Oh yes? And what about Sharon in "Casino?"

At 11:11 AM 11/15/99 +0000, plath3 wrote:
>In response to Louis Rayner's question concerning the differences between
>90's femme fatales and those of the early noir period. let me suggest the
>following differences:
>
>1. Early femme fatales were concerned with traditional greed. Bridget
>O'Shaunessy of the MALTESE FALCON (1941) and the Lana Turner character in
>THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) are examples. The Sharon Stone
>character in BASIC INSTINCT is more concerned with mind games than with
>money.
>
>2. Later femme fatales are better educated and wealthier than their
>predeccesors.
>
>In short, femme fatales, like most Americans, have enjoyed the benefits
>of the post-WWII prosperity.
>
>But the most striking thing about the two groups is that they rely on
>seduction to serve desctructive (to say nothing of illegal and/or
>immoral) ends. Whatever their time period, they are femme fatales and as
>such have to have certain basic characteristics.
>
>Peter Latham
>
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