Desperately Seeking Susan and She-Devil: absurd 80s comedies ripe for redemption
Early-career Madonna and Meryl Streep elevate these darkly funny films about women scraping up against the confines of expectation
Under lockdown, a lot of us seem to fixate on self-improvement and transformation. There seems to be a prevailing sense that we ought to emerge from our dormant state reborn, shedding our uglier or lazier selves. This is certainly the message beaming from my phone: advertisements for travel and clothes and cosmetics swapped out for fitness apps, food trackers and one very persistent charlatan who wants me to fast intermittently. Of course it’s a total sham and a distraction, but it can be
