[Dilbert San Diego]

Didn’t she beat out 800 other actresses for the role? What’s with this recent trend to refer to women as actors, to apparently be gender neutral?

So then, at the Oscar’s and other awards shows, will awards specifically for actresses be done away with, if the powers that be have determined that acting should be described in gender neutral terms?

[Borges]

Well the term actress is a bit nonsensical. You could add that suffix to every noun...welder and weldertress etc. The Oscars use it for marketing purposes. They could also say Best male actor and Best female actor.

[cymbeline]

What’s with this recent trend to refer to women as actors”

I’ve noticed that too.

[Flaming Conservative]

You must be an old timer like I am. Though it seems like just a few years ago, that came about in the early 70's, as a part of feminism. The word "actor", has a connotation of a craftsman, whereas the word, "actress", has more of a connotation of a "starlet", not to be taken as seriously. Just a little part of militant feminism, that's all. 😛

[Flaming Conservative]

That “Lolita” has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, is pretty disgusting, considering it’s main feature is pedophilia. How does a parent allow a 14 year old to appear in a movie like that? No telling how that girl was abused by directors, producers, etc. I think of the movie producer scene in “The
Godfather”, and, yeah, that’s fiction, but we know darned well that a large number of child actors were abused. It’s sickening, and one reason that anyone who watches that kind of crap is committing great evil. Now let’s hear it from everyone who thinks she was a little hottie. She was a CHILD.

[jerod]

There were probably a couple of cross dressers in there, but that wasn’t Kubrick’s thing... See ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ for further reference.