“Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and Fiction
The following article deals with the representation of Hollywood as a dystopian place, for women in particular, where glamour is a utopian façade for both literal and figurative corruption, where the lifespan of an actress is severely limited and the process of discarding “useless” artists is syste...
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The following article deals with the representation of Hollywood as a dystopian place, for women in particular, where glamour is a utopian façade for both literal and figurative corruption, where the lifespan of an actress is severely limited and the process of discarding “useless” artists is systemically implemented. My main point of reference will be Donald Wolfe’s 1970 Savage Intruder, one of the lesser known hag horrors. Moreover, I will allude to other films exploring a similar motif, not to mention Angela Carter’s 1977 novel entitled The Passion of New Eve, which also analyzes the falseness of Hollywood and its capacity for dystopia.
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| spelling | doaj-art-96b71b29ee9e43f1abbf69c48e41a51f2024-11-20T13:00:32ZengŁódzkie Towarzystwo NaukoweZagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich0084-44462451-03352020-09-0163110.26485/ZRL/2020/63.1/9“Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and FictionTomasz Fisiak0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-1287Department of Canadian, Intermedial and Postcolonial Studies, Institute of English Studies,University of Łódź, Poland The following article deals with the representation of Hollywood as a dystopian place, for women in particular, where glamour is a utopian façade for both literal and figurative corruption, where the lifespan of an actress is severely limited and the process of discarding “useless” artists is systemically implemented. My main point of reference will be Donald Wolfe’s 1970 Savage Intruder, one of the lesser known hag horrors. Moreover, I will allude to other films exploring a similar motif, not to mention Angela Carter’s 1977 novel entitled The Passion of New Eve, which also analyzes the falseness of Hollywood and its capacity for dystopia. https://czasopisma.ltn.lodz.pl/Zagadnienia-Rodzajow-Literackich/article/view/972Grande Dame Guignol, Gothic fiction, Savage Intruder, Hollywood, dystopia |
| spellingShingle | Tomasz Fisiak “Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and Fiction Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich Grande Dame Guignol, Gothic fiction, Savage Intruder, Hollywood, dystopia |
| title | “Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and Fiction |
| title_full | “Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and Fiction |
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| title_short | “Hollywood is no place for idealists”: Hollywood as Dystopia in Cinema and Fiction |
| title_sort | hollywood is no place for idealists hollywood as dystopia in cinema and fiction |
| topic | Grande Dame Guignol, Gothic fiction, Savage Intruder, Hollywood, dystopia |
| url | https://czasopisma.ltn.lodz.pl/Zagadnienia-Rodzajow-Literackich/article/view/972 |
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