Death Becomes Her (1992): Patriarchy Is the Trap, Beauty Is the Bait
Beth and Michelle revisit Death Becomes Her, the 1992 dark comedy where two lifelong rivals drink a potion promising eternal youth, only to discover that immortality is considerably less glamorous when your neck is broken, your stomach has a shotgun-sized hole in it, and your continued existence depends on industrial quantities of paint and putty.
What once seemed like a deliciously camp battle between Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn now lands very differently. Beneath the extraordinary visual effects, Isabella Rossellini’s impossible glamour, and the endlessly quotable cruelty is a story filled…
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