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Producers of these shows understand that preachiness lures no one. Says Joss Whedon, creator of the Buffy movie and series and a former writer on Roseanne: "If I can make teenage boys comfortable with a girl who takes charge of a situation without their knowing that's what's happening, it's better than sitting down and selling them on feminism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEWITCHING TEEN HEROINES | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

Shelby Woo's creator, Alan Goodman, was always taken aback at Nancy Drew's ability to take command of any environment she found herself in: "She winds up in ski country, and suddenly she's winning a ski championship." Goodman limned Shelby, instead, as someone made of flesh and bone. "She doesn't excel in every course," he says of his character. "She depends on her friends for rides; she works because she needs the money. I wanted her to be more reflective of the girls I grew up with. Nancy Drew never made a wrong assumption in her life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEWITCHING TEEN HEROINES | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...hasn't been in a hundred times before. Women on TV have generally been defined in terms of their relationship to someone else. But these girls stand alone." And some would argue that female actresses at 13 or 14 are better performers than their male counterparts. Says Alex Mack creator Jimmy Lynch: "Girls at that age are simply much more in control of their emotional valves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEWITCHING TEEN HEROINES | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

MADRID: There was no coffin or graveside eulogy, just a simple Pegasus rocket traveling at 6,200 mph and 22 lipstick-sized metal vials containing the ashes of Timothy Leary and "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, among others, for the first commercial burial in space. The containers will orbit the earth for up to10 years before reentering the atmosphere with a fiery explosion ? "blazing like a shooting star in final tribute," according to the Web site for Celestis Inc., the Houston-based company that organized the world's first space funeral. At $4800 per vial, the space shot costs about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Space | 4/22/1997 | See Source »

Earlier this month, an 86-year-old Japanese man named Tomoyuki Tanaka died of a stroke. He was none other than the creator of Godzilla, and his legacy is surviving beyond...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, | Title: Spreading the Wealth | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

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