New Zeitgeist Tapes: The Contender

Emma and Steve discuss the liberal fantasy movie from 2000 that purports to be a feminist movie about a woman becoming Vice President.

Listen here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8608337-the-contender

This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Donald Trump - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). 

This is a film that is posited as a liberal feel-good film about making a woman the Vice President under unusual circumstances. It might be 'of its time' or it might be - as Emma argues - a timeless liberal man's idea of what a feminist film looks like.