Gagged and Bound

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The thief approaches the bed, and the wind outside shrieks as a crack of lightning illuminates the room, waking the sleeping girl. As the two women help each other find the information they need in the edgiest areas of South London, the stakes are raised when Caro’s informant is shot. I stood there and watched, listened until the pair finished and swished their way back inside, none the wiser that they(and their pricy jewellery)had been watched in close proximity by a thief.

I had my answer soon enough, and my first few minutes inside is what plopped the rooms being dumped together thought of mine which I wrote about at the beginning. The thief takes a step back into the center of the room, facing the elegantly dressed ladies wearing valuably shimmering jewels, lined up against the wall, all with their gloved hands stretched up.The thief in the meantime had opened the safe and was stacking the contents on the floor beside her. The feting of Poor Things – a heterosexual middle-aged man’s fantasy about nymphomania, with the flimsiest covering of “satire” and a tagged-on message about female genital mutilation being “bad” – merely confirms that feminism still has a long way to go. As her last of four rings are pulled off, she steps back as the thief looks her dead in the eyes, the ugly black pistol pointed at her.

Equally, while Bella’s resistance to patriarchy and those who attempt to confine her is ultimately triumphant, the depiction of sex work is altogether too casual. I bring that last memory up because years later I may have found out why the diamond bracelet had been left out.There is a lot of naked Stone in the film, but there are also excellent clothes – especially the huge leg o’mutton sleeves. When a Snooping Little Kid, Damsel in Distress, Faux Action Girl, or unlucky guy is captured by the villain, they're usually restrained in some fashion, and to keep them from crying out for The Hero, they're usually silenced as well.