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 > >---- >To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > Paul B. Wiener Special Services Librarian Melville Library SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794 631/632-7253 fax: 631/632-7116 [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]