Gabriel

24Apr10

Hi, i'm not sure if you're the same broomstickplease who posted on this (http://www.theauteurs.com/topics/4383) forum 8 months ago but I just wanted to say I agree with what you said. I've always seen the Pinky Violence and Foxy Brown the way you have "Of the handful I’ve seen... the main aspect is the incredibly strong female characters, who are not victims but rather heroines. They are aware of their sexuality, and the film features it, but never exploits it. While nudity is prominent, the films never become pornographic in an American sense. It’s refreshing to see female characters akin to those portrayed by Pam Grier during the blaxploitation era of film." I just got into them recently and so far, while there is a bit of misogyny typical of the time, I've always felt the females really came off as in control heroines, not victims, whether the director intended that or not.