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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Johanna Isaacson

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For some, Robert Aldrich’s 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?—which galvanized the hagsploitation genre through its depiction of a murderous feud between two deranged “old biddies”—is one long insult to older women. However, this reading ignores the political power of camp. In this analysis, Johanna Isaacson shows how the film’s “bad taste” excesses create space for its talented actors, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, to perform monstrosity as pitch-black humor and rage toward a society that devalues older women. 

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