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alt title(s): Gender Flipped
On the left, Lt. Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica. On the right, Lt. Starbuck (Kara Thrace,) from Battlestar Galactica

What do I think of it being played by a woman, when it was played by a man in 1972, as part of a Scottish pagan community, and now it's played by a woman with the same name? What do I think of it? Nothing. There's nothing to say.
Christopher Lee on the recasting of his role in the American remake of The Wicker Man

Here's a quick spin on an old story. Flip the traditionally male roles to the women and the women's to the men. If you are in a hurry, you don't need to change much but a few names and the casting.

If you are able to give it a little more thought, though, you can take this opportunity to explore how there might be a difference in the way things play out with the genders reversed.

It's a very old technique of retelling a story. Many folk Fairy Tales occasionally have Gender Flip variants; they are invariably played absolutely straight.

Fan Fics that gender flip are fairly common (they're often tagged as 'Genderfuck', or 'GF').

A Gender Flip may also happen for some, but not all, characters in The Remake, especially if the original version suffered from The Smurfette Principle.

Note that if you are only doing this to force traditional roles (eg. a love interest into a story, then you can quickly end up with They Changed It Now It Sucks.

Compare Distaff Counterpart, Shes A Man In Japan and Gender Bender.

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