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The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]
Pre-Code sex films explored women's issues and challenged the concept of marriage, and aggressive sexuality was the norm. The sexual subject matter of the uncensored period was found within many movie genres, most especially in dramas, crime films, exotic-adventure films, comedies and musicals.
For women: low necklines, floppy hats, mascara, lipstick, dressing rooms, boudoirs, calling the doorman by his first name, high heels, red dresses, elbowlength gloves, mixing drinks, having gangsters as boyfriends, having soft spots for alcoholic private eyes, wanting a lot of someone else's women, sprawling dead on the floor with every limb ...
The 'Emmanuelle' Series. Emmanuelle is the first in a very famous softcore series, and has had a huge impact on the genre. Not only was it one of France's highest-grossing films, it was the first ...
Feminist film theory, such as Marjorie Rosen's Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream (1973) and Molly Haskell’s From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in Movies (1974) analyze the ways in which women are portrayed in film, and how this relates to a broader historical context.
Learn more about Black women and the “soft girl era” from the clip above, and tune into theGrio with Eboni K. Williams every weeknight at 6 pm ET on theGrio cable channel.
After 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Westworld,' 'Her' and 'Ex Machina,' in 2024 it's worth revisiting the Wachowskis' prescient 1999 blockbuster 'The Matrix.'
The woman's film is a film genre that includes women-centered narratives, female protagonists and is designed to appeal to a female audience. Woman's films usually portray stereotypical women's concerns such as domestic life, family, motherhood, self-sacrifice, and romance. [2]