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Title

Dethroned Victor: The Marginalized Women of Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria.

Authors

Crosby, Emily Deering

Abstract

This research revisits the iconic film Victor/Victoria (Edwards, 1982), in order to illuminate how the comedic humiliation of archetypal women characters reinstates patriarchal dominance. By highlighting archetypes that I have labeled the "legitimate" woman, fat lady, scolding mother, and sexy ditz, this interdisciplinary research contributes to critical feminist scholarship and communication study that rarely engages the rhetorical significance of women who perform drag. The specific aim of this research is to reexamine the regressive effects of seemingly progressive films like Victor/Victoria in order to foment meaningful discourse about the subversive, and conversely, anxiety-inducing effects of drag in this precarious political moment, when many conservative lawmakers identify drag as a cultural threat.

Subjects

DRAG (Aerodynamics); FILM criticism; SCHOLARLY communication; DRAG queens; FEMINIST criticism

Publication

Women & Language, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 2, p329

ISSN

8755-4550

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.34036/WL.2024.024