Bad Girls of Film Emy
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Women in film have oftentimes been portrayed as the passive and subservient damsel. They have rarely been characterized as anything beyond one-dimensional representations of the worst stereotypes surrounding women since the dawn of media consumption – vain, weak, and thoughtless to name a few. To be defined as a “bad girl” of film, a female character does not conform to these stereotypes, but actively develops beyond them in the name of duty, valor, money, liberation, or power. In this podcast, I'll explore the "bad girl" archetype in the context of female characters that partake in violence.
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Revolutionary Gals
Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games, Evey of V for Vendetta, Shoshanna of Inglorious Bastards, Ofelia and Mercedes of Pan’s Labyrinth!
Sources:
https://www.tor.com/2012/03/21/why-katniss-is-a-feminist-character-and-its-not-because-she-wields-a-bow-and-beats-boys-up/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katniss-everdeen_n_5481087
http://feministing.com/2009/09/16/women-and-revolutionary-violence-in-the-battle-of-algiers-and-inglourious-basterds/
https://theangrycinephile.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/is-pans-labyrinth-a-film-about-female-empowerment/ -
Final Straw: The Women that Snap
Cee of The Invisible Man, Dani of Midsommar, Harley Quinn of Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, Miranda Tate a.k.a. Talia al Ghul of The Dark Knight Rises!
Sources:
https://medium.com/truly-social/yes-theres-such-a-thing-as-a-female-gaze-but-it-s-not-what-you-think-d27be6fc2fed
https://screen-queens.com/2018/08/07/the-problem-with-blockbuster-female-villains-and-their-perception-of-femininity/
https://lithiumagazine.com/2021/01/15/we-need-to-talk-about-the-good-for-her-genre/ -
Heroic Ladies: JODIE FOSTER EPISODE
Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Clarice of Silence of the Lambs, Meg of Panic Room, Ellen Ripley of Alien, Furiosa of Mad Max: Fury Road!
Sources:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-010-9757-7
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321523983_Bad_Girls_and_Transgressive_Women_in_Popular_Television_Fiction_and_Film -
Revenge: A Dish Best Served Lukewarm?
The Bride a.k.a. Beatrix Kiddo of Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2, Lisbeth Salander of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Carrie of…Carrie, Cassie of Promising Young Woman!
Sources:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/423346
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