11. a femme fatale is what type of character
Femme Fatales (comics)


The Femme Fatales are a fictional group of female characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are often depicted as antagonists to the superhero character Spider-Man and Captain America. The Femme Fatales are villains and mutants that serve as mercenaries for hire. Group members Bloodlust and Whiplash have a history of working together prior to joining the Femme Fatales, as members of a previous group called the Band of Baddies. They were hired by fellow villain the Chameleon in the disguise of Dr. Turner to threaten an ambassador.
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wiles on Robert Mitchum in "Out of the Past" (1947). In Hitchcock's 1940 film and Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel "Rebecca", the eponymous femme fatale completely dominates the plot, even though she is already dead and we never see an image of her. "Rocky and Bullwinkle"'s Natasha Fatale, a curvaceous spy, takes her name from the "femme fatale" stock character. The femme fatale has carried on to the present day, in films such as "Body Heat" (
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Femme Fatale Tour


." The script of the show was created by Jamie King, and was inspired by the concept of the femme fatale and femme fatales throughout the ages. Rudolph stated that the idea for the show was to have Spears as an "international woman of mystery". The setlist was composed mostly of songs from "Femme Fatale", but also included hits from her previous albums, as Spears explained, "The fans really like a lot of the old songs, because that's what they are used to. So it
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Femme fatale


demon, having power over men. One of the most common traits of the femme fatale includes promiscuity and the "rejection of motherhood", seen as "one of her most threatening qualities since by denying his immortality and his posterity it leads to the ultimate destruction of the male". Femmes fatales are typically villainous, or at least morally ambiguous, and always associated with a sense of mystification, and unease. In American early 20th century film, "femme fatale" characters were referred to as vamps, in reference to
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Femme fatale


A femme fatale ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural; hence, the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress, seductress, vampire, witch, or
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Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)


that Spears should have been nominated, commenting: "She had a #1 album that yielded a trio of hits. So what gives?" Ed Christman of "Billboard" noted that "Femme Fatale" was "overlooked" by the Grammy Award voters. James Montgomery, also of MTV, however, noted that Spears has "never been considered a Grammy artist, and has won just once during her entire career." "Femme Fatale" debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, with first
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Femme Fatales (TV series)


Femme Fatales is an anthology television series, inspired by the men's magazine of the same name, produced by and aired on Cinemax from 2011 to 2012. Each episode features an antiheroic woman, intercut with softcore pornographic scenes. Lilith (Tanit Phoenix) introduces each episode Rod Serling-style and occasionally appears within the narrative. Some characters make encore appearances in later episodes. Unlike most Cinemax After Dark shows that feature porn actors, "Femme Fatales" features mainstream actors, such as Richard Kind, Adam Goldberg, Paul Mazursky
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Diamond Select Toys


Alice (from ""), and future releases include Atom Eve from "Invincible" and Seven of Nine from "". (Some Femme Fatales characters have been released as Minimates, too.) Diamond started releasing Femme Fatales statues based on female characters from "Batman: The Animated Series" in 2015. However, Diamond started branding both female and male PVC statues under the Gallery label. Similarly, Diamond's PVC statues of Marvel characters (both comics- and MCU-based) are branded under the Gallery label. Diamond
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Mary Ann Doane


controlled by the male spectator's views. Thus, most of the female characters are a representation of their desires or fears. She gives the example of the Femme Fatale, a female stock character that often appears in the Film Noir genre. The femme fatale is often portrayed as an evil force trying to deceive the male protagonist, and she is usually punished or killed because of this. Doane claims this is a “desperate reassertion of control on the part of the threatened male subject.” This is debated amongst film theorists
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Andrea Beaumont


" corresponds with that of the femme fatale from hardboiled detective fiction. Like classic femme fatales such as Brigid O'Shaughnessy from "The Maltese Falcon", Andrea is a beautiful, intelligent woman who harbors dark secrets. The fact that Andrea is secretly the main villain is another convention of this stock character. Andrea also serves as a foil for Batman. The characters are very similar; they both don an intimidating costume and speak to the gravestones of their parents (as if holding a conversation with the deceased). The paralleling of
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La belle juive


first is total submission to the Christian lover and through him to the Christian world. The second is death. The belle juive is fundamentally a tragic heroine. As a positive character she can never find true fulfillment in the damned Jewish world; and as a negative character she never had had the opportunity, seeing as she was born in the Jewish world, to be anything other than damned. The "belle juive" shares traits with the femme fatale. However, where the femme fatale is mostly seen as the product of
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Portrayal of women in film noir


early evolution of film, there are specific roles for actors to accommodate in the narrative of the film. One specific example of a stock female character in film noir is the Femme Fatale and Spider Woman. The direct translation from French for the term femme fatale is “fatal woman,” which is embedded in classic film noirs, such as Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946), Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity" (1944), and Lara Turner in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946)
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Film noir


, cannot be its genre determinant, as with the Western. Similarly, while the private eye and the femme fatale are character types conventionally identified with noir, the majority of film noirs feature neither; so there is no character basis for genre designation as with the gangster film. Nor does film noir rely on anything as evident as the monstrous or supernatural elements of the horror film, the speculative leaps of the science fiction film, or the song-and-dance routines of the musical. An analogous case is that
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Character actor


an edge and potential to explode". Ed Lauter usually portrayed a menacing figure because of his "long, angular face" which was easily recognized in public, although audiences rarely knew his name. Character actors can play a variety of types, such as the femme fatale, gunslinger, sidekick, town drunk, villain, whore with a heart of gold, and many others. A character actor's roles are often perceived as being substantially different from their perceived real-life persona, meaning that they do not portray an
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Reiko Aylesworth


. In the Kevin Costner movie, "Mr. Brooks," Aylesworth portrayed a divorce lawyer, Sheila, who was representing the husband of Demi Moore's character, Detective Tracy Atwood. Departing from her previous type of characters, Aylesworth played the femme fatale Audrey Levine in the Gideon Raff independent thriller, The Killing Floor. Aylesworth played one of the two lead roles in "" (2007). Her character, Kelly O'Brien, an Army pilot and soldier returning home after being deployed overseas, arrives in Gunnison, Colorado the
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Gold digging


later, "The Gold Diggers". In 1920s and 1930s American cinema the "gold digger" was the type of "femme fatale" that gradually replaced the "vamp". The character type would be featured, for example, in "How to Marry a Millionaire", a 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe, alongside Schatze Page and Loco Dempsey. In the analysis of rap music it has been theorized that the "gold digger script" is one of a few prevalent sexual scripts present for young African American women.
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Film noir


filled with existential bitterness". Certain archetypal characters appear in many film noirs—hardboiled detectives, femme fatales, corrupt policemen, jealous husbands, intrepid claims adjusters, and down-and-out writers. Among characters of every stripe, cigarette smoking is rampant. From historical commentators to neo-noir pictures to pop culture ephemera, the private eye and the femme fatale have been adopted as the quintessential film noir figures, though they do not appear in most films now regarded as classic noir. Of the twenty-six National
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Stella Fregelius


sense, "Stella Fregelius" is very much like a number of other Haggard novels. Many of Haggard's novels contain a female character who brings about the downfall of a male character in a way similar to that of the modern femme fatale. While the term "femme fatale" wasn’t coined until well after Haggard's death, Stella plays this part perfectly in the novel. Lured in by her breathtaking looks, enchanting musical abilities and exceptional intelligence, Morris can’t resist becoming intimate with Stella even though he knows it
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Femme fatale


. In the Hitchcock film "The Paradine Case" (1947), Alida Valli's character causes the deaths of two men and the near destruction of another. Another frequently cited example is the character Jane played by Lizabeth Scott in "Too Late for Tears" (1949); during her quest to keep some dirty money from its rightful recipient and her husband, she uses poison, lies, sexual teasing and a gun to keep men wrapped around her finger. Jane Greer remains notable as a murderous femme fatale using her
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Kalamity


Melissa, LuFisto made the save and set up and match between Kalamity and Power vs Melissa and LuFisto which the latter team won. At nCw Femmes Fatales III Kalamity took on Sweet Cherrie in the first round of nCw Femmes Fatales Championship tournament and won. At nCw Femmes Fetales IV, Kalamity lost to LuFisto in the semifinal of the tournament. With this loss, Kalamity lost matches at nCw Femmes Fatales, first she lost to Mercedes Martinez at nCw Femmes Fatales V and again at nCw Femmes Fatales VI in a tag match which
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Femme fatale


a very powerful femme fatale. This led to her appearing in the work of Edgar Allan Poe, and as the vampire, notably in "Carmilla" and "Brides of Dracula". "The Monk" was greatly admired by the Marquis de Sade, for whom the femme fatale symbolised not evil, but all the best qualities of Women; his novel "Juliette" is perhaps the earliest wherein the femme fatale triumphs. Pre-Raphaelite painters frequently used the classic personifications of the femme fatale as a subject. In the
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Femme Fatales (magazine)


hiatus, Mark Gottwald took over publication and Femme Fatales began printing again in at the end of 2007 as a bi-monthly magazine. The final issue of Femme Fatales was printed in September 2008 and featured Jolene Blalock on the cover. Femme Fatales was purchased by Williams in 2010. The magazine became the basis of the film noir-inspired HBO/Cinemax series "Femme Fatales", 13 episodes of which were originally ordered and began to air on May 13, 2011. On July 15, 2011 it was announced that
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Femme Fatale Tour


The Femme Fatale Tour was the eighth concert tour by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was launched in support of her seventh studio album "Femme Fatale" (2011). It was officially announced in March 2011, with dates for North American venues revealed. The tour was initially planned as a co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias, but he canceled only hours after the announcement. The show is inspired by the concept of the femme fatale and femmes fatales throughout the ages. The setlist was mostly composed of songs from
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Murder, My Sweet


fourth or fifth billing – and intended the film to be a showcase for the actress, who played a "femme fatale". At one point, the studio had considered Ann Dvorak for one of the female leads. Both Shirley and Trevor tried to convince the studio that they should both play "against type", with perennial good girl Shirley cast as the "femme fatale" Helen, and Trevor cast as the nice girl, Ann, but their pressure did not convince the studio. Koerner was also responsible for Dick
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Interpretations of Fight Club


assistance". The films also present a "more organic" heterosexual coupling than "Fight Club". The female character is introduced as a femme fatale, wearing a dress, hat, and sunglasses, smoking a cigarette, and possessing "voluptuous" red lips. Her presence, regardless of "action or agency", is meant to show that "she is the source of all the problems for the narrator". The femme fatale appearance at the beginning is replaced by a heroin chic appearance for the rest of the
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Portrayal of women in film noir


of the female character. Through this gaze of cinema, which is a representation of reality, there is a fabrication that male is the perspective of normativity and female is considered other, as secondary and overlooked. These female actors are then created as a fictional object and then made into objects of spectacle, made for enjoyment and sexual pleasure. To combat this perspective of the female figure, the femme fatale is both very useful and problematic. The femme fatale is defined by “her dangerous, yet desirable sexual presence,”
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Inside Out (Britney Spears song)


Hindlin and Bonnie McKee, while additional writing and song production was done by Dr. Luke, Martin, and Billboard. A small teaser of the song was unveiled by the singer on February 19, 2011. On March 11, 2011, it leaked in full online, along with another "Femme Fatale" track, "(Drop Dead) Beautiful". The song was also rumored to be the second single of "Femme Fatale"; the information was later denied following the online leak of "Till the World Ends"
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Blonde Ice


cold-hearted femme fatale who is capable of not only deceit but of murder. It's a precursor to the more hardboiled neo-noir films of today. Jack Bernhard directs a film that is based on a Whitney Chambers story, and allows the storyline to remain an oddity because of how ruthlessly cold and insane the femme fatale character played by Leslie Brooks is presented." Critic Gary Johnson discussed the production and the storyline in his review, "The acting is merely adequate and the direction is severely hampered by the low
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Femme fatale


men and women to their destruction. Femmes fatales also appear frequently in comic books. Notable examples include Batman's long-time nemesis Catwoman, who first appeared in comics in 1940, and various adversaries of The Spirit, such as P'Gell. This stock character is also often found in the genres of opera and musical theatre, where she will traditionally have a mezzo, alto or contralto range, opposed to the ingénue’s soprano, to symbolise the masculinity and lack of feminine purity. An example is Hélène from Natasha, Pierre
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Hunt for Wolverine


. After phasing herself, Jubilee, and Domino into the sewers of Lowtown, Kitty tends to Domino's injury as Jubilee asks what they are going to do when they deal with Viper and the Femme Fatales. In another part of Madripoor, Viper congratulates the Femme Fatales for their work as they now have Psylocke, Rogue, and Storm as their prisoners. Mindblast suggests that they put a bounty on the ones that escaped stating that every gang member in Lowtown will be looking for them. Viper states that she will discuss with
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Mulholland Drive (film)


the femme fatale, the maverick director and shady powerbrokers that Lynch never seems to explore fully. Lynch places these often hackneyed characters in dire situations, creating dream-like qualities. By using these characters in scenarios that have components and references to dreams, fantasies and nightmares, viewers are left to decide, between the extremes, what is reality. One film analyst, Jennifer Hudson, writes of him, "Like most surrealists, Lynch's language of the unexplained is the fluid language of dreams." David Lynch uses various
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Cookie Lyon


crack! It’s high drama, I get to dress up and wear things I can’t afford or that I just wouldn’t buy because I’m cheap." Henson referred to Cookie as "an animal" out for what belongs to her, and stated that her love of fur and leopard prints relates to that theme. The character of Cookie has been well received, and Henson was immediately praised for her portrayal. The character has drawn several comparisons to Alexis Carrington, the femme fatale famously played by Joan Collins on
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Claire Dodd


, Paramount and Universal studios in more than sixty films over a dozen years, from 1930 to 1942. Dodd was usually type-cast as the "other woman," a femme fatale, siren, seductress, mistress, blackmailer, or otherwise scheming blonde. She twice played secretary Della Street to Warren William's Perry Mason, in "The Case of the Curious Bride" (1935), and "The Case of the Velvet Claws" (1936). In the latter movie Dodd's character was the only Della
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Chrissie Watts


soap star in 2005, and reflected Chrissie's new-found role as the "voluptuous landlady" of The Queen Vic. In the media the character was widely regarded as the show's ultimate "femme fatale" and resident "sex symbol", being described by John Dingwall of the "Daily Record" as Walford's "black widow". In an interview with the "Sunday Mirror", Oberman revealed that she was attracted to the mesh of sexuality and humour in the personality of Chrissie, declaring, "What
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Magneto (comics)


they discover that Magneto is actually Mindblast in disguise as it was part of an ambush by Viper and the Femme Fatales. Magneto is shown to be a prisoner of Viper and the Femme Fatales where Mindblast and Sapphire Styx put Magneto in a weakened state. When Kitty Pryde destroyed the psychic-enhancement equipment on Mindblast's back, Magneto recovers and starts to take revenge on Mindblast until Kitty suggests he leaves her and helps to stop the rocket that will be sent to Soteira. Due to Magneto still recovering from what Mindblast put him
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Stereotype


in hollywood films consists of one or more of these basic stereotypes, but it has been rare to view Latin American actors representing characters outside of this stereotypical criteria. Media stereotypes of women first emerged in the early 20th century. Various stereotypic depictions or "types" of women appeared in magazines, including Victorian ideals of femininity, the New Woman, the Gibson Girl, the Femme fatale, and the Flapper. Stereotypes are also common in video games, with women being portrayed as stereotypes such as the "damsel in distress"
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Handyman


Shannon in 1964, James Taylor in 1977. There are femme-fatale TV characters who fall for handymen. Handymen have been portrayed in books and films, generally positively, as do-gooder helpful types, but not particularly smart or ambitious. In a book by author Carolyn See called "The Handyman", a handyman is really an aspiring but discouraged artist who transforms the lives of people he works for, as well as having sexual encounters with some of his clients, and his experiences improve his artistic output. The
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NCW Femmes Fatales


NCW Femmes Fatales is an independent women's professional wrestling promotion based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In September 2009, NCW hosted their first edition of NCW Femmes Fatales which regrouped many fighting females in North America. NCW Femmes Fatales was announced in April 2010 to be part of the Female Fight League during the 45th Edition of the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion in Las Vegas. In November 2009, they gave an hommage to Maurice Vachon and Paul Vachon as part of a documentary tracing back Mad Dog's career. The following roster
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Femme fatale


archetype is also abundantly found in American television. One of the most famous femmes fatales of American television is Sherilyn Fenn's Audrey Horne of the David Lynch cult series "Twin Peaks". In the late night Cinemax TV series, "Femme Fatales", actress Tanit Phoenix plays Lilith, the host who introduces each episode Rod Serling-style and occasionally appears within the narrative. In the Netflix TV series, "Orange Is the New Black", actress Laura Prepon plays Alex Vause, a modern femme fatale, leading both
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Marie Windsor


Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features "Force of Evil" and "The Narrow Margin". Windsor's height created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors. She was the female lead in so many B movie's that she became dubbed the "Queen" of the genre. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lane Bertelsen, Windsor was born in 1919 in Marysvale
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Natasha Fatale


red. Natasha's last name is a pun on the phrase "femme fatale", with emphasis on the "fatal" part; in keeping with that, Natasha was drawn as a shapely, attractive looking woman. However, in nearly all episodes, the character is identified only as Natasha, with no surname. She is apocryphally known as "Natasha Nogoodnik". However, she is identified in the series premiere by her proper name by the show's narrator, making "Fatale" her canonical and correct surname.
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Thunderball (film)


long underwater sequences during which it's impossible to tell what's going on. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable entry in the Bond series. Sean Connery is particularly appealing as Bond – I think he projects more confidence than in other films in the series. Film has no "great" scene, but it's entertaining as long as the actors stay above water." Critics such as James Berardinelli praised Connery's performance, the "femme fatale" character of Fiona Volpe, and the underwater action sequences, remarking that they
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Sherilyn Fenn


more myself and not to be pushed into what other people wanted me to be. It's scary how little imagination many people in this business have." Fenn won her most famous role and made an impression on the public when she was cast by David Lynch and Mark Frost as the tantalizing, reckless Audrey Horne, a high school "femme fatale", in the TV series "Twin Peaks". The series ran from 1990 to 1991, and the character of Audrey was one of the most popular with fans,
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Interpretations of Fight Club


film. The male antagonist appears in direct response to the "intrusion" of this female object of desire, recalling how in some noir films, the femme fatale appearance is a catalyst to the everyman's entry into "a criminal and dangerous world". The female character is presented as "necessary but peripheral" since she is never fully aware of what is happening. Cultural critic Henry Giroux describes the nature of Marla Singer as "an ultra-conservative version of post-1960s femininity that signifies the antithesis of domestic security, comfort
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List of Mass Effect characters


would fit better with her "femme fatale" look. Casey Hudson has said her uniform was made tight due to her being designed to be "perfect" and "beautiful". Miranda Lawson is voiced by and modeled after actress Yvonne Strahovski. In "Mass Effect 2", camera angles and shots such as a close-up of her butt were employed to focus on "her curves and sexuality", identified as key parts of her character, her being someone genetically engineered to be "perfect" and a femme
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Femme Fatales (comics)


Fatales are locked up. In a discussion between Kitty and Rogue, Snake Whip cooperated with Kitty and told her about Soteira looking for Wolverine's body in exchange for a lighter sentence. The Femme Fatales also exist as a team in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Bloodlust, Knockout, Mindblast and Whiplash briefly encounter the All-New Ultimates. In "", Femme Fatales is a team bonus for any four-person combination of Storm, Elektra, Spider-Woman, Invisible Woman, and Ms. Marvel. In "",
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Femme fatale


Theda Bara, who played a seductive woman referred to as a "vampiress" in the 1915 film "A Fool There Was". Many female mobsters (especially members of the Italian-American Mafia or Russian Mafia) have been known to be femme fatales in many films noir as well as James Bond films. The phrase is French for "fatal woman". A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, or sexual allure. In many cases, her attitude towards
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Femme fatale


, or "fatal girl". The femme fatale archetype exists in the culture, folklore and myths of many cultures. Ancient mythical or legendary examples include Lilith, Mohini, Circe, Medea, Clytemnestra, Lesbia, Helen of Troy, and Visha Kanyas. Historical examples from Classical times include Cleopatra and Messalina, as well as the Biblical figures Delilah, Jezebel, and Salome. An example from Chinese literature and traditional history is Daji. The "femme fatale" was a common figure in the European Middle Ages, often portraying
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(Drop Dead) Beautiful


, yeah, your body looks so sick, I think I caught the flu" and "You must be B.I.G. 'cause you got me hypnotized". "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. While reviewing "Femme Fatale", Alexis Petridis of "The Guardian" noted Spears "does what pop stars invariably do in lieu of having a detectable character of their own: goes on and on about sex", while commenting that "after a while, you get the feeling the lyricists
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Cassandra Freedman


and "a risk taker". She thought she might be classified as a troublemaker and a femme fatale, before revealing that there would be some comedy in the role too. Darren Rowe from Digital Spy described Cassandra as "seductive and troublesome", while a writer for Yahoo!7 called her a cougar. Goldsmith later branded her character "a real piece of work", before adding "Cassandra's a vixen, she's manipulative, she's vulnerable. She only sees the world through her eyes, and what she can
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Fear Effect


Xi protectorate; Hana Tsu-Vachel, the lead character and femme fatale of the group, used to work in a brothel somewhere in that region. Hana arrives in Hong Kong accompanied by her partners, Royce Glas and Jacob "Deke" DeCourt. What begins as a simple snatch and grab turns into a fiasco: The father of the runaway, Mr. Lam, attributes his fortune and power to a pact he made with demons long ago. Wee Ming, who is a paper doll given life, has been scheduled to
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Ada Wong


for her own motives. Ada proves that a person, man or woman, without loyalties is a person to be distrusted." ZoominGames put her at number one spot of their 2014 top list of femme fatales in gaming. Mass media outlets from around the world have described Ada one of the sexiest Asian and general female characters in all of video gaming. In 2008, UGO ranked Ada as the fourth top "videogame hottie", describing her as "drop dead gorgeous" and stating that they anticipate what the series has
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Femme fatale


1997) with Patricia Arquette, "Cowboy Bebop" (1998) with Wendee Lee, "Devil in the Flesh" (1998) and "Jawbreaker" (1999), both with Rose McGowan, "Original Sin" (2001) with Angelina Jolie, "Femme Fatale" (2002) with Rebecca Romijn, and "Jennifer's Body" (2009), with Megan Fox. In 2013, Tania Raymonde played the title role in "". In 2014, Eva Green portrayed a femme fatale in ""
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Gilda (singer)


Miriam Alejandra Bianchi (11 October 1961 – 7 September 1996), known by her stage name Gilda (mispronounced /ˈʃil.da/ by Spanish-speaking fans and journalists) was an Argentinian cumbia singer and songwriter. Her stage name was chosen in honour of the "femme fatale" character played by Rita Hayworth in "Gilda", the eponymous film. Gilda started getting involved in music while organizing festivals at a Catholic school. After meeting musician and agent Juan Carlos "Toti" Giménez, Gilda became a backup singer, joining a band
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Femme fatale


and Rosamund Pike starred in "Gone Girl". Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard has frequently played femmes fatales, in such films as "A Private Affair" (2002), "A Very Long Engagement", "The Black Box", "Inception", "Midnight in Paris", "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Macbeth". Nicole Kidman has also played a few femmes fatales in films as "To Die For", "The Paperboy" and "Moulin Rouge!". The
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio


a foul-mouthed American Felix Leiter-type CIA agent Bill Tremendous, the femme fatale Carlotta, Professor Von Zimmel's luchador enforcers and eventually Mossad agents intent on bringing Professor Von Zimmel back to Israel for trial. OSS 117 teams up with Dolorès Koulechov, a beautiful Israeli Army Colonel to bring Von Zimmel to Israel in the manner of Adolf Eichmann. Their lead to Von Zimmel is his son who is now a hippie. Throughout the film the main character has two main romantic interests. The first is a mysterious beauty Carlotta
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List of Neighbours characters (2009)


, Phil walks in and apologises for what he had done to Zeke. Zeke is angry with him, but he then shook Phil's hand and thanks him for saving his life. Cassandra Freedman, played by Tottie Goldsmith, is the mother of Donna, Tegan and Simon Freedman. She made her first on-screen appearance on 10 February 2009. Cassandra has been described as a troublesome Femme fatale, who is manipulative and selfish. Adam Clarke, played by Clint Bizzell, made his first screen appearance on 30 March 2009
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List of minor Chuck characters


not trusted, is still cordial, Casey's resulted in his being cuffed to a bed wearing nothing but his underwear). The classic femme fatale, she uses her beauty to seduce men in order to complete her mission or simply get what she wants, though, when she tries to seduce an overly-nervous Chuck, she fails. She takes unneeded risks and "improvises," the combination of which often gets her and her partners into trouble. She admits to being somewhat attracted to Chuck, but only because she
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Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)


hear [you] ask) where B's at in all this? I surely don't know. [D]id a song [with] Klas Ahlund, who wrote 'Piece of Me'. And is killa. But not on ["Femme Fatale"] apparently. But a good song is a good song regardless." Music writers noted electropop and dance-pop styles on "Femme Fatale". Music journalist Jody Rosen wrote of the album, "Conceptually it's straightforward: a party record packed with sex
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Female Furies


's employ along with teammates Enchanthrax, Killsandra, and Thumpa, and formed the Femmes Fatales. Together, they joined the Cult of Yuga Khan. The cult's leader, Aagog, sent the Femmes Fatales to Earth in order to capture Beautiful Dreamer of the Forever People in hopes to resurrect Yuga Khan. After suffering defeat by the Forever People, the unconscious Femmes Fatales were gathered by Lashina and Granny Goodness, the latter of whom mentioned that a war was approaching and that "All they need is the kind of love only
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Femme Fatales (magazine)


Sci-Fi Universe" and a regular contributor to both "Cinefantastique" and "Femme Fatales", allowing Mindfire to take over their publication. David E. Williams, a former executive features editor at "The Hollywood Reporter", became editor-in-chief of both publications. Both magazines' operations were moved from Chicago to Culver City. Williams planned the 2003 revamp of "Femme Fatales" as a version of the men's magazine "Maxim" focusing on actresses in science fiction and horror films. After a brief
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Whiplash (comics)


powers, blew up the warehouse they were in, and defeated all of the Baddies. Whiplash disappeared after the daughter's telekinetic explosion enabled her to get free. She later joined the Femme Fatales, and was hired by the Chameleon to lure Spider-Man into a trap by threatening a United Nations ambassador. Spider-Man defeated the Femme Fatales and saved the ambassador. The Fatales then joined forces with the Scorpion and the Tarantula, but all of them were defeated by Spider-Man and the Black Cat. The Femme
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Femme Fatales (comics)


Spider-Man intervened and saved the ambassador, making him an enemy of the Femme Fatales. They then joined forces with other villains the Scorpion and the Tarantula, but all of them were defeated by Spider-Man and his ally the Black Cat. Though the villains got away. The Femme Fatales later received an invitation to join Superia and her organization of female criminals, the Femizons. They accepted, and battled Captain America and the Paladin in the process. The group would splinter and disband sometime later: Bloodlust and Whiplash
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Till the World Ends


rap verse of The Femme Fatale Remix. Spears emerged onstage for the chorus and performed alongside Minaj and her back up dancers while walking to a minor stage. Spears also performed "Till the World Ends" at the Femme Fatale Tour (2011). At the end of "Toxic", she goes below the stage and returns wearing a black sparkly bodysuit for "Till the World Ends". Halfway through the performance, Minaj appears on the backdrops rapping her verse of The Femme Fatale Remix of the song. She also
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Femme Fatales (magazine)


Femme Fatales is an American men's magazine focusing on film and television actresses. "Femme Fatales" was founded by Frederick S. Clarke in the summer of 1992, as the sister publication of his science fiction film magazine "Cinefantastique". Published by Clarke, it was originally edited by pin-up photography collector and expert Bill George. "Cinefantanstique" contributor Dan Cziraky joined the staff as Associate Editor several months prior to its launch. It focused on science-fiction, fantasy, and horror actresses, from B-movies
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Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)


further promote "Femme Fatale". It was announced on March 29, 2011 and included forty-five shows in North America and twenty-six in Europe. In an interview on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on March 4, 2011, Spears stated she would tour the United States in the "early summer" in support of "Femme Fatale". On March 29, 2011, following her performances on "Good Morning America", she announced a co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias, starting in June 2011.
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Femme fatale


femmes fatales" are Isabella of France, Hedda Gabler of Kristiania (now Oslo), Marie Antoinette of Austria, and, most famously, Lucrezia Borgia. One traditional view portrays the femme fatale as a sexual vampire; her charms leech the virility and independence of lovers, leaving them shells of themselves. Rudyard Kipling took inspiration from a vampire painted by Philip Burne-Jones, an image typical of the era in 1897, to write his poem "The Vampire". The poem inspired the 1913 eponymous film "The Vampire
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Femme fatale


the era the "femme fatale" was called a "vamp", short for "vampire". From the American film-audience perspective, the femme fatale often appeared foreign, usually either of indeterminate Eastern European or Asian ancestry. She was the sexual counterpart to wholesome actresses such as Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford. Notable silent-cinema vamps included Theda Bara, Helen Gardner, Louise Glaum, Valeska Suratt, Musidora, Virginia Pearson, Olga Petrova, Rosemary Theby, Nita Naldi, Pola Negri, Estelle Taylor, Anita
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Femme Fatale (band)


Femme Fatale was an American hard rock band. Originally from Albuquerque, the band moved to Los Angeles and released one studio album before disbanding. Lead vocalist, Lorraine Lewis, restarted the band in 2013 with an all-female line-up which lasted until 2019. Femme Fatale was formed in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Later on that year, the band moved to Los Angeles and signed a recording contract with MCA Records after a well-received showcase. The band's self-titled debut album, released in
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Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour


Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour is a 2011 concert special by American singer Britney Spears, documenting the August 13 and 14, 2011 shows of the Femme Fatale Tour. Filmed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the show was shot in 2D and 3D by 3ality Digital, and premiered on Epix on November 12, 2011. BBC Worldwide attained distribution rights of the show outside the United States. The special portrays a story in which Spears is a secret agent chased by a stalker, and features guest appearances by
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Bond girl


femme fatales (who invariably make an attempt on Bond's life), sacrificial lambs (female associates of Bond who wind up dead) and romantic interests. Since it is debatable whether certain girls fulfill certain tropes (i.e. If Bond kisses a girl does that make her a romantic interest? Is Pussy Galore a "femme fatale" due to her being in league with Goldfinger?) the following criteria are used for determining inclusion: women with whom sexual encounters are implied; the woman who principally assists Bond; femme fatales are
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Mercedes Martinez


Cassie, Tyler Texas and Charlotte. Mercedes Martinez debuted for NCW Femmes Fatales on February 6, 2010 taking on Portia Perez. At the end of the match Mercedes Martinez was able to hit with the Fisherman Buster to get the pin. She challenged NCW Femmes Fatales Champion Kalamity on March 10, 2012 and was unsuccessful. She promptly turned heel afterwards laying Kalamity out and LuFisto came out and they brawled to close the show. More than a year later, Mercedes would become NCW Femmes Fatales Champion on March 30, 2013.
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Fatale (Image Comics)


a video teaser for the series. The series began publishing monthly in January 2012. Although initially billed as a twelve-issue series, the length was increased in November 2012. The series concluded after 24 issues. Several issues featured an article written by Jess Nevins and others on the crime/noir characters, both fictional and real. "Fatale" chronicles the life of Josephine, or "Jo", an archetypal femme fatale who is seemingly immortal, having survived from the 1930s to the modern day unaged, and also
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Femme Fatale (band)


their record label. It eventually became the band's last album of new material. In January 2019, Lewis was named as the new vocalist for another all-female band, Vixen, Femme Fatale's contemporaries during the glam metal heyday. She succeeded Janet Gardner, who stepped down to give more priority to her budding solo career. Lewis had earlier stood in for Gardner in Oklahoma during a March 2018 performance. After Femme Fatale played their show at the 2019 Monsters of Rock Cruise in late February, the band quietly disbanded
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Femme Fatale Tour


"Femme Fatale", although Spears also performed hits from her previous albums for her fans. Fashion designer Zaldy Goco created the costumes. In July 2011, Spears announced plans of playing a South American leg in territories she either had never been to or had not played for a long time. Spears has named the Femme Fatale Tour the best show of her career. The tour, divided in five segments, portrays a story in which Spears is a secret agent, who is chased by a stalker named Tormento Lancie; played
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Kalamity


also included Cheerleader Melissa and Portia Perez. Even with that string of losses, Kalamity took on LuFisto for the nCw Femmes Fatales Champion and successfully ended her year-long reign and became the second champion. Over the next nCw Femmes Fatales shows, Kalamity has successfully defended her championship against strong opposition such as Sara Del Rey. Kalamity has also defended her championship at other promotions such as Women Superstars Uncensored and Pro Wrestling Superstars. On March 30, 2013 at Femmes Fatales XI Kalamity was defeated by challenger Mercedes Martinez and lost her
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Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)


debuted at number eight in Denmark, selling 1,009 copies in its first week. On April 4, 2011 "Femme Fatale" debuted at number one in Australia, making it Spears' first number-one album in the country. It was also certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) during its debut week for shipments over 35,000 copies. On 2011 "Billboard"s mid-year sales list, Spears appeared twice: "Femme Fatale" reached number twelve with 590,000 sold units and its second single "Till the
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Jessica Rabbit


, Jessica Rabbit remains the most alluring character in cartoons. Her red dress was also among the most recognized clothing worn by an animated character along with Snow White's dress. In 2008, Jessica Rabbit was selected by "Empire Magazine" as one of The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All-Time, explaining that despite being drawn as a classic femme fatale, one of the movie's strengths is to allow the character to play against the stereotype". She was also ranked as the sixth greatest animated character by the same
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Conan the Adventurer (1997 TV series)


, the other characters in the series are basically whole-cloth inventions for the production at hand and bear little resemblance to characters from early Conan media. Otli the dwarf in particular is entirely out-of-character for Conan as a companion (though is the provider of comic relief at the expense of other characters). As in all previous variants of the Conan franchise, beautiful women – as strong, Amazon-like warrior women in skimpy outfits, damsels in distress, or scheming "femmes fatales" – figure in
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Danyah


debut for NCW Femmes Fatales in a Fatal 4 Way also involving the debuting PJ Tyler, She Nay Nay and Addy Starr. Once again Danyah couldn't make it to NCW Femmes Fatales so the Fatal 4 Way got cancelled. She is now booked for the Third Show. Danyah made her Shimmer Women Athletes debut as part of the opening match of Volume 17. She teamed with Jennifer Blake in a losing effort against Rain and Jetta. Later in the night on Volume 18 they lost to the team of Malia Hosaka and Lexie
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Film genre


A film genre is a motion-picture category based (for example) on similarities either in the narrative elements or in the emotional response to the film (namely: serious, comic, etc.). Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary-genre criticism. Each film genre is associated with "conventions, iconography, settings, narratives, characters and actors". Standard genre characters vary according to the film genre; for film noir, standard characters are the femme fatale and the "hardboiled" detective;
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Killer Instinct Gold


new character appearances, gameplay difficulty levels, and an additional playable character. "Gold" and "Killer Instinct 2" shared roster contains eleven characters in total: four new additions and seven returning from the previous title. Characters include a gargoyle, a ninja, and a femme fatale. Fights are set in spaceship, jungle, and castle settings, among others, and some backgrounds are interactive. "Gold" features new camera functions that automatically zoom to better frame the fight. The release also includes enhancements to the 3D
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Jackie Rice


-girlfriend of Marco who died in the finale episode after attempting to kill Thea. She portrayed a character that is similar to Ryza Cenon's villain and femme fatale character in "Ika-6 na Utos". Later in 2019, she was casted as the comical supporting villain in "TODA One I Love" as Tiffy who will become the rival of Jelay. Jackie Rice's antagonist role in that series is far from her previous character as she said, "Her Ava character in HKKIK was very dark and cold-blooded murderer
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Jet Fuel Formula


on hypnotizing Bullwinkle. Natasha Fatale: Although Natasha is a femme fatale from her first appearance she becomes slightly more curvaceous during the course of the early episodes. In "Jet Fuel Formula" her last name is pronounced “Fuh-TAH-lee”, although in the second story arc it is pronounced “Fuh-TAHL”. Fearless Leader: In his first appearance, Fearless Leader is a physically nondescript, heavyset character. Toward the end of this story arc he transforms into the thin, scarred, monocle-wearing
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Femme fatale


sexuality is lackadaisical, intriguing, or frivolous. In some cases, she uses lies or coercion rather than charm. She may also make use of some subduing weapon such as sleeping gas, a modern analog of magical powers in older tales. She may also be (or imply that she is) a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape; "The Lady from Shanghai" (a 1947 film noir) is one such example. A younger version of a femme fatale is called a fille fatale
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Alex Vause


go back to her former felonious life, "does raise some good points" regarding issues with the prison system. "The Advocate"s Nico Lang described Vause as a notably popular femme fatale character, whom the show brought back after the second season "despite the fact that the real-life character was barely in [Kerman's memoir] at all". Charlotte Richardson Andrews wrote in "Sight & Sound" that Vause is one of the show's "believable and investment-worthy" queer characters, adding that the "
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Melissa Duck


of volume 5 of the Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, which indicates that she and Melissa may be considered the same character since unlike Femme Fatale, the identities of all of the other characters on the cover are well known Looney Tunes characters. Later in Robert McKimson's "Muscle Tussle" (1953), Daffy Duck's girlfriend appears with him on a visit to the beach. The girlfriend's design in this cartoon is markedly more stylized than Melissa's appearance in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", but a contemporary comics adaptation of
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List of Mission: Impossible characters


associates of gang members in the later seasons. Her character was intended by the producers as an amalgamation of the master of disguise and "femme fatale" characters so that the team would be not so sprawling. When a mimicry of a male's voice was needed in seasons six or seven, either Barney Collier did it or a male agent with voice mimicry skills or a professional voice actor was brought in for a single mission. Casey demonstrated basic hand-to-hand combat and defense skills when dealing with women, but
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Melissa Duck


the evil "Grand Duke Sylvester" with whom she is not in love. Femme Fatale (aka "The Body", has also been referred to as Fowl Fatale or Shapely Lady Duck), from the 1952 Daffy Duck cartoon "The Super Snooper", was a tall voluptuous bright blue-eyed, redheaded duck wearing red lipstick who bears a strong resemblance to Melissa Duck. In the cartoon, she fell madly in love with the inept detective Daffy was portraying at first sight. Femme Fatale also appears on the cover
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Femme fatale


Page, Jetta Goudal, and, in early appearances, Myrna Loy. During the film-noir era of the 1940s and early-1950s, the femme fatale flourished in American cinema. Examples include Brigid O'Shaughnessy, portrayed by Mary Astor, who murders Sam Spade's partner in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941); manipulative narcissistic daughter Veda (portrayed by Ann Blyth) in "Mildred Pierce" who exploits her indulgent mother Mildred (portrayed by Joan Crawford) and fatally destroys her mother's remarriage to stepfather Monte Barragon (portrayed
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Mary Ann Doane


, but Doane argues that the femme fatale is not an empowered female character. She is a projection of masculine insecurities and should not be viewed as a character with agency. In "Film and the Masquerade: Theorising the Female Spectator", Doane agreed with Laura Mulvey on cinema catering to male pleasures and the male gaze. She argues that women are too close to the object of the gaze; they struggle between feminine and masculine viewing positions, “invoking the metaphor of the transvestite.” As a result of having to
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Joan Holloway


the name Holloway and Harris. Embodying the role of femme fatale, Holloway is a bold and sassy character. When creating the character, "Mad Men"s creator Matthew Weiner tried to make her appear not as a television stereotype, but as an unpredictable and complicated woman. "The Boston Globe" has said that Holloway occupies "a sort of middle ground between the show's main female characters, who represent opposing paths for women of their day"; as Betty Draper (January Jones) gave up a modeling career to become
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III


International 2015. The map features four brand new characters: Nero the Magician, Jessica the Femme Fatale, Vincent the Cop and Campbell the Boxer as the main cast, and takes place in a new setting called Morg City. "The Giant" includes the original characters, Tank Dempsey, Edward Richtofen, Nikolai Belinski and Takeo Masaki. These characters return from the Black Ops II map "Origins", in their alternate timeline versions. They reappear in the DLC maps "The Giant", "Der Eisendrache", "
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Pedro Almodóvar


Double Indemnity". The film's protagonist, Juan (Gael Garcia Bernal), was modeled largely on Patricia Highsmith's most famous character, Tom Ripley, as played by Alain Delon in René Clément's "Purple Noon". A criminal without scruples, but with an adorable face that betrays nothing of his true nature. Almodóvar explains : "He also represents a classic film noir character - the femme fatale. Which means that when other characters come into contact with him, he embodies fate, in the most tragic and
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Mona Sax


femme fatales in all of gaming", and added, "The fact of the matter is that Mona Sax is one hell of a character — one that hasn't starred in her very own game, but one that could very well do so and deliver an unforgettable experience." That same year, Austin Yorski of Blistered Thumbs listed Mona among his personal favorites while discussing the portrayals of video game female characters. In 2013, "Complex" ranked her as the 20th-best supporting character in video games. Much of
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Femme Fatales (comics)


was seen at the A.I.M. Weapons Expo. Bloodlust later lost her powers after Decimation. Mindblast, who retained her powers, briefly allied herself with Hammerhead during the "Civil War" storyline. During the "" storyline, Bloodlust and Mindblast were turned into duplicate Maria Hills through the powers of Kobik in order to keep the Avengers away from Pleasant Hill. During the "Hunt for Wolverine" storyline, the Femme Fatales are joined by Viper and Sapphire Styx, with Whiplash taking the name Snake Whip. The Fatales ambush Kitty Pryde
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La Morte Amoureuse


death through self-restraint of human desire. Additionally, Marino states that "the narrator suddenly feels life rise in him...when he sees her." La Morte Amoureuse follows the trope of "femmes fatales", the fatality to the male victim from female seduction. "Femme fatales" are often depicted in medieval literature as an alluring woman who leads men into harmful situations. The story begins with an elderly Romuald answering the question if he has ever loved. He answers that he has but describes this occurrence as a
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Mai Shiranui


measurements are – – ; she is tall, and weighs (later ). Her official character description in the games is listed as "The Gorgeous Ninja" or "Knock-out Ninja", and sometimes as "Red Ninja". "The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact" character Lien Neville conceptually began as a contrast to Mai Shiranui: while Mai represents a "sexy and beautiful kunoichi," Lien represents the "sexy Western femme fatale" and her outfits were purposely designed to be "tight and constricting"
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Juliet Landau


, "La Femme Nikita", "Strong Medicine" and a starring role in the Lifetime movie "Fatal Reunion". Landau voiced various characters on the animated series "Justice League Unlimited" and "Ben 10" as well as the animated movie "". She has also voiced characters for three of the "BioShock" video games. Landau's theater roles include "Awake and Sing" at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, the world premiere of "Failure of Nerve", "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea"
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Erica Kane


the radio soap operas who waited to be rescued by men. As the bitch goddess, Erica started out as "a conniving teenage vixen" and transformed into "the femme fatale incarnate." The characters in this category are outrageous, exaggerated, financially disadvantaged and determined to change that. Other characters in this archetype are Lisa Grimaldi ("As the World Turns"), Rachel Davis ("Another World") and Tracy Quartermaine ("General Hospital"). "General Hospital"s Luke Spencer later became daytime television's
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