Introduction: Ahead of the Curve

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Notes on Contributors viii
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction: Ahead of the Curve 1
7. Part 1 Building a Foundation
8. 1 The Making of Ms. Right: Susan Seidelman and the Persistence of “Women’s Films” 11
9. 2 Susan Seidelman’s Sex and the City: TV Authorship and Feminist Possibility 28
10. 3 “I’ve Always Been a Voyeur”: An Interview with Susan Seidelman 45
11. Part 2 Embodied Spaces
12. 4 “Who is This?” Smithereens, Susan Seidelman’s Auspicious Debut Feature 69
13. 5 Swapping the Suburban Housewife for the NYC Feminist: Susan Seidelman and her Personas 85
14. 6 Original She-Devil Ending Screenplay Pages 105
15. 7 Unsettling Domesticity: Desperately Seeking Susan, Madonna and the Voyeuristic Politics of MTV Stardom 111
16. 8 Directing a City: Susan Seidelman’s New York 127
17. 9 Making Frankie Stone: Feminism, Post-Romance and Making Mr. Right 141
18. Part 3 Making Room
19. 10 Electric Melodrama: Susan Seidelman, Childhood and the Girl Next Door 159
20. 11 Age, Disability and Agency in the Late-Period Films of Susan Seidelman 171
21. 12 And You Can Dance! Movement, Mobility and Magic in Musical Chairs 185
22. 13 Death, Illusion and the Hijab in Susan Seidelman’s Cut in Half 200
23. Bibliography 216
24. Index 226