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.
What it is about is theatre – how one's role as pla…
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