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Bond as an early feminist outlet? My crazy friend thinks maybe, but then she's probably been eating too much sushi. Below are her ongoing ramblings:

Becoming mrs bond means you die. could be a commentary on love in the 20th century, but i think it's more like you can't run from who you are (a point nicely driven home with better graphics by spiderman). both bond, secret service agent, live alone, die alone type, and bond-can't be tied to one woman.

It doesn't pay to aggrevate your aggresors with snappy oneliners, but it DOES pay to stay relaxed and keep your cool, and if you have to crack a joke to stay calm, so be it...provided, of course, that you can also take the resulting punch in the face like a man.

Be careful of who you choose to spend your time with...there are consequences for both parties...i.e. choosing the most obvious, sore thumb of a man for a partner leads to tears and 'climbing accidents'. be yourself.

silly disguises NEVER work.

Okay...that's it for now. well, and of course, a 20 minute gun fight while going down hill on skis is nothing but cinematic magic.

(interesting...again with the powerful female figure who actually saves the day a number of times, and can keep up with bond when she needs to...an icon for the sixties feminist, i'm convinced, cleverly paired with the slutty stereotype...the classic madonna and the whore complex.)

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i haven't made it a good theory yet, in goldfinger bond only manages to save the day because he bones pussy galore (which is the best name i've ever heard). what is the significance? is this early pro-feminist type stuff? i mean, he manages to turn her from evil because he's so great in bed (and makes a joke about knocking her up), but, regardless, she is an ass-kicking, gun-wielding, judo-chopping lady pilot who indirectly stops an atomic bomb from going off, which is all pretty empowering for the early 60s. anyway, apparently the take home lesson here is that you can force people to do things with sex. it COULD be an interesting theory.

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just wait! i haven't got into my analysis about the bad guys (really early, all asians) and the threats (creative uses of atomic bombs, moving into biological warfare) and how it reflects the contemporaneous atmosphere of society...

Anyhow, she's not the only one to come up with the idea.