Book Overview
Megan Fox, a diabolic indie rock band, toxic friendship, fluid sexuality, feminist reckoning, and a literal man-eater in the body of a high school cheerleader: Jennifer's Body has it all Featuring an original interview with director Karyn Kusama What would be an easy sell in 2021 -- women at the helm (screenwriter Diablo Cody, director Karyn Kusama), a bankable cast (Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried), and a deceptively complex skewering of gender politics -- was a box office flop in 2009. In Extra Salty, Frederick Blichert flips the script on how Jennifer's Body was labeled a failure to celebrate all that is scrumptious (as Jennifer would say) about it: supernatural horror, dark comedy, queer love, and a nuanced handling of gendered violence. The movie could have been to the aughts what Heathers was to the eighties, and it's finally getting its due -- whether in the flood of tenth-anniversary praise, the parade of Jennifer Halloween costumes, or Halsey's nod to it ("Killing Boys") on her platinum-selling album. With insight into the genre's cinematic tropes, our current cultural reckoning with misogyny, and an original interview with director Karyn Kusama, Extra Salty solidifies the status of Jennifer's Body as a cult classic. About the Pop Classics Series Short books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1770415890
ISBN13:9781770415898
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:ECW Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.7" x 6.8"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Extra Salty
Published by thebookcryptid , 6 months ago
3.5*
I think you would get more value out of this book if you weren’t as into Jennifer’s Body as I am. I learned nothing that I didn’t already know and it was a bit repetitive in places. However, if you wanna deep dive into the nuances of Jennifer’s Body, I recommend it.
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