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Updated 1st March 2021
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Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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Fictional male antiheroes like television s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up and become the cause of her own downfall.
And while a bad woman may once have meant a period-piece protagonist who prioritized herself over finding a husband, today s antiheroines are more complex, as the Netflix dark comedy I Care a Lot illustrates.