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All About Eve

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Brett Alan Dewing
Jul 28, 2012
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It would be all too easy to read All About Eve as an anti-feminist text.  It almost begs for it, what with the title and the actions of every single female character in the film (1950's Best Picture).  But it would be simply a game of gender criticism, as I don't think the film is at heart misogynistic.

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