It is not the severity of the abuse I am commenting on. It is the necessity of the abuse before we, the viewers, can accept Salt as a kick-ass avenger. This is not de rigueur in male action films where the impetus is usually a woman (wife, daughter, girlfriend) who has been killed, kidnapped and/or raped. In female action films, it is the heroine herself who must be (nearly) killed, kidnapped and/or raped.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > It's not bad. They don't show any real abuse, just the image of her after > having been abused. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:39:47 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Salt in your eye > > > > > > > Ah... remind me to be getting popcorn during that part of the festivities. > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Kelwyn < ravena...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Although Salt did not dislodge Inception from the top of the box office, it > did take in $36 mil at the weekend box office. > > Part of its success is that it adhered to the formula for a successful > kick-ass female action movie: > > Salt opens with Angelina Jolie stripped to her skivvies, bloodied and beaten, > under the extremes of torture - the usual fetishistic fantasy. > > ~(no)rave! > > > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >
