Letting the Old Ways Die: Gender and Characterisation in 'A Star Is Born'

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The fourth rendition of one of Hollywood's most iconic titles, Bradley Cooper's film takes on the challenge of adapting an old story of love, fame and dysfunction to a twenty-first-century milieu. As Zoë Goodall argues, however, its attempts to balance fidelity to the story with contemporary gender norms ultimate have uneven results.

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New & Notable, middle years, senior secondary, adaptation, remake, musical, Lady Gaga, toxic masculinity, suicide, marriage, agency, stardom