
The appointment of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor has been hailed as a positive step towards more influential female leads on TV. But is making a traditionally male role female the best way to go about this?
Culture Editor, Natalie, takes a look at how we’ve gone from women playing women hiding as men to women actually portraying men on screen.
In the India of the past, the differences between an actress and a bold actress were quite well-defined, almost unambiguous. The entertainment business wasn’t showered with the most bountiful of respect, leading associated people — particularly women — to become extremely conscious about their image in the public imagination. Women’s roles in society were susceptible…