Are Women Taking Revenge on Celluloid?


“Women in mainstream Hollywood dramas rarely use guns,” writes Anne Thompson in her Variety column. “Outside of the action fantasy realm, they don’t kill, and if they do, it’s a crime of passion involving a husband or lover. And they don’t kill repeatedly, for revenge.”

Thompson’s interview with Jodie Foster about her new film, “The Brave One,” speaks to the issue of women taking revenge on celluloid... [continue]
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