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...associated with sci-fi: women. On the small screen, his team launched the spiritual Deep Space Nine in 1993 and the political Voyager (helmed by a female captain) in 1995. The films Generations (1994) and Insurrection (1998) seemed more concerned with the captains' emotional lives than their ability to outsmart Romulans. Many serious fans were pleased that Trek was striving to be more than a shoot-'em-up western in space, which is how Roddenberry had first sold the idea. "Many fans really want something radically different every few years," says Steve Krutzler, founder of TrekWeb.com. Trouble is, the franchise...
Finely claims to use this disadvantage to her advantage. “I didn’t have the privilege as a woman to use abstraction,” she says. Finley decided to outsmart men at their own game by elaborating on their obsession with the female body. In her performances her body becomes a work of art. “I wanted to be the canvas. I am the experience. You can’t buy me.” Finley uses her body as a weapon against sexism, racism and other forms of oppression. Her work reflects...
...thing: Redford's performance as a court-martialed three-star general leading a prison revolt. He says he was intrigued by the role because he hadn't played a military character before. Still, it's the kind of part he specializes in: the canny outsider itching to outsmart the system. He has higher hopes for Spy Game, in which he co-stars with Brad Pitt, whom he directed in the 1992 drama A River Runs Through It. With Pitt as his former protege, Redford plays a renegade CIA agent, a twist on the government-targeted fugitive he played...
...They’ve been able to outsmart their opponents and the West,” he said...
March 1, 1974: Record numbers of first-years apply to live in Leverett and Mather House in an effort to outsmart a new computerized housing program and avoid living in Radcliffe housing...