{"id":107325,"date":"2015-12-04T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T09:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107325\/watch-famous-female-characters-tackle-abuse-and-violence\/"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:27:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T10:27:41","slug":"watch-famous-female-characters-tackle-abuse-and-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/uncategorized\/2015\/12\/04\/watch-famous-female-characters-tackle-abuse-and-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Famous Female Characters Tackle Abuse and Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Congreve once coined the saying \u201cHell hath no fury than a woman scorned\u201d and since it is 16 Days of Activism, its only appropriate that we pay homage to some famous on screen female characters that have hit back against domestic violence and abuse.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nGina Davis as Thelma in Thelma and Louise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Thelma and Louise must be the quintessential women empowerment film of the 1990s and Gina Davis enthralls as unfulfilled housewife with an abusive husband who runs off to the sunset with her best friend.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WnZWACO4OOc' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nZoe Saldana as Cataleya in Colombiana<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Young Cataleya witnesses a crime lord and his henchman murder her parents. She grows up to be a fierce warrior set out to avenge her parent\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HCxPLlFWdFo' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nJennifer Lopez as Slim in Enough<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez plays a\u00a0typical battered wife unable to defend herself from her abusive husband until she goes for martial arts lessons that turn her into a powerful fighter who stands up for herself.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JPnrUoUfNNQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nUma Thurman as Black Mamba (The Bride) in Kill Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is no Quentin Tarantino female movie character more legendary than Black Mamba, played by Uma Thurman. Black Mamba sets out on an epic revenge killing spree to find Bill, the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who shoots her after she tells him she is carrying his baby.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/THxhff1L0zI' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Every female lead character in Sin City<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The female characters in Frank Miller\u2019s Sin City are the queens of the underground with great sensibility, street knowledge and a sass that packs a mean punch.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MnMZeDmfgmU' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nOprah Winfrey as Sofia in The Color Purple<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ms Sofia is one of most recognisable characters from Steven Spielberg\u2019s screen adaptation of The Color Purple. She represents an authoritative female voice that will not be silenced by sexism, racism and male chauvinists.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Iy2GKyD2IoQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='bf2bea2ff43c1413fa6a143438104f76'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes \u201cYou strike a woman, you strike a rock\u201d. In celebration of powerful female characters who have fought back against abuse and violence, here are some awesome clips of the action. These are definitely not for sensitive viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}