Talk:Private Vasquez

A couple of comments on this article (which I love, btw, particularly the instruction to admire Vasquez's muscles!): 1) The actress who played Vasquez was not, in fact, Latina, though the character was obviously supposed to be. Does this make the possible racism of the characterization better or worse? Not sure. See this site for more information about how she got the role and changes made to her appearance. 2) Ripley and Vasquez weren't the only tough women in the movie. The ship was piloted by a woman (Ferro) who despite being killed early on still delivered some memorable lines, including at least two that were later used in the computer game Starcraft; and there was a Corporal Dietrich who was also killed early on. Rather than editing the page myself, I thought I'd give the original author (Laura?) the chance to modify it. It's so nicely written I don't want to mess with it! --Therem 12:11, 12 February 2007 (PST)

• Please mess around; I don't own the article! It's a wiki. Especially please raise the issue about the non-Latina woman playing a Latina character. And that discussion should be linked to an article about transracial/transgender casting, and the particular problems associated with having white women play women of color -- as happens all the time. I'm a chump for not picking up on that in this instance too. ... Also, I totally forgot about Ferro. Please write away! --LQ 17:05, 12 February 2007 (PST)

Why does the entry title have "(Aliens)" at the end, again? Are there lots of Private Vasquezes that require disambiguation for this one? --Ide Cyan 21:18, 29 April 2007 (PDT)