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Promising Young Woman (2020)

Film
DirectorEmerald Fennell
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Ryan Cooper
Form & technique
  • The film's final act and narrative resolution
  • The film's pastel color palette and Cassie's candy-colored wardrobe
Tropes
  • The orchestral cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic"
  • Cassie's feigned intoxication in nightclub scenes
  • Cassie's death and the posthumous delivery of evidence
  • The "gotcha" moments where Cassie reveals her sobriety to the men
  • The film's highly stylized mise-en-scène, including costumes and production design → Commodity Feminism

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