Underworld: Deep Thoughts About Feminism, Leather-clad Women, and the Edges of Helpfulness in Analogies of Race

About this episode

The episode discusses the film Underworld, exploring themes of feminism and visual aesthetics.

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Whether you like it or not, you're in the middle of a war that has been raging for the better part of a thousand years. Tracie returned to the 2003 film Underworld to find a delightful – but maybe not very good – vampire and werewolves version of the Matrix. Starring Kate Beckinsale as Selene in skin-tight leather, Underworld is a visually beautiful, blue-tinged movie that marries some of the ideals of feminism with the same...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tracie Guy-Decker, Emily Guy Birken

Topics covered

• feminism
• vampires
• werewolves
• film analysis
• pop culture
• comedy

Keywords

• Underworld
• feminism
• Kate Beckinsale
• vampires
• werewolves
• film analysis
• comedy

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Books & works: Underworld

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