Tradman86 t1_j24od8b wrote
Somewhat.
Peppard didn't want Amy around, but Benedict said he was fine with her. She probably could have been able to stick around, but when the actress pushed to be more involved in the gunfights, none of the other cast supported her (b/c women shouldn't be fighting or something, idk). So she wasn't so much fired as just got fed up and left. I don't blame her, but just want to be clear, she wasn't fired, she quit.
On the other hand, Culea was definitely fired b/c of Peppard, but they at least gave her fair warning and wrote her out smoothly.
Delicious-Tachyons t1_j25dad3 wrote
> b/c women shouldn't be fighting or something, idk
Well the actors were all born from the 20s through the 40s so it's not surprising they'd have dated attitudes of the era.
the_great_ashby t1_j25ncjk wrote
Were there women in combat roles in Vietnam and prior US wars?
TheJonnieP t1_j25qasq wrote
Not as actual combatants. Women were not allowed to be frontline fighters until 1993 when females were allowed to pilot combat missions.
Here is a link that goes deeper into it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Exclusion_Polic
StephenHunterUK t1_j25r7a5 wrote
Not counting OSS operatives (a role which could involve combat and certainly a high risk of death), generally not for the US. They tended to do stuff like secretarial work, communications, nursing and other stuff that would not put them into direct contact with the enemy. Unless the enemy showed up at the base. There were eight servicewomen killed in action.
A lot more for both Vietnams, but the records aren't great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Vietnam_War
Things didn't really start changing until the 1990s, with female fighter pilots in particular.
Delicious-Tachyons t1_j25no80 wrote
that's not my argument. I was responding to "none of the other cast supported her (b/c women shouldn't be fighting or something, idk)" as the show was filmed in 1981.
mikevago t1_j273xh4 wrote
I mean, it's not like 80s network television was exactly a bastion of feminism in the first place.
lesters_sock_puppet t1_j29w7q3 wrote
>Culea
I had a friend a few years ago that actually knew Culea. She told me her friend wasn't happy with A-team and deliberately did things to piss the producers off. She apparently got what she wanted.
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