Reimagining Women
The Battle For The Female Audience
The 2022 film, “The Invitation,” was supposed to be a female-empowerment horror film. The writer/director intended for us, the female audience, to find Evie’s hyper-independent, girl-boss attitude relatable as we rooted for her to smash the vampire patriarchy, but that didn’t happen. Most women found Evie insufferable, forgettable, and stupid. It’s not …
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