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Jennifer's Body (2009) Karyn Kusama (portrayal of death and grief (the…
Jennifer's Body (2009) Karyn Kusama
going after men; whatare op[tions for women in horror besides The Final Gilr
What's the "reason" or rationale for the violence?
Jennifer needs to eat
Genre: dark comedy; (burning her tongue and I am a god scene)
campy dialogue (you're lime green jell-o) (Diablo Cody niche teen dialogue)
"nice insult hannah motana"; "he's so salty"
dialogue undercuts the gore
the toxicity of teen girl relationships
"play" as a verb
parallels to
Mean Girls
casting choices
jealousy/envy
portrayal of death and grief
how do we deal with trauma and loss?
with the "Through the Trees" talks about how national conversations of loss and tragedy are commercialized/commodified
the ritual scene in flashback thinks about trauma and violence
ritual as metaphor for rape
"he's salty" wanting to get with the lead singer; sexual violence; critique of rape culture
the ways "success" for men in the industry is built off the violence against women
questions of cycles and revenge;
polices and thinks about the boundaries between homosocial/sexual: "Lesbigay" "so butch" "cutting boxes" "my tit--no your heart"
lack of parental authority
the ending: found footage montages/behind the scene stills.
groupie POV: signing breasts
use of Hole's "Violent" as non-diegetic; thinking about women's cultural production
how might this reproduce some normative ideas of beauty: whiteness, weight, sex appeal
also centers sex: power and violence have to come from sexual connotations