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This chapter looks at Charade and Wait Until Dark to analyze how, in playing a woman threatened with deception and murder in thrillers, Hepburn adjusted her screen persona to reflect her real age, reversed the conventional role of women in this genre through her strong female characters who confront danger on their own terms, and demonstrated her skill as an actress. The chapter looks at Charade to show how, through her performance, she controls the numerous tonal shifts as the film seesaws from romance to suspense to comedy. The chapter looks at Wait Until Dark to feature Hepburn’s strong character, who single-handedly deals with a psychopathic killer, as well as the acting challenge the film posed. Finally, the chapter looks at two lackluster thrillers Hepburn made following her sporadic return to acting toward the latter part of her life: the awful Bloodline and the generic TV movie Love Among Thieves.
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Abstract
This chapter looks at Charade and Wait Until Dark to analyze how, in playing a woman threatened with deception and murder in thrillers, Hepburn adjusted her screen persona to reflect her real age, reversed the conventional role of women in this genre through her strong female characters who confront danger on their own terms, and demonstrated her skill as an actress.
The chapter looks at Charade to show how, through her performance, she controls the numerous tonal shifts as the film seesaws from romance to suspense to comedy.
The chapter looks at Wait Until Dark to feature Hepburn’s strong character, who single-handedly deals with a psychopathic killer, as well as the acting challenge the film posed.
Finally, the chapter looks at two lackluster thrillers Hepburn made following her sporadic return to acting toward the latter part of her life: the awful Bloodline and the generic TV movie Love Among Thieves.
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