The thing that's always bothered me is that, even if you have a strong
female character, invariably in the third act she has to say something
like, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you," or she has to become
really vulnerable and wimpy and get her comeuppance. Even in something
like
Thelma & Louise (1991), where you have these two very strong characters, they
have to die in the end. What's so special about
O Poder da Sedução (1994) is that none of
that happens. Had a Hollywood studio made that film instead of an
independent, it would have been very different. She definitely wouldn't
have gotten away with what she does get away with.
