{"product_id":"extra-salty-jennifers-body-9781770415898","title":"Extra Salty: Jennifer's Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eMegan Fox, a diabolic indie rock band, toxic friendship, fluid sexuality, feminist reckoning, and a literal man-eater in the body of a high school cheerleader: \u003ci\u003eJennifer's Body \u003c\/i\u003ehas it all \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing an original interview with director Karyn Kusama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat would be an easy sell in 2021 -- women at the helm (screenwriter Diablo Cody, director Karyn Kusama), a bankable cast (Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried), and a deceptively complex skewering of gender politics -- was a box office flop in 2009. In \u003ci\u003eExtra Salty\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Blichert flips the script on how \u003ci\u003eJennifer's Body\u003c\/i\u003e was labeled a failure to celebrate all that is scrumptious (as Jennifer would say) about it: supernatural horror, dark comedy, queer love, and a nuanced handling of gendered violence. The movie could have been to the aughts what \u003ci\u003eHeathers\u003c\/i\u003e was to the eighties, and it's finally getting its due -- whether in the flood of tenth-anniversary praise, the parade of Jennifer Halloween costumes, or Halsey's nod to it (\"Killing Boys\") on her platinum-selling album. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith insight into the genre's cinematic tropes, our current cultural reckoning with misogyny, and an original interview with director Karyn Kusama, \u003ci\u003eExtra Salty\u003c\/i\u003e solidifies the status of \u003ci\u003eJennifer's Body\u003c\/i\u003e as a cult classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Pop Classics Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShort books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Blichert\u003c\/b\u003e is a communications specialist and freelance entertainment writer. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eXtra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSenses of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tyee\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. His first book, a monograph on Joss Whedon's \u003ci\u003eSerenity\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Columbia University Press in 2017. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520330174738,"sku":"9781770415898","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c628228a-45d9-4983-be51-58ed8e824dcf.jpg?v=1731081402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/extra-salty-jennifers-body-9781770415898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}