Hot Bosses in Chick Flicks

[Theoldmole]

Maureen Dowd says "Except for Faye Dunaway in 'Network,' Hollywood de-eroticizes women in power."

Can we think of other exceptions?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Liz Taylor in Cleopatra?

[MFS62]

Sigourney Weaver as the boss in Working Girl.
She had been carrying on an affair with Harrison Ford. Any woman would probably tell you that you can't get more erotic than that.

Later

[Methead]

Demi Moore in "Disclosure".

[Guest Edgy DC]

I can thinnk of a dozen without trying --- Elizabeth, Lord of the Rings ( on edit... same woman!), that stupid Disclosure, um Coach. (Both Cathy Lee Crosby in the movie, and Katherine Helmond in the unrelated TV show of the same name.)

JoBeth Williams in Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot.

What is she getting at?

[Theoldmole]

My thought was, she figured she could get away with a dumb statement because no one would challenge her.

How about Anjelica Huston and -- especially -- Carolyn Jones in The Addams Family?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, that's not as official a type of power, but yeah.

There's a whole lot of thinking out there suggesting that power helps to sexualize a woman, and Hollywood has happily played off of that for years.

Robin Givens and Eartha Kitt in Boomerang.

Now, granted, most of these examples are post Network, but the occurence of women in power has vastly expanded since then.

[Theoldmole]

Greta Garbo in The Scarlet Empress?

[MFS62]

Kate Hepburn in Desk Set?

Later

[Farmer Ted]

Terri Garr in Mr. Mom.

Melanie Griffith in Working Girl.

[Benjamin Grimm]

MFS62 wrote: Kate Hepburn in Desk Set?

Was Katherine Hepburn EROTIC in Desk Set? As I recall it, she came across as rather manly to me. She might be more of an example of Maureen Dowd's thesis than an exception.

[MFS62]

Well, Spencer Tracy thought she was hot.

Later

[dgwphotography]

Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Whose boss was she?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Meryl Streep was pretty impressive for an old broad in The Devil Wears Prada.

[RealityChuck]

Geena Davis in Commander in Chief (It is impossible to de-eroticize Geena Davis).

Felicity Huffman in Sports Night.

[MFS62]

Who was the actress who played the hot team owner in Major League?

Later

[Centerfield]

According to IMDB, her name is Margaret Whitton.

I think she also played the hot boss in The Secret of My Success.