Are men okay? Several films from 1993 answered that question with a resounding no. One of the highest grossing movies of its year, Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal was misunderstood as a gimmick, and its insight into toxic masculinity and male sexual insecurity got lost in a media frenzy, much of it sparked by feminists. What had changed since Lyne’s Fatal Attraction, in Hollywood and in the culture? We’ll also talk about Proposal star Demi Moore as the controversial “diva” of the moment.
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36: Star Wars Episode X: Errol Flynn
35: Star Wars Episode IX: Olivia de Havilland and John Huston, with Special Guest Rian Johnson
34: Star Wars Episode VIII: How Norma Jeane Became Marilyn Monroe
33: Star Wars Episode VII: Lena Horne
32: Star Wars Episode VI: Marlene Dietrich
31: Star Wars Episode V: Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles
30: Star Wars Episode IV: Gene Tierney (Or: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 5)
29: Star Wars Episode III: Hedy Lamarr
28: Star Wars Episode II: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable
27: Star Wars Episode I: Bette Davis and the Hollywood Canteen
26: Tales of Celebrity Drunkenness, 2014
25: The Short Lives of Bruce and Brandon Lee
24: Mia Farrow in the 1960s, Part Two: Mia & Dory
23: Mia Farrow in the 1960s, Part One: Mia & Frank
22: Audrey Hepburn: Sex, Style, and Sabrina
21: The Birth of Barbra Streisand’s A Star is Born
20: LIZ <3 MONTY
19: Raquel Welch, From Pin-up to Pariah
18: The Many Loves of Howard Hughes, Chapter 4: Jane Russell
17: Theda Bara, Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol
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