Jane Fonda embodied the girl next store in the early 1960s and a sex kitten in the latter half of the decade. By the time the 1970s rolled around she became the "real woman" type that embodied the realism and political uncertainty of the new decade. In this episode I talk about two of her transitional films- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Klute. The latter marks the beginning of the neo-noir era. Fonda's character Bree Daniels wardrobe marked a tide change in American Fashion. Costumed by Ann Roth, Klute is as important visually as it was culturally.
This week's resources are Jane Fonda's biography " My Life So Far". and the HBO doc "Jane Fonda In Five Acts." In addition to a lifetime of collected imagery, articles and common knowledge about the American Royalty that is Jane Fonda.
