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In “Bad Behavior,” both the poster and the whip are part of the shiny package.
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“Misbehavior”
Misbehavior
Regi Philippa Lowthorpe, med Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear fl
MOVIE REVIEW Based on reality, Brits feel good about the weeks leading up to the feminist protest that created chaos at the Miss World pageant in London in 1970.
DRAMA / COMEDY When the Miss World pageant was broadcast from London in 1970, around 100 million viewers sat in front of televisions around the world, and by the end of the night a feminist protest had sparked a few minutes of live broadcast, pepper flour bomb, headline chaos and Jennifer Hosten (played here by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) became the first black woman to win. South Africa’s first black candidate, Pearl Jansen (Loreece harrison), had come in second place. These are the weeks leading up to “Bad Behavior”.
Sally Alexander (Keira Knightley) has entered the University of London with the ambition to change from within, Jo Robinson (Jessie buckley) sprays the city red with feminist slogans and wants to attack the patriarchy more directly. The two combine their different methods of attack, Miss World organizer Eric Morley (Rhys Ifans) and gala hosts Bob Hope (Greg kinnear) I do not know what to expect.
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“Misbehavior”
The Miss World 1970 competition, of course, is cut out to be a poster movie in 2020. But the British do what the British are so good at, and they turn both posters and whips into a shiny feel-good package. . The result is like hot chocolate with brandy and whipped cream on a cold, hard day: you go soft. “Misbehavior” is definitely not the heaviest thing you’ve ever seen, but you get happy and excited, you have goose bumps all over your body, and you cry like a child at the end when real people who went before look directly at you. camera and you know what happened. they. It’s kind of sad that you can’t go see “Bad Behavior” in a crowded, big, ugly movie theater crying together.
Director Philippa Lowthorpe and the scriptwriters Gaby chiappe Y Rebecca Frayn It captures the absurdity of competition in today’s eyes without losing respect for the competitors, the complexity that opened up fantastic opportunities for some, and how great, important, and meaningful it was for many for a black woman to win. They capture generational themes, those who already had access to closed rooms where they could whistle without risking too much and those who could not or did not want to. They also make it look lightweight. Of course, no.
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