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Did you know... that actress Dorothy Van Engle starred in the 1935 movie Murder in Harlem with a "proto-feminist role" that was then a primary source of positive representation for African Americans in film?
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The article is contradictory: dates 1910-2004 and lived to age 87.
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Interesting life on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is acceptable, but I think mentioning the film title Murder in Harlem would add to the general idea (birthplace, action). I didn't know the term "strong female character", and without that, I would have passed it as not remarkable (but that's probably just me). I also like that she sewed her own costumes. We'll need all films referenced, and not to IMDb. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
Article is fixed up, @Gerda Arendt: and how about this?
I like that much better, and could approve, just think that "intelligent" and "strong-minded" might be better than the type (perhaps piped), and "sole" would add to to positive representation", of the time, or of the period, or just "then", and perhaps the film's year rather than 1930s. Want to try? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:05, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
I wouldn't put "sole" because that would be inaccurate, since there were other positive representations at the time, not just here. How about this though, since I do actually prefer the proto-feminist part more than the strong female part.
Alt 2: ... that actress Dorothy Van Engle starred in the 1935 movie Murder in Harlem with a "proto-feminist role" that was then a primary source of positive representation for African Americans in film?
Interesting life on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is acceptable, but I think mentioning the film title Murder in Harlem would add to the general idea (birthplace, action). I didn't know the term "strong female character", and without that, I would have passed it as not remarkable (but that's probably just me). I also like that she sewed her own costumes. We'll need all films referenced, and not to IMDb. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
that's positive, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:41, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
