Finally, the lead male character would have to be inspired by Raj Rajaratnam.

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The actress said she is loving the fact that not many eyebrows have been raised by the fact that a black female character on a television show is involved in a torrid romance with a white male character.

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Is it even possible for a male video game character to be a sex object?

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Another cherished dance is malambo, where a solo male gaucho performs his best steps to show off boldness of character and upstage other male competitors.

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When Tom Cruise fell our of the movie Salt, Jolie stepped in and the producers gleefully changed the sex of the lead character from male to female.

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However, in action games where the character controlled by the player is a current or former soldier, the character is usually male.

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"Zoolander, " a 2001 movie about supercool male models, mined jokes from a character's ridiculously small cellphone.

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In its first few centuries, the king's helpmate was a male vizier, or adviser, a feeble character who kept his head down while elephants (early bishops), horses (early knights) and the rest fought it out.

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It is not yet known if it is male or female, but names being suggested included Snowy, Frosty and Alf - related to the TV character which stands for Alien Life Form.

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