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The Unspoken Story in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla”

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla wastes no time introducing the famed Mrs. Presley. Her story begins as a wide-eyed girl, donning dreary browns and pastel pinks, who has already visited Elvis Presley’s Army home enough times to be daydreaming about him at school and even share a few kisses. A then fourteen-year-old stationed with her family in West Germany, Priscilla Beaulieu was oblivious to the changes a simple house visit to meet the King of Rock and Roll would make.

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Feminism Fatale: Sexism in Superhero Movies

Marvel’s “Black Widow” accomplishes in two hours what the studio has failed to do for over ten years. Leading lady Natasha Romanoff, played by Scarlett Johansson, finally gets the same treatment as her male counterparts; something many women have been waiting on for a long time. But is it enough to fix seven movies of half-zipped catsuits, over-sexualized fight sequences, and poorly executed romance?

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