Over at the official website for The Spirit, Miller has posted a new production blog. While he never specifically addresses the charges against him (and may not even be thinking of them as he posted this), Miller nevertheless has written a spirited defense. "I love writing tough, powerful women." And he has set out to do just that with one chick specifically -- Ellen Dolan, love interest of the title character. The character has proved to be a challenge, a weak stereotype of the age in which she was created. Miller calls her "a lousy character" and complains, "[The Spirit] even tossed her over his knee and spanked her. And she took it. Ellen Dolan made Donna Reed look like Angelina Jolie."

So he has set about changing her, trying to make her into a worthy love interest and the kind of heroine we can watch without cringing. He's given her a job, for one -- she's now a doctor, and one who can use her scalpels with deadly efficiency. I can't imagine what kind of commotion this will cause among Spirit fans.

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