eleni deacon, Author at cléo https://cleojournal.com/author/edeacon/ a journal of film and feminism Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Party For One: Election’s Powerful Pariah https://cleojournal.com/2014/12/03/party-for-one-elections-powerful-pariah/ Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:28:13 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1045 Pick Flick.  She’s got the smarts. She’s got the tenacity. And she’s got the sweater vests.  Alexander Payne’s Election (1999) charts the gloves-off race for student body president at Carver High in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s a vicious and corrupt campaign, marred by personal vendettas, shameless electoral fraud, and even more shameless hissy fits. Leading the […]

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]]> Don Jon’s Meaningless Meanings https://cleojournal.com/2014/04/24/don-jons-meaningless-meanings/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:55:15 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=747 One of Don Jon‘s (2013) early pornographic montages ends with a tame—yet significant—money shot. A lip-glossed blonde bends over in a thong and bra, then looks directly into the camera and asks, “You want a meaningful relationship?” The question is not so much about what kind of relationship the viewer wants as what kind of […]

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