc= Received: by 10.101.179.22 with SMTP id g22mr106939anp.46.1279759239348; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:39 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.100.50.14 with SMTP id x14ls1915081anx.7.p; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.141.14 with SMTP id t14mr107186ann.53.1279759238640; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-IP: 166.216.226.44 References: <3c4ace6b-a18e-4306-a2b1-8cef523e20f3@u36g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <201007202235.57096.phma@phma.optus.nu> <201007210031.43593.phma@phma.optus.nu> <731b09ce-f090-44b8-b717-53d4030cfab9@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <20692153-4340-43CB-BD05-E51D4A1373F6@cosmicray.co.uk> <0da22913-44b7-4f02-bf14-1e97d2dab3b7@z30g2000prg.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 bthnggts402-imbl.nsdeng.att.net X-HTTP-UserAgent: SAMSUNG-SGH-A877/A877UCID3 SHP/VPP/R5 NetFront/3.5 SMM-MMS/1.2.0 profile/MIDP-2.1 configuration/CLDC-1.1,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <7b92a1a6-95b3-4b00-a0d2-c54a0cb0f641@q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Lojban Kids Show - names From: Lindar To: lojban X-Original-Sender: lindarthebard@yahoo.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Also voiced by a female. Most young male characters are voiced by adult women. It's only a few masculine characters that are voiced by men. The "lad" thing was a typo (I'm on my phone), by the way. There is no sexism going on. The temporary names are what they are because Alpha is the lead character, not because he's more important. Beta has a more important role in that she's the viewer's guide on social norms, customs, traditions, and helping the male lead develop his social skills. She'll be demonstrating a lot more interpersonal roles and more proficiency in the language, and may even have her own episodes at times. Obviously space is a masculine thing and there's a masculine lead, so we're compensating by having a female character who is, in essence, the smarter one. This gender imbalance panders to empathetic femae audiences because she is "better" than Alpha in many ways. We're riding a fine line, and I think that we've found a happy medium to pander to all parties. Wait until we have a pilot. (more) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.