<![CDATA[Jezebel: Dames]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Dames]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/dames http://jezebel.com/tag/dames <![CDATA[Helen Mirren: There Is Nothin' Like A Dame!]]>

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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5221761&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Girl's Guide To Being A Noir Heroine]]> "She was worth a stare. She was trouble." That's Bogie on Bacall, in The Big Sleep, but all you need to know is, it's noir. The noir dame is one of the most awesome female archetypes out there. UCLA's doing a noir retrospective right now and the array of broads represented — from tormented Gloria Grahame to feline Lizabeth Scott — just makes today's female roles look even lamer by comparison. The series shows a bunch of lesser-known films made between 1940 and 1956, the heyday of B-Noir, with its dramatic blacks and whites, snappy dialogue, clouds of cigarette smoke and smart, ruthless heroines. Yeah, there's a Bad-Girl type. But even at its most formulaic, the noir Bad Girl is fascinating in a way the modern version just isn't: A guide to their mystique, after the jump. More »
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