WOMAN TROUBLE
ay before Eve slipped Adam that apple, the dangerous woman was a cultural archetype, and the advent of moving pictures gave her new life. The vamp (derived from ‘vampire’) sunk her teeth into ’20s cinema, while the smoking hot femme fatale set the screen alight over the next few decades of film noir. Whether portrayed by Mary Astor, Rita Hayworth or Anna May Wong, she was perfectly coiffed, in control and morally ambiguous at best. She was also independent, tapping into the fears of the
