“I’ve killed a hell of a lot of people to get to this point, but I have only one more. The last one. The one I’m driving to right now. The only one left. And when I arrive at my destination, I am gonna kill Bill..”
What is it that tells us who we are? Is it physical appearance, profession, or relationships to family and friends that combine to make up a human being? Or is it something intangible that defines the essence of personality? And do shifts in those outward signifiers ever alter our core identities?
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 introduces us to the pregnant Bride (Uma Thurman) as a symbol of innocence and possibility. But Quentin Tarantino’s epic duo of feminist films slowly peels back the layers of this formidable character to reveal a tender mother determined to protect her child.
In the latest episode of Bloody FM’s The Lady Killers Podcast, co-hosts Jenn Adams and Sammie Kuykendall welcome new co-host Rachel Reeves while concluding their series on Tarantino’s Deadly Vipers. After full episodes on Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), they’ll pull back the layers of this bombastic story to highlight the woman at the center of it all. Does Beatrix Kiddo still have feelings for Bill (David Carradine)? Could she ever be happy as Arlene? Why does Tarantino wait so long to reveal her name and what’s the symbolism of the Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart-Technique? They’ll answer these questions and more while kicking off a month of Killer Brides.
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