Another eye-opener for me, rave. This reminds me of seeing "The Outlaw Josey Wales" for the first time in some years last week, realizing that Josey was a mild-mannered farmer until his wife and family were killed (with him suffering nothing more than a whack upside the head). The male-female double-standard at work again? [?]
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > 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 <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.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 <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.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 > > > > > -- "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
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