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There's definitely many more, not all for female villains... Legolas Send a noteboard - 13/02/2024 06:43:09 PM

View original postI am trying to think of other examples, and I can't. There must be more, right? Is every story in this genre rescuing a female from villainhood?

Just last year, Emma Stone starred as Cruella, of 101 Dalmatians fame, for starters. But also for instance Jesus Christ Superstar, the musical/movie from the 70s that depicts Judas Iscariot as the sensible, level-headed guy who wants to protect Jesus more than he wants to hurt him. Or all sorts of books or shows with vampires or other monsters as main characters instead of baddies, including kid's movies like Shrek or Monsters Inc.

Or even, though I may be taking it a bit far, Milton's Paradise Lost, which has often been described as depicting Satan as more sympathetic than Jesus/God. Certainly he's more interesting to readers today, however Milton intended it at the time. Though your man CS Lewis strongly argued against that view, as I just learned from Wikipedia...


View original postI mean, it's a book, and the author is one of the best in all of English Lit (IMO).

Sounds interesting!
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