{"id":1207,"date":"2013-01-13T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2013-01-25T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T13:00:08","slug":"american-mary-a-feminist-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2013\/01\/american-mary-a-feminist-horror-film\/","title":{"rendered":"American Mary: A feminist horror film?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1208\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/review_radio_AmericanMary.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1207]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/review_radio_AmericanMary-594x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"American Mary\" width=\"594\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/review_radio_AmericanMary-594x364.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/review_radio_AmericanMary-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/review_radio_AmericanMary.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Mary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/electric-sheep-magazine\/american-mary-a-feminist\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Writer and director Jennifer Eiss, and freelance journalist and co-founder of The Duke Mitchell Film Club Evrim Ersoy, talk to Virginie S\u00e9lavy about Jen and Sylvia Soska\u2019s provocative, gruesome and stylish <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2013\/01\/11\/american-mary-interview-with-jen-and-sylvia-soska-and-katharine-isabelle\/\"><I>American Mary<\/I><\/A>, discussing among other things the Soska twins\u2019 description of their film as &#8216;feminist horror&#8217;, the hype surrounding them, and Katharine Isabelle\u2019s performance as the disenchanted psychotic surgeon at the centre of the film.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">First broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM on Friday 18 January 2013. <\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F76398635&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Writer and director Jennifer Eiss and freelance journalist and co-founder of The Duke Mitchell Film Club Evrim Ersoy, discuss the Soska twins\u2019 description of their provocative <i>American Mary<\/i> as &#8216;feminist horror&#8217; 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