[Frameworks] women and crime

[elizabeth mcmahon]

Lol. This reminded me of Water's "Serial Mom," and "The Gun In Betty Lou's Bag." Oh, and "Citizen Ruth."

Elizabeth


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>> I am interested in alternatives to the standard and classic structures of women as victims (even if they are the ones committing the murder,…) or of male/female relationships,..
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>From the 'mainstream', but I think 'Bound' would be essential.
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>Then there's (barf) 'Basic Instinct'.
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>'Run Lola Run' is a crime film with an unvictimized female protagonist, though the male/female relationship is traditional. (And while hardly experimental, it's not at all a traditional narrative either...)
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>No one has cited 'Veronica Mars' (TV series) yet...
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>If you take demons as a metaphor for criminals, then 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' is a kind of feminist cop show with a cnetral set of female buddies (Buffy/Willow). (Most of my lesbian/feminist students seemed to be big fans of this show back in the day...)
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>I haven't seen 'Orange Is The New Black', but it sounds like it meets your criteria.
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>It's not surprising that as far as the 'mainstream' goes, more interesting things are coming out of TV than Hollywood cinema, which seems to be all-comic-book-adaptations all of the time.
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>When you mentioned women directors, my first thought was 'Ida Lupino'. Checking her IMDB page I see she directed an episode of _Have Gun Will Travel_ titled 'Lady With A Gun' and an episode of _Thriller_ titled 'The Lethal Ladies'. Might be interesting...
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