A gorgeously haunting score by Danny Elfman, a mesmerizing performance by Michelle Pfeiffer, and the transfixing narrative of dramatic transformation, this scene of Catwoman coming into creation was one of the most inspiring turns of cinema in my formative years. I would watch it over and over, aching for my own similar scene of origin amid all the adolescent angst. Somehow I knew part of what was in store for me, sensing then that I’d need this sort of empowerment during a string of bad men.
From her meek secretarial start to the disturbing trauma of unexpected violence, and the ensuing journey that brings her from ‘Hello there’ to ‘Hell here’ – I am most definitely here – here for all of it.
“You poor guys, always confusing your pistols with your privates.”
Gotta go… girl talk.
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