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white_hart) wrote2021-01-25 06:53 pm
white_hart) wrote2021-01-25 06:53 pm
Watching: Misbehaviour (25/365)
We had tickets to see Misbehaviour at the cinema on Tuesday 17 March 2020, but after the government announcement that cinemas would be closed from the 18th our Picturehouse closed mid-afternoon and we had to wait until the film turned up on Sky to get a chance to see it.
Misbehaviour interweaves the stories of the feminist protestors who disrupted the 1970 Miss World competition and two of the contestants, Jennifer Hosten (the first black woman ever to win Miss World) and Pearl Jansen (the first black South African contestant, competing as "Miss Africa South" to distinguish her from the white "Miss South Africa"). It's an entertaining comedy-drama which doesn't shy away from intersectionality in its consideration of class and race alongside feminism, and I'm glad I got to see it in the end.
Misbehaviour interweaves the stories of the feminist protestors who disrupted the 1970 Miss World competition and two of the contestants, Jennifer Hosten (the first black woman ever to win Miss World) and Pearl Jansen (the first black South African contestant, competing as "Miss Africa South" to distinguish her from the white "Miss South Africa"). It's an entertaining comedy-drama which doesn't shy away from intersectionality in its consideration of class and race alongside feminism, and I'm glad I got to see it in the end.