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As he began to introduce The Woman Men Yearn For, film critic Leonard Maltin suggested that it's time people stopped using the term "femme fatale" as their default for describing characters like those portrayed onscreen by Marlene Dietrich.
George Heymont: The Myth of the Deadly Diva George Heymont 2012
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As he began to introduce The Woman Men Yearn For, film critic Leonard Maltin suggested that it's time people stopped using the term "femme fatale" as their default for describing characters like those portrayed onscreen by Marlene Dietrich.
George Heymont: The Myth of the Deadly Diva George Heymont 2012
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As he began to introduce The Woman Men Yearn For, film critic Leonard Maltin suggested that it's time people stopped using the term "femme fatale" as their default for describing characters like those portrayed onscreen by Marlene Dietrich.
George Heymont: The Myth of the Deadly Diva George Heymont 2012
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Rabb writes so well and the mood he creates is so haunting that occasional lapses into noir cliches -- a femme fatale whose betrayals grow steadily more predictable, the inevitable confrontation with an untouchable bigwig -- are more jarring than they would be in a less accomplished novel.
Shadow and Light: Summary and book reviews of Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabb. 2009
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Avila is an aging femme fatale headed to the clubs in search of masculine attention.
Tango Buenos Aires: Plenty of steps, little sizzle at George Mason 2011
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That's what Philly lawyer Victor Carl finds out when he hooks up again with a femme fatale who's definitely bad for his health.
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May. 7th, 2010 07: 34 pm (UTC) really is a femme fatale when reading noir, they always seem to use the female spider theme for that ...
"...moments before its skies rained down on me." greygirlbeast 2010
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'Oates' prose is luminous, but some readers might find her femmes a bit too fatale. '
The Female of the Species by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary 2010
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Regarding the supernatural noir story: How about a male fatale who really is a male fatale falling in love with a female detective, from his point of view?
"...moments before its skies rained down on me." greygirlbeast 2010
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How about a male fatale who really is a male fatale falling in love with a female detective, from his point of view?
"...moments before its skies rained down on me." greygirlbeast 2010
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