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WIHM Boxing Helena: When Women become an Object
Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s Boxing Helena (1993) begins with a journey through a lush party. The low camera angle throughout most of the scene gives the audience a view through the eyes of a young Nick Cavanaugh- a boy who will grow up to be the movie’s star villain. As Nick searches the party his eyes…
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Gender, sexuality and representation throughout each Carrie adaptation
Stephen King’s 1974 debut novel, Carrie, continues to be one of his most heartfelt stories to date. In tradition with many horror stories of the past, it places the audiences’ compassion conflictingly with the monster of the story, reflecting our own anxieties about how we fit into our rigid cultural norms. Carrie is particularly special…
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