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Cooking Light Magazine

May 1997

 

Lucy Lawless

By Allison Glock

When Xena, amazonian righter of wrongs, is fed up with sexism,racism, or any tother -ism for that matter, she takes action, kung-fu style. Both whip-smart and whip-ready, the leatherclad Xena trumps injustice with a cry of "Yi-yi-yi!" and a targeted toss of her Frisbeelike metal blade--but only after reason and heartfelt communication have failed.

It's a part of Lucy Lawless performs with TV series XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. A groundbreaking idol, Xena boldly karate-chops away at stereotypes no heroine has felled before. Unlike Charlie's Angels, Xena fights men, yet refuses to flirt; takes many paramours, yet stays more deeply committed to her one that shows children everywhere that "women can be as badass as any man ever was."

"I suppose the show could be called femisnist in that it's about women who do not see themselves as at all limieted by their femininity," issue for Lawless, 28, a single mom who traveled the world before returning home to New Zealnad and getting the part of a feminist with a sex appeal plus a sense of humor. "Everything about the show is sexy because it has this energy, charisma, self-confidence," she says--self-confidence that transcends even the mose irritating of superhero side effects, like her costume. "It makes you crotchety to be trussed up like a chicken," Lawless complains. "I think that's why Xena's such a grump.

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