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I\'m uncertain about Pam Grier\'s characters qualifying for this as a straight example of the trope. Doesn\'t this trope imply a critical portrayal with a racist bent, aimed at a white audience? Foxy Brown and Coffy have a strong Male Gaze component, but they\'re also in films aimed at Black audiences and portrayed as empowering, aspirational figures to female audience members. They\'re understandably polarizing (especially to modern audiences and commentators), but they\'re always written and performed as just and morally superior, especially compared to the men around them.
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I\\\'m uncertain about Pam Grier\\\'s characters qualifying for this as a straight example of the trope. Doesn\\\'t this trope imply a critical portrayal with a racist bent, aimed at a white audience? Foxy Brown and Coffy have a strong Male Gaze component, but they\\\'re also in films aimed at Black audiences and portrayed as empowering, aspirational figures to female audience members. They\\\'re understandably polarizing (especially to modern audiences and commentators), but they\\\'re always written and performed as just and morally superior, especially compared to the men around them. And their actions are in the service of a larger cause; in the absence of the tragedies and injustices that motivated them, Foxy Brown and Coffy would be leading normal lives.
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I\'m uncertain about Pam Grier\'s characters qualifying for this as a straight example of the trope. Doesn\'t this trope imply a critical portrayal with a racist bent, aimed at a white audience? Foxy Brown and Coffy have a strong Male Gaze component, but they\'re also in films aimed at Black audiences and portrayed as empowering, aspirational figures to female audience members. They\'re understandably polarizing, but they\'re always written and performed as just and morally superior, especially compared to the men around them.
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I\\\'m uncertain about Pam Grier\\\'s characters qualifying for this as a straight example of the trope. Doesn\\\'t this trope imply a critical portrayal with a racist bent, aimed at a white audience? Foxy Brown and Coffy have a strong Male Gaze component, but they\\\'re also in films aimed at Black audiences and portrayed as empowering, aspirational figures to female audience members. They\\\'re understandably polarizing (especially to modern audiences and commentators), but they\\\'re always written and performed as just and morally superior, especially compared to the men around them.
