E9: Standing in Front of a Boy
E9.3: Cassandra
Emma and Chloe confront the ghosts of pretty boys past, in this episode where they look at white masculinity in the 1990s and its legacy. They explore the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Grant, and how their careers and reputations have survived into the present while others’ didn’t. They also consider the ‘grunge’ movement, and how claims for the dissolution of the boundaries between men and women, despite some success, also left many women behind.
Links
Hugh Grant on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1995, NBC Studios & NBC Productions
Wayne’s World, 1992 Paramount Pictures
Titanic, 1997 Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment