About this episode
The episode discusses female characters in western films, analyzing three specific movies.
You may have heard of the wild (wild) west before, and you've probably heard of ladies before. But what about ladies IN the wild (wild) west? It's an idea just crazy enough to work one out of three times! BAD GIRLS (1994, Jonathan Kaplan) THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995, Sam Raimi) BANDIDAS (2006, Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg)
People in this episode
Host: The Suspense is Killing Us
Topics covered
- wild west
- female characters
- film analysis
- 1990s cinema
- western genre
Keywords
- wild west
- BAD GIRLS
- THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
- BANDIDAS
- female leads
- film analysis
- 1990s films
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: BAD GIRLS, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, BANDIDAS
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