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Women As People in Film (Part III)
This is Part III, which is the penultimate installment in the Quadrilogy. (Part I, Part II) Causes The questions are (1) why weren’t there more strong female characters and (2) why are there so many more now? Am I engaging … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, annie mumolo, bette davis, brenda chapman, bride wars, bridesmaids, bridget jones's diary, charlotte gray, commentary, diablo cody, Easy A, elaine may, elizabeth bennett, ellen page, emma thompson, funny people, he's just not that into you, hitch, jason reitman, juno, knocked up, life as we know it, melanie griffith, movies, mr. & mrs. smith, natalie portman, pirates of the caribbean on stranger tides, seth rogen, sigourney weaver, the king's speech, top romantic comedies, women in film, working girl
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Young Adult
Take that liver! This isn’t the movie you thought it was. It’s far darker than that. Mavis (Charlize Theron) is the ghost author of a young adult/chick lit series. She’s got some serious issues. Mavis gets an announcement of the birth … Continue reading
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Tagged charlize theron, comedy, diablo cody, film, jason reitman, patrick wilson, patton oswalt, review, young adult
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Women As People in Film (Part IV)
Part I, Part II, Part III, meet Part IV. Behind the Market So women go to bad woman movies. But that is so counter to my (and I’d say “our”) intuition, right? We’ve got woman empowerment, we laugh ironically or … Continue reading →
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