Events / Brown University

The Pulled Punch and the Sheathed Blade: Her Story (2024) as a Feminist Stand-up Film

Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 4 PM to 5:30 PM

Where
Brown University, List Art Building
1 Prospect St, Providence, RI 02912 (Providence)
Tags
talkfilm
Source tags
Lectures, Seminars and Workshops, Open to the Public

Abstract This talk reads the 2024 Chinese blockbuster Her Story (Hao dongxi) as a "stand-up film," exploring its use of comedy as a strategy of feminist critique. Situating the film alongside the rise of Chinese female stand-up comedians and debates over "women's punches," it examines how Her Story

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