Pantomime of Violence: Gender and Outrage in Mirrah Foulkes' 'Judy & Punch'

A rich retelling of the long-beloved – and literally slapstick – puppet show, Judy & Punch captures the small-minded hostility and domestic acrimony kindled by parochialism and the patriarchal subjugation of women. In conversation with writer/director Mirrah Foulkes, Anthony Carew unpacks the film's interrogation of the societal strings that pull us into scapegoating and aggression.

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Blue-Tongue Films, VICE Studios, adaptation, Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, insularity, groupthink, mob rule, violence against women, aggression, callout culture, shaming, misogyny.