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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Now This is Feminism!
Maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised by I Was a Male War Bride‘s uniquely matter-of-fact feminism. Howard Hawks’ movies have some of the toughest, smartest, sexiest female characters in all of 20th century cinema. But even given … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Sheridan, Cary Grant, Feminism, feminist, Gender Roles, Howard Hawks, I Was a Male War Bride, rom-com, Romantic-Comdey, Social norms, WW2, WWII
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Mechanical Glamour
The V.I.P.s feels a bit like the photographs of Cindy Sherman. Every frame is utterly staged, every background synthetic, every dramatic moment artificial. In planes, and airport lounges and hotel rooms, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton pose becomingly at canted … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s movies, Airports, Elizabeth Taylor, Glamour, Hotels, Maggies Smith, Margaret Rutherfod, Orson Welles, Riichard Burton, Rod Taylor
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