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A review by andforgotten
Backwards & in Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film by Alicia Malone
I've regretfully decided to give up on this. No offense to anybody who enjoyed it or the author herself, but content-wise at halfway through there was barely anything I didn't already know (which may be due to the fact that women in film is a topic I care and read about). The fact that the chapters on each lady are kept fairly short to include a lot of them certainly doesn't set the stage for a more in-depth look, and though I'm sure that style was chosen to give an overview of as many women as possible, it ultimately feels lacking and unsatisfying.
In combination with the style of the actual writing itself, the chapters come across as a mixture of someone summarizing wikipedia entries and writing a blog post. Strange style breaks from an objective third person narration to a subjective first person 'conclusion' certainly don't help and make it all sound rather amateurish.
For someone who's looking for an intro into interesting women in the history of Hollywood, this book certainly offers that, but for anyone who knows more and is looking for something they haven't already seen before, I'm sure there are other books out there to satisfy that need.
In combination with the style of the actual writing itself, the chapters come across as a mixture of someone summarizing wikipedia entries and writing a blog post. Strange style breaks from an objective third person narration to a subjective first person 'conclusion' certainly don't help and make it all sound rather amateurish.
For someone who's looking for an intro into interesting women in the history of Hollywood, this book certainly offers that, but for anyone who knows more and is looking for something they haven't already seen before, I'm sure there are other books out there to satisfy that need.