Revenge ships → Nolan Ross & Jack Porter
They look so alike…
is that just me?
omg sooo pretty
too cute not to reblog
the two emilys! sooo cute. They cast a perfect gal.
Revenge is far less guilty of Male Gaze camerawork than most female-centric drama shows… [and] [t]his show does a lot of interesting things with gender roles, beginning with the fact that the protagonist is a woman who, for all intents and purposes, is Batman. One thing I particularly love about Amanda is that unlike most female spy/deceiver characters, she doesn’t rely on sex appeal and seducing information out of people. Although she uses her relationship with with Daniel as an integral part of her revenge plans, it’s an actual relationship, not a collection of scenes where the camera pans over her wearing a sexy outfit before cutting to some man’s comically gobsmacked facial expression. To me it feels quite telling that although the female characters in Revenge are mostly trophy wives (or, in the case of Fauxmanda, a former stripper), they are judged far more on their own terms than most female characters on TV.
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EXACTLY. The stuff about Male Gaze YES YES YES. How much did I love that Emily had her badass finale fight in a comfy sweater? Look at this power shot, honestly:
You and I and everybody knows how that might have been objectified. We’ve all seen images of women that are ostensibly about their butt-kicking power but really about T & A. Emily might easily have been made into Warrior Barbie, with ridiculously uncomfortable clothes used to make her power comfortable to viewers (particularly straight male viewers), but no. They didn’t do that. She’s strong and fully clothed and she chooses how and why she will fuck shit up and you don’t own her just by looking at her. You don’t get to have a piece of her unless she wants you to. (via mswyrr) |
Revenge: The Explosive Truth
The season finale of Revenge pulls out all the stops with violence, revelations, drug use, surprise pregnancies and scheming for one heck of an explosive closer.
Mommy Dearest?
What a season it’s been on Revenge! Emily (Emily VanCamp) started the season taking down enemies one-by-one in her quest to undo the Graysons. Those take downs now seem like small potatoes. The finale saw the possible undoing of the whole family, while Emily hovered on the brink of murder. She pulled herself back from the edge with the white haired man, but the Graysons and the shadowy organizations behind them didn’t prove to be so merciful. It also appears Emily’s long-dead mother might not be resting so peacefully after all. Where is the missing Clarke and what is her connection to the larger conspiracy?
Triangle No More
The finale tied up some loose ends only to untie them again. A case in point was the love triangle central to the show since its pilot. Would Emily end up with misunderstood Grayson son Daniel (Joshua Bowman) or childhood friend Jack (Nick Wechsler)? Emily finally made her choice after seeing Daniel slowly turning into the worst thing he possibly could: all Grayson. Emily broke off her engagement and planned to tell Jack everything. The only problem? Fauxmanda (Margarita Levieva) came back pregnant. Talk about timing!
Charlotte’s Web
Meanwhile, Charlotte (Christa B. Allen) got more screen time this episode than she has almost all season. She embraced her Grayson roots when she took down Declan’s (Connor Paolo) new girl, but then felt guilty about it. I guess that’s what she gets from the Clarke side of the family. After seeing the news about her mother’s plane explosion, she ODs on pills. Conrad (Henry Czerny) helpfully rocks her back and forth without calling any kind of medical services. Father of the year award forthcoming!
Seven Devils
Of course, the biggest moment of the show came towards the end. Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) is dead set on testifying now that the feds have the evidence. As she walks toward the small plane bound to carry her to DC, Florence and the Machine’s “Seven Devils” begins playing and you know things are about to get real. If only Victoria could have heard the soundtrack! Alas apparently she perished in the plane explosion, although we all know better. What is Revenge without Victoria Grayson’s cold shoulders and hatred-fueled hugs?
— Read the full recap including best lines at RoadRunner.com HERE!!
