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License to Critique explores gender in the world of James Bond and beyond! Professor, award winning author, and leading expert on the subject, Dr. Lisa Funnell (also known as Dr 007) opens her classroom and discusses important issues associated with gender, identity, geopolitics, and power in the longest-running film franchise in history. She is joined by Justice, her Puppy Galore!
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Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
In this episode, I discuss the depiction of villainous women - or lack thereof - in James Bond films from the 1970s and 1980s as the franchise registers/reflects the backlash to feminist gains at the time. May Day, featured in A View To A Kill (1985) is the only formidable woman to challenge Bond across the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton eras. I discuss the influence of third wave feminism on the casting of Grace Jones and the characterization of May Day as well as the problematic use of racial stereotyping in the film.
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