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)