March 11, 2006

THE RETURN OF PEPPER SPRAY:

Feminist exploitation at its very best (DOUG ELFMAN, March 12, 2006, Chicago Sun-Times)

Angie Dickinson in "Police Woman" was female liberation in a skirt, breaking down barriers for women on TV, opening doors and blouses.

That was how the 1970s worked. Women still didn't wear pants to work. And if there was a heroine cop in a movie or TV show, she had to be the sexy lady who went undercover as a hooker and got rescued by a male.

Such was the role of Dickinson's Pepper Anderson, a quintessential '70s heroine who last week made her debut on DVD ("Police Woman: The Complete First Season," $50, Sony). Pepper sought a job in vice and often had to dress like a prostitute. At least once, she boffed a target she took a liking to.


She got more than a few of us through puberty.


Posted by Orrin Judd at March 11, 2006 11:59 PM
Comments

What's wrong with going undercover as prostitute?

Posted by: RC at March 12, 2006 5:39 PM

"Big Bad Mamma" watch capt. kirk and pepper break every regulation in the book.

Posted by: toe at March 13, 2006 7:11 PM

Which along with the Linda Carter one made HBO.

Posted by: oj at March 13, 2006 7:17 PM
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