Wednesday’s film The Last Seduction a real thriller to me just by how the use of gender roles were reversed. Mike is constantly it what society would categorize as the feminine role. He is begging and pleading for Bridgette to open up to him, and we get a visual representation of him covering himself after sex as he feels dirty. This is a great attribute about the film is how it plays on the norms we think of. Throughout the film I found it hard to see Bridgette as the villain. If anything she was the smartest person in the entire film, and had morals that could be seen as empowering to woman. To me Bridgette was a type of anti-hero for women. In an extreme context of course, but Bridgette shows signs of a strong feminist with a twisted perspective. She wants to help wives that have been cheated on, and always points back to her husband hitting her. She ingeniously uses our socially constructed ideas to her advantage, and displays a modern femme fatal. In my opinion Bridgette was a twisted human, but her characteristics made her so polarizing beyond just physical attraction. I found myself more interested in her mind or the way she acted. That leaves me wondering what others think. Is Bridgette in a way an anti-hero or just a twisted human? Either way she is great on screen character.
I agree with your point. Bridget to me is a surprisingly lovable protagonist. She seems to be annoyed by a lot of things (like the stubborn bartender for example), but I think the film does a good job of making us see why all of these things are irritating to her. First of all, she’s hysterical. She represents the feminist cause in a humorous way (i.e. acting as if Mike is sexually harassing her in the lobby with the “get your hands off of me, sir!”) After proud moments like these, it’s hard not to love her!