From Roger Moore Movie Nights to a 'Gender and James Bond' University Course

Assistant professor Lisa Funnell is mourning the death of 007

Among so many notes of fond respect being tweeted today about the passing of Sir Roger Moore at age 89 from cancer, there are several from Lisa Funnell.

As a child growing up in Hamilton, Ontario, Funnell was inspired by Roger Moore’s James Bond movies, watching them regularly on Sunday nights with her family. She went on to write her Master’s Thesis at Brock University about the changing roles of women in 007 films, and in 2012, pitched to the University of Oklahoma an idea for a similar course.

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