Angels Part Deux

As I mentioned before, I had a big night out with the girls (Addie of Leo Burnett, Naliza who just got back from Qatar, Zarina who has recently taken up belly dancing and Yanti who now has a "low profile, but big influence" attachment) for dinner (@Chilli's where we ate a cow and several potato farms) and a movie.

Being in the company of such inspiring women made me think. When I was 23, I probably thought the world of myself. At 28, I seem to think the world of other people. Nonetheless, these women are not only the pinnacle of survival, looking at the world as it is now, they're the pinnacle of accomplishment. No, none are Datuks yet, although I don't doubt that some of the will make it there - as it is, one spent the afternoon rubbing elbows with the likes of the some of the richest and most influential people in Asia.

After dinner and coffee with the girls, the movie was a major turn of events. Charlie's Angels was wonderfully spoofy and shamelessly took advantage of the obvious sexuality of the dynamic trio. Carefully-placed camera shots of the three, with an added bonus of the evil Madison (played by sifu Demi Moore) was akin to a moving-picture Playboy - I'd recommend this movie if you really want to drool.

But this movie's appeal didn't just stop at the sexy-sensationalism or the MTV-hip cool factor. The fact that all the women were so obviously feminine, yet terrifying scary in their anti-gravity combat maneuvres, elevated them from the pretty minions of the man in hiding, to the new superhero trio, the grown-up version of the PowerPuff Girls (another favourite of mine). The last feminine superhero I recall was Wonder Woman, and she had virtually no clothes on - so the Angels (both movies) MUST be a big move upwards for fantasy feminism. ;)

[I would like to include Lara Croft and Xena, however, they didn't really strike me as superheros, rather women who were on personal missions rather than a quest to save the world. Tell me what you think.]

[Warning: All this superhero vibe can make you think you're invincible. Lucky that we all berpijak di bumi nyata - stepped back to earth - and remembered that midnight shows finish late and parking lots are deserted at this time of night. So all 5 of us dropped each other off all over the parking lot, with the exception of Addie, who went into 'self-defense pose' with her trusty handbag as she strode towards her car.]