
The Fifth Element Is Teenage Scifi
Alienating the Audience
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The Diva's Room
The diva, I think it's a real character, albeit brief. You've got the like very iconic looking soldier woman that stands next to the general... Oh, and is immediately dismissed. So she's a punchline because she's too manish looking. And then there's one woman in the whole thing and it's an androgynous looking aide standing behind the president who says nothing. There's the girl in the airport that gets all the people Corbin's saying, are you Corbin Dallas? The only opinion she has in the entire film is the weird cynical. "I'm not sure life is worth defending"
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