Dr. Elsa Schneider from Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade

Was:
1) always referred to as “Dr.” (GOOD)
2) portrayed by a 23-year old actress (BAD)

So in case you always wondered why you couldn’t be as glamorous as Dr. Schneider, well, you had go to college when you were 13...
I wanted to be like Dr Elsa Schneider ☹️

I mean, obviously not the Nazi part. The doctor of something academic part.
Dr. Sidney Fox, Relic Hunter tv show), professor of Ancient Studies, half-Hawaiian

Was:
1) a professor (GOOD)
2) always made to look sexy as a selling point (hmmm 🤔 well it’s tv)
3) portrayed by a multi-ethnic actres (GOOD)
4) was a RELIC. Hunter. (BAD)
p2 Relic Hunter
5) treated her male research assistant like a personal assistant (BAD)
6) portrayed as having many skills (GOOD)
7) was not stereotyped (GOOD)

Tia Carrere (the actress) Spanish, Filipino and Chinese ancestry— like me, like many Filipinos. We wanted to be her.
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