Zelda Williams’ new film, “Lisa Frankenstein,” presents women seizing the means of creation as a bloodier endeavor, writes Noah Berlatsky. Just as Mary Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” in a patriarchal circle, Lisa, too, refuses to conform to the archetypes assigned to her gender.
Zelda Williams’ new film, “Lisa Frankenstein,” presents women seizing the means of creation as a bloodier endeavor, writes Noah Berlatsky. Just as Mary Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” in a patriarchal circle, Lisa, too, refuses to conform to the archetypes assigned to her gender.
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On social media, Mel Brooks’ classic “Blazing Saddles” has become the standard example of a film that supposedly could not be made today because of rampant left-wing political correctness, writes Noah Berlatsky.