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Sep 27, 2021Liked by Christina Newland

Thank you for a great and thought provoking piece! I think it's particularly compelling (maybe because of its rarity?) to see the women in crime movies given a broader context.

One thing that's niggled me recently is how those roles come to define their actors and maybe limit them. I recently saw an episode of (I think) Law & Order with Cathy Moriarty and, good though she was, found it hard to get beyond 'wow, that's Vicki LaMotta!), maybe there's been a similar (to a lesser degree) affect on Lorraine Bracco? I'm not sure if it's just me, but it feels like those characters imprint on the consciousness in a way that doesn't happen for male actors?

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