E9: Standing in Front of a BoyE9.3: Cassandra
Emma and Chloe confront the ghosts of pretty boys past, in this episode where they look at white masculinity in the 1990s and its legacy. They explore the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Grant, and how their careers and reputations have survived into the present while others’ didn’t. They also consider the ‘grunge’ movement, and how claims for the dissolution of the boundaries between men and women, despite some success, also left many women behind.
Links
James Hibberd, “Vanilla Ice throwing Fourth of July concert: 'We didn't have coronavirus' in the '90s,” Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2020, https://ew.com/music/vanilla-ice-4th-of-july-concert-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=5efd1c86621aa70001d0241a
Alan Riding, “Why 'Titanic' Conquered the World,” The New York Times, 26 April 1998, https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/movies/why-titanic-conquered-the-world.html
Tatiana Siegel, “"His Brand Is Excellence": How Leonardo DiCaprio Became Hollywood's Last Movie Star,” Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2019, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-leonardo-dicaprio-became-hollywoods-last-movie-star-1225416
Jason Rodrigues, “Hugh Grant arrested with sex worker 20 years ago,” The Guardian, 26 June 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/film/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jun/26/hugh-grant-arrest-prostitute-divine-brown-20-1995#_=_
Darragh McManus, “Just 20 years on, grunge seems like ancient history,” The Guardian, 1 November 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/oct/31/grunge
Chioma Nnadi, “Why Kurt Cobain Was One of the Most Influential Style Icons of Our Times,” Vouge, 8 April 2014, https://www.vogue.com/article/kurt-cobain-legacy-of-grunge-in-fashion
Double J, “The 50 most important female artists of the 90s,” ABC Online, 16 June 2017, https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/the-50-most-important-female-artists-of-the-90s/10267896
Allison Yarrow, “How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality,” Time, 13 June 2018, https://time.com/5310256/90s-gender-equality-progress/Evelynn McDonnell and Elisabeth Vincentelli, “Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here’s an Essential Listening Guide,” The New York Times, 6 May 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/03/arts/music/riot-grrrl-playlist.html
El Hunt, “A brief history of Riot Grrrl – the space-reclaiming 90s punk movement,” NME, 27 August 2019, https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/brief-history-riot-grrrl-space-reclaiming-90s-punk-movement-2542166
Hugh Grant on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1995, NBC Studios & NBC Productions
Wayne’s World, 1992 Paramount Pictures
Titanic, 1997 Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment

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