Eve Kushner, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

a Eve Kushner, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

Author: Eve Kushner

Eve Kushner is the author of Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women's Words (Haworth). She is also a film fanatic.

Dis-Orientation: Japan from a Western Viewpoint: Topsy Turvy and The Mikado

October 1, 2000

If “Asian face” isn’t bad enough, how about names like Nanki-Poo and Yum Yum? Mike Leigh’s 1999 film Topsy-Turvy reenacts Gilbert and Sullivan’s staging of The Mikado, the 1885 comic[…]

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Go Forth and Multiply: Abortion in Hollywood Movies of the ’90s

July 1, 2000

In spite of what you’ve heard, abortion was not an option in that decade’s mainstream Hollywood cinema Ah, movie magic. Hollywood always manages to make difficult situations turn out well after two[…]

Author: Eve Kushner

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