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Not Bad For A Girl

1996, Movie, NR, 88 mins

Not Bad For A Girl: Review

NOT BAD FOR A GIRL
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First-time filmmaker Dr. Lisa Apramian, PhD, has subtitled her documentary An Analytic Approach to the Functions of Music and Gender Deconstruction. It's not, but it is an interesting record of the growing presence of women in the traditionally male-dominated field of rock'n'roll. Apramian intercuts live concert footage and interviews with Joan Jett, Courtney Love and members of such bands as L7, Babes in Toyland and Lunachicks. She gets beyond the novelty appeal of "chicks with guitars," and gives the women an opportunity to do something they're rarely allowed to do in the mainstream press: talk. And talk they do about what it meant to be a fan-girl mustering the courage to cross the footlights and take the stage; audience reactions once they got there; how they subsequently saw themselves as role models and women; and much, much more. Apramian is a psychotherapist by profession, and she uses her skills to elicit some fascinating comments from her subjects. Unfortunately, she's much more interested in gender roles and rock archetypes than the music itself. The big question goes unanswered: So girls can rock as hard as guys. Now what? leave a comment
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