A study in feminine power when Florence Bates and Ingrid Bergman have a tête-à-tête scene in:
"Saratoga Trunk--'I live by my wits...'". SueSueApplegate. November 2, 2013.
Florence Bates: Would she have been a #Me too! rapist enabling exploiter, fascist and Nazi ideologue slinging out white supremacist propaganda cloaked as anti-racism? If she were in H-wood now, would she resort to the teleportation contract terrorism foisted upon me, and after usurping would she be advertised by that industry as another "strong" woman fighting against misogyny as another celebrity so-called "feminist" working for photo-op and charity pocketed funds and publicity too based on destroying other woman if they are not "legally blonde" or with dyed and/or plastic surgery modification to appear as synthetic versions of white supremacist imitation?
I would like to imagine that she had the force of character to not have been involved in "gang stalking" terrorism. That her femininity was so stable that reliance upon attacking another woman was not a crucial staple in her ethical vocabulary. I would like to imagine that such a woman was strong enough to not depend on the admiration of men whom she likewise helped to rape and abuse other woman just so she could obtain a promotion in another role and also a thrill-seeking sense of power out of such participation. I feel that she may have been a legitimate woman of character. Is this only wishful thinking for a nostalgic concept that I feel could have been the case? Her sense of being a strong woman was not dependent on attacking other women for a sense of "superiority" a cheap-shot power play for ascension? Florence Bates~~never heard of her 'til I started watching Hitchcock's 1940 Rebecca. Amazed at her strength of personality and power that exudes from this old black & white into my awareness. She's a domineering force and admirable in her acting qualities. She was the first female lawyer in Texas to boot! A lawyer metamorphosizes into a fierce acting personality. A connect between appearing before a court and appearing before the court of public opinion using the same-said acting skills necessary to sell justice or injustice as well as truth or fiction. Wish she were still alive and a part of H-wood to this day. Would she have obtained any star billing if she attempted to join the H-wood circuit in our "slim, thin and modified" era? Would she be too obdurate a personality for today's standards of seeming strength coupled with abject submissiveness for the women who claim they are "feminist" in H-wood?
------------------------
The thin, fashionable, wealthy and glamorous/beauty woman conspiring with the "I look like a washer woman but I live in luxury" strong-willed and loud woman devouring her petite chocolates as they conspire and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their respective feminine wiles to obtain their goals. I must see this movie.
No comments:
Post a Comment