Toward the end of the presentation of “Django Unchained” at Comic-Con this weekend, a pale young woman dressed in a yellow track suit reminiscent of Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill" stood up to ask a question of director Quentin Tarantino.
The girl at the microphone blushed and read from her notes: “You consistently write films with strong, intelligent, assertive women when other directors struggle to avoid female stereotypes. How do you do it?”
“Great outfit,” said Tarantino before adding simply: “I dig strong chicks.”
Tarantino is a leading champion of kick-ass women, but increasingly he’s not the only one to get such heroines in front of the Comic-Con fan audience.