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I've Been Cloned! One memorable (?) day sometime back in the '90's, my sister the TV junkie placed an excited call to our house and told my husband: "Quick! Hurry!! Turn on Channel 25; your wife's on TV!!!" Thus we discovered a new form of entertainment: "Xena, Warrior Princess". A pseudo-historical show (I've always been a huge fan of ancient history) with a real kick-ass woman hero who has another woman for a sidekick - what's not to like? (Not to mention the subtext ;) ) It was quite amusing. ( - and sometimes BEmusing. My then 4-year-old once pointed to a picture of Lucy Lawless on the Web and identified it as "Mommy"!) We watched the show for a while, and my children seemed to like it too, but when it became too violent for children I stopped watching it as well, as I was never actually "otaku" about it. (Sorry, Sis, but I probably will not make that "Xena" costume at this point.) Besides, we really don't have any TIME in our lives for TV! (My husband calls me "The Worrier Princess". He thinks it's sooooo funny. Ha ha.)
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Will the REAL
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| ...is played by a blue-eyed blond actress who dyes her hair dark. | |
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played by a blue-eyed dark-haired web designer / programmer / artist / mom (who's had the hairstyle since long before "Xena") |
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| ...battles evil warlords and ill-tempered Greek gods. | ...battles a crazy schedule and inevitable major work / kid crises. | ||
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| ...wields
a mighty sword with impressive-looking stage flair and |
...See Martial Arts history | ||
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| ...has a sidekick who talks a lot. | ...has corgis who bark a lot. | ||
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| ...rides a horse. | ...used to ride horses back when she had time. (Like, 18 or so years ago...) | ||
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| ...had a rather wimpy fictional son. (Ok, she had another kid, but I stopped watching the show before that...) | ...is raising two rambunctious Warrior Princesses. | ||
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| ...wears standard
TV / movie-type black leather "women's armor" which
is eye- |
...would prefer function (and protection from the elements!) in armor design. (I will concede Xena's armor may at least, <cough>, distract her opponents.) | ||
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| ...uses a stunt double. | ...wishes
she had a stunt double (especially one who does laundry!) |
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| I do not look
like Xena (or, for that matter, actress Lucy Lawless). I'm the original. She looks like ME! ;-) |
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