Though the character of femme fatale is no longer as prominent as it used to be, we still see some very successful and powerful female characters who we can label as femme fatales. Angelina Jolie for instance plays a very seductive and dangerous character in movies such as Mr. And Mrs. Smith and salt. In Mr. and Mrs. Smith we mostly see a relationship where both the male and female are equal. Botch Jolie and Pitt play the characters of undercover spies, and well, spies are mostly associated with the male gender ever since the introduction of detectives (Sherlock Holmes). With Jolie being a spy, shows that she is challenging the stereotypes. Throughout the movie, she wears a lot of black, which we can also see in the clip. In the beginning of the clip, we see her crying, which presents her as a vulnerable individual, but by the end of it she triumphs by causing chaos. She’s also portrayed in a sexual way, when he drops down, and we see Brad Pitt smirking, implying something that is not even happening. When she takes out her gun, we she a shot of her full leg, again reinforcing her sexuality and charm of being a woman.
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